Grasie Mercedes is an Afro-Dominican,
MULTI-PASSIONATE CREATIVE from NYC.
known for her dynamic work in television, film, and the visual arts. She starred as "Fay" in NBC’s comedy Grand Crew, a role that earned her an Imagen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Comedy.
In addition to acting, Grasie is a skilled writer and producer. She co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in TRUE: An Immersive Cinematic Experience, a unique blend of live music, theater, and an Oscar-qualified film series written and directed by Matthew Law.
Grasie’s storytelling talents also extend to the writers' room, where she was a staff writer on NBC's Perfect Harmony. She’s constantly pushing her creative boundaries and developing new projects. Her dark comedy short Just the Two of Us—which she wrote, co-directed, produced, and starred in—won the Audience Award at the 2021 Atlanta Film Festival. Her quirky short film Postmate, inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, was featured on American Airlines flights from 2022 to 2023.
Beyond her work in film and television, Grasie hosted and executive produced the podcast Not (Blank) Enough, where she explored everyday insecurities and triumphs with her guests.
Before focusing on acting and storytelling, she spent nearly a decade as a fashion stylist and style blogger, collaborating with brands like Tiffany, Adidas, Urban Outfitters, and David Yurman. She also served as the style guru on MTV’s Girl, Get Your Mind Right and hosted shopping segments on Access Hollywood and Access Hollywood Live. SHe is still very much a lover of fashion & beauty.
recently, Grasie expanded her creative horizons into the visual arts, particularly photography and collage, while remaining active in film, television and theater. She holds a cum laude degree in Broadcast Journalism and Spanish from New York University.
ARTIST STATEMENT
AS A multi-passionate creative who loves storytelling, enteRING the world of visual arts via photography and collage FELT LIKE A NATURAL ADDITION TO MY PERFORMING ARTS PRACTICE.
In 2024, I USED my love of photography to explore my identity and culture, photographing the home of my family and ancestors...the Dominican Republic. “Con Cariño” is my first photo collection from the island, tinted in hues of brown, reflecting the land and the people.
I USE collage art as a WAY to share my experience as an Afro-Latina living in the United States. I incorporate my dominican heritage and my ties to an urban upbringing in NYC to show the beauty and ugliness that simultaneously exists in these two worlds.
As a woman of color, who was taught by society to DISLIKE her hair, features and hue, I’m also using my art to highlight THE beauty Black and Brown women possess, while embracing my own insecurities and glorifying afro features.
My work is playful and colorful yet can reveal a darker side of my psyche, exploring injustice, capitalism, racism and “otherness”. As a self-taught artist my first intro to collage art was the great Romare Bearden. But contemporary artists like MICKALENE THOMAS, Deborah Roberts, Al-basser Holly and Joiri Minaya provide me further present-day inspiration.
“LIFE IS SHORT. BE ALL THE THINGS.”
— ME