Brace’s practice is rooted in rural Maine and centers on the body in relation to place and care, examining how we cohabitate with nature amid a rapidly unfolding climate crisis. She currently teaches at Maine College of Art & Design and formerly taught at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Brace attended the Arctic Circle residency in 2025 and will return in 2027, and has also participated in residencies at the Studios at MASS MoCA, the Alumni Residency at Maine College of Art & Design, and the Vermont Studio Center.
Selected exhibitions include PS122 Gallery, Gary Snyder Project Space, and SOHO 20 in Manhattan; Ortega y Gasset Projects, Smack Mellon, and Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn, NY; and Maine-based venues including 82 Parris Street, the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art, and UNE Gallery, with a forthcoming exhibition at Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine, Farmington. Brace is the recipient of the Kindling Fund, a Professional Development Grant from MECA&D, and the Women Invigorating the Curriculum and Cultivating Diversity Committee Grant at the University of Maine, Augusta. She is a co-founder of the Performance Art Initiative, Sine Gallery, and GROUNDWORK retreat, and her work is included in the permanent collections of the Portland Museum of Art and Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, NYC.
Brace lives with her partner in Lake Arrowhead, Maine, and is active in PALZ, a citizen-scientist group that patrols local ecosystems for non-native plant species.