Molly was a Senior Lecturer in Painting for three years, at Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University and a Visiting Lecturer, at Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio, USA.
Modest in scale, although powerful in presence, Molly's paintings remind the viewer of their material origin. Formed by the process that shapes them, they're resolved against expectation, following their own aesthetic rules, without allusion or reference to other art. Perfect in their imperfections.
Molly was a well-respected lecturer at Norwich University of the Arts for nearly two decades and has exhibited widely throughout the UK from Scotland, Wales, Devon, Cornwall and Yorkshire to Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. Her work has also been seen in Japan, USA, Holland, Germany, Australia and Poland.
SPECIALIST EDUCATION
Born in Perth, Scotland. Lives and works near Norwich
MA (Painting) - Royal College of Art, London
Diploma in Post-Graduate studies (Sculpture) - Edinburgh College of Art
MA Fine Art (Sculpture) - Edinburgh University and College of Art
EXHIBITIONS
2021
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS, Houghton Hall, Norfolk (Contemporary and Country)
Que des femmes. 6th Biennial of Non-Objective Art, Pont de Claix, France
Weathering, Yare Gallery, Great Yarmouth
Perceiving Anomalies, Yellow Archangel, General Practice, Lincoln
Orbit, Poimena Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
2020
A FINE BALANCE, Houghton Hall, Norfolk (Contemporary and Country)
Vitalistic Fantasies, Contemporary British Painting, The Cello Factory, London
Image_Object, Poimena Gallery, Mona Foma festival, Launceston
2019
neo:artprize, Bolton Art Gallery, Bolton
Exeter Contemporary Open, Exeter Phoenix gallery, Exeter
Creekside Open 2019, APT Gallery, London
The End of Lines, X Marks the Spot, Great Yarmouth
Contemporary British Painting, Norwich Cathedral
"Made in Britain" Contemporary British Painting, National Museum, Gdansk Poland
4-person exhibition, Gray Contemporary, Houston, Texas
2018
Artworks Open 2018, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London
Beep Painting Biennial, Swansea
2017
Contemporary British Painting Prize, The Stables Gallery, Orleans House, Richmond Museum, London
This Year’s Model ‘17, Studio 1.1, London
2016
Plenty of time to lose your balance, Nunn’s Yard Gallery, Norwich
PING, Paint Club East members’ show, The Minories, Colchester
2014
Of Other Spaces, Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery, Sheffield Hallam University
Recent Works, Thirteen A Gallery, Norwich (solo exhibition)
2012
Regrouping, Bend In The River Gallery, Workstation, Sheffield
2011
Exeter Contemporary Open, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
2010
We Are What We Do, Stew Gallery, Norwich, UK
2009
Locus, Visions Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo exhibition)
2008
Digital Eyes 2008-2009, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, USA
2007
Siggraph 2007, Global Eyes, San Diego, USA
2006
Unsern Nachbarn, Haus Metternich, Koblenz, Germany
Proof, Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
2005
V9-U9 Project. Print Portfolio (India/UK)
2002
On the Edge, Salthouse, Norfolk
2000
Connections, John Innes Centre, Norwich
Drawing Connections, Beach Museum, Kansas, USA
1999
Vauxhall Gardens, Norwich Gallery
1998
Inscription, Norwich Gallery (solo exhibition)
1997
Recent Paintings, St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales (solo exhibition)
1996
Weatherview, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, The Hague
1995
Group show, Castle Museum, Norwich
1994
Castle Museum, Norwich (Group)
1993
Castle Museum, Norwich (Group)
1991
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries (Group)
1990
Seagate Gallery, Dundee (Group)
1989
Edinburgh College of Art (Group)
1988
Kirkaldy Art Gallery, Scotland (solo exhibition)
Laing Museum, Newburgh, Scotland (solo exhibition)
1986
Hollywood Gallery, London (Group)
1984
Falmouth College of Art (Group)
1983
Pick of Graduate Art, Christie’s, London
1980
Aspects of Abstraction, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh
RESIDENCIES
2011 5-day residency at Orford Ness, Suffolk
2009 2-week residency at Asabi School of Art, Tokyo
AWARDS
1983 John Minton Award, Royal College of Art
1982 Katherine Pakenham Award for Young Women Writers
1978 Andrew Grant Travelling Scholarship
TEACHING
'91-2010 Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Norwich University College of the Arts
'87-91 Senior Lecturer in Painting, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art,
Oxford University
1990 Visiting Lecturer, Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio, USA
'86-90 Tutor in Painting, Swindon College
'83-85 Lecturer in Painting, Falmouth College of Art
OTHER
2017 ‘Mary Heilmann: Looking at Pictures’, review in Journal of
Contemporary Painting (issue 4.1)
2017 Guest-editor (with Barbara Howey) of Journal of Contemporary
Painting (issue 3.1&2: Painting As Commitment)
2012 Founder member of Paint Club East (until 2016)