Kate Molloy (she/her) is a practicing artist and facilitator based in Dublin, Ireland. Her practice engages with painting, clay and installation work and explores the feelings of uncertainty and intuition that develop during the creative process.After graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 2014, with an MFA in Contemporary Art Practice she was shortlisted for the Beers London Contemporary Visions VI in 2015. Having exhibited work throughout Ireland and the U.K, in 2019 Kate’s first international solo exhibition Controlled Emotion opened at Skinroom, Hamilton, New Zealand. In 2023 received the Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award. Previous member of Engage Art Studios, Galway and Wickham Street Studios, Limerick. Current member of A4 Sounds Studio, Dublin. Education 2012 - 2014 MFA Contemporary Art Painting, Edinburgh College of Art 2007 - 2011 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology, 2:1 Solo Exhibitions 2020 - Poetic Hesitations - The Seamus Ennis Art Centre, Co Dublin 2019 - Controlled Emotion - SkinRoom, Hamilton, New Zealand Selected Exhibitions 2023 - Small Things Like These, LHQ Gallery, Cork, Ireland 2022 - K-Fest, Killorglin, Co Kerry, Ireland 2021 - Winter Open, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co Clare, Ireland 2018 - The Process of Doubt, Old Sailors Home, Limerick, Ireland 2017 - Celebrating Traditions, The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland 2016 - Works on Paper, DOK Artist Space, Edinburgh, UK - An Act Of Uncertainty, Galway Fringe Festival, Ireland - Raw, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, UK 2015 - Sexier than Torture, Series of Live Performances, Edinburgh, UK - William & Mary, Art/Music, Midnight Podcast Series 2014 - Print³, Black Cube Collective, Whitespace, Edinburgh, UK - Print Portfolio, Embassy, Edinburgh, UK - Masters of the Multiverse, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK - I Don’t Really Know If I’ll Ever Get To See You Again, live performance, ECA, Edinburgh, UK 2013 - The Last Ten Minutes of Braveheart, Galway Fringe, Galway, Ireland - No Melon, Embassy, Edinburgh, UK - Tolerably Good, Talbot Rice, Edinburgh, UK - Group Show, Gallery CueB, London, UK - Defcon Salon 1, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK 2012 - In Art the Term Painting…., KT Contemporary, Dublin, Ireland 2011 - Culture Night, Engage Art Studios, Galway, Ireland - Trust, The Niland Gallery, Galway, Ireland - Graduate Show, Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland 2010 - Surface, Group Show, Lombard Street Building, Galway, Ireland Shortlisted Beers London, Contemporary Visions VI, 2015 Shortlisted Beers London, Contemporary Visions VI, 2015 Funding 2023 - Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award 2021 - 126 Micro Grant Books Open CueB 2013, La Russa, Franco, Thion Press Workshops 2023 - Throwing Workshop Arran Street East 2021 - Turps Banana Online Surgery with Scott McCracken 2013 - ‘In Public’ with Alexander Guy, Stockwell Street, Glasgow Press 2016, March, Inside Artists Issue 4, Artist Feature 2015, December, Limerick Leader, John Rainsford, Arts Interview 2014, May, young-space.com, Kate Mothes, Painting Spotlight 2011, June, Irish Times, Aidan Dunne, Graduate Show Review Residency 2020 / 2021 - Cill Rialaig Art Residency, Co Kerry Talks 2020 - Interview with Michael Minnis for the Seamus Ennis Art Centre 2018 - My Practice (Professional Talk & Painting Tutorials), AUT Galway Membership Visual Artists Ireland, Catalyst Arts Belfast, 126 Artist-run Gallery Collections Private collections in Ireland, UK, New Zealand and USA |
Kate Molloy (she/her) is a practicing artist and facilitator based in Dublin, Ireland. Her practice engages with painting, clay and installation work and explores the feelings of uncertainty and intuition that develop during the creative process.After graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 2014, with an MFA in Contemporary Art Practice she was shortlisted for the Beers London Contemporary Visions VI in 2015. Having exhibited work throughout Ireland and the U.K, in 2019 Kate’s first international solo exhibition Controlled Emotion opened at Skinroom, Hamilton, New Zealand. In 2023 received the Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award. Previous member of Engage Art Studios, Galway and Wickham Street Studios, Limerick. Current member of A4 Sounds Studio, Dublin. Education 2012 - 2014 MFA Contemporary Art Painting, Edinburgh College of Art 2007 - 2011 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology, 2:1 Solo Exhibitions 2020 - Poetic Hesitations - The Seamus Ennis Art Centre, Co Dublin 2019 - Controlled Emotion - SkinRoom, Hamilton, New Zealand Selected Exhibitions 2023 - Small Things Like These, LHQ Gallery, Cork, Ireland 2022 - K-Fest, Killorglin, Co Kerry, Ireland 2021 - Winter Open, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co Clare, Ireland 2018 - The Process of Doubt, Old Sailors Home, Limerick, Ireland 2017 - Celebrating Traditions, The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland 2016 - Works on Paper, DOK Artist Space, Edinburgh, UK - An Act Of Uncertainty, Galway Fringe Festival, Ireland - Raw, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, UK 2015 - Sexier than Torture, Series of Live Performances, Edinburgh, UK - William & Mary, Art/Music, Midnight Podcast Series 2014 - Print³, Black Cube Collective, Whitespace, Edinburgh, UK - Print Portfolio, Embassy, Edinburgh, UK - Masters of the Multiverse, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK - I Don’t Really Know If I’ll Ever Get To See You Again, live performance, ECA, Edinburgh, UK | 2013 - The Last Ten Minutes of Braveheart, Galway Fringe, Galway, Ireland - No Melon, Embassy, Edinburgh, UK - Tolerably Good, Talbot Rice, Edinburgh, UK - Group Show, Gallery CueB, London, UK - Defcon Salon 1, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK 2012 - In Art the Term Painting…., KT Contemporary, Dublin, Ireland 2011 - Culture Night, Engage Art Studios, Galway, Ireland - Trust, The Niland Gallery, Galway, Ireland - Graduate Show, Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland 2010 - Surface, Group Show, Lombard Street Building, Galway, Ireland Shortlisted Beers London, Contemporary Visions VI, 2015 Shortlisted Beers London, Contemporary Visions VI, 2015 Funding 2023 - Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award 2021 - 126 Micro Grant Books Open CueB 2013, La Russa, Franco, Thion Press Workshops 2023 - Throwing Workshop Arran Street East 2021 - Turps Banana Online Surgery with Scott McCracken 2013 - ‘In Public’ with Alexander Guy, Stockwell Street, Glasgow Press 2016, March, Inside Artists Issue 4, Artist Feature 2015, December, Limerick Leader, John Rainsford, Arts Interview 2014, May, young-space.com, Kate Mothes, Painting Spotlight 2011, June, Irish Times, Aidan Dunne, Graduate Show Review Residency 2020 / 2021 - Cill Rialaig Art Residency, Co Kerry Talks 2020 - Interview with Michael Minnis for the Seamus Ennis Art Centre 2018 - My Practice (Professional Talk & Painting Tutorials), AUT Galway Membership Visual Artists Ireland, Catalyst Arts Belfast, 126 Artist-run Gallery Collections Private collections in Ireland, UK, New Zealand and USA |