Molly Harrington is an emerging mixed-media artist and graduate of Massachusetts College of Art and Design, originally from Northeast Connecticut. Her work has a material focus on cast iron, ceramic, painting, and both traditional and digital illustration. She also sells posters, prints, stickers, pins, commissions, and more.
"As an artist, I want to provoke thought and interest in my media and the forms I create - to tell stories and incite intrigue, specifically through fantastical creatures and forms, mostly inspired by folklore, history, and culture. Drawing inspiration from my own personal experiences as well as animal and plant life, philosophy, science, and psychology, my work takes these themes and interconnects them. Through these connections, I express a sense of age as well as emotion through material history, exploring the foundation of shifting and shaping materials to create both 2D and 3D media. My work at its core aims to be ancient. It holds all of my love, all of my passion; showing the value of the permanence of a moment in time. Though nothing is truly permanent, I long to portray a sense of history and the passage of millennia, for the next best thing to forever is a long time."
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Massachusetts College of Art and Design – Boston, MA , May 2021
Internships
Intern, Sawmill Pottery, Putnam, CT, Summer 2016
Intern, Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum, Solsberry, IN, July 2019
Intern, Josephine Sculpture Park, Frankfort, KY, May-June 2021
Intern, Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum, Solsberry, IN, July 202
Grants and Awards
Merit Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, 2017
Massart Grant, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, 2017
FA3D Foundation Action Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, 2021
International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Sculpture Award nomination, 2021
Sculpture All-School Show Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, 2021
The Helen Blair Crosbie Award Honorable Mention, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, May 2021
Selected Exhibitions
Studio Foundation All School Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, March 2018
Charge, Tickle, Tap: Annual Massachusetts College of Art and Design Iron Corps Show 2018
Behind the Mask Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, November 2019
Sculpture All School Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, March 2019
The Creature Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, April 2019
Oh, the Irony!: Annual Massachusetts College of Art and Design Iron Corps Show, 2019
3D Department Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, February 2020
I Cast Iron Because…: Saugus Iron Works Show, July-August 2020
Abigail Ogilvy Gallery's Fresh Faces Exhibition, March-April 2021
Karen Smith, Judicator: NCCCIAP Juried Exhibition, March-April 2021
Aesthetica Artists' Directory, Issue #100, April 2021
Art Reveal Magazine, Issue #58, April 2021
The Saintly Review, Cover Art, May 2021