Molly Morin is an artist working in sculpture and digital media. Morin has given invited lectures at the Center for Research Computing at the University of Notre Dame, The Society for Science, Literature and the Arts, and the National Academy of Science. She has exhibited nationally and internationally including solo exhibitions at The Collaboratory at UC Santa Barbara, Wittenberg University, Lamar University, the University of Dallas, and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. She was a 2020 Utah Visual Arts Fellow and her work is included in the state’s Alice Merrill Horne collection.
Morin’s work teases out long held cultural assumptions influenced by Enlightenment logics that we accept as true, neutral and necessary, and explores ways in which recent advances in computation can amplify and extend power imbalances already present in social, political and art-world systems. Her sculptures and drawings are often poetic physical embodiments of data sets and algorithms in diverse media. Her practice includes fabric manipulation, felting, machine knitting, machine-cut plastic, machine drawing, generative drawing, performative drawing, projection, animation, data visualization, and physical computing in which interactions between media are experimental and their boundaries are constantly shifting. Her recent work draws on her experience as a competitive weightlifter and coach to explore issues around gender, power and agency.
Exhibitions
Solo and 2-person Exhibitions
1055113200, HASTAC 2023 at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (collaborative w/ Nikki Stevens), 2023
Bradford Butterflies, The Space on Main, Bradford, NY, 2023
Information Density, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT (solo), 2018
Flying Machines, Patrajas Contemporary at Office Evolution Ogden, UT, (solo), 2018
A Short-Lived Escape from Gravity, The Collaboratory at UC Santa Barbara (solo), 2018
Invisible Things, Whitespace Gallery, Ogden, UT (w/ Stephen Wolochowicz), 2015
Red Balloons, Clemson University Center for Visual Arts, Greenville, SC (w/ S. Wolochowicz), 2014
Command Plus, &/ (andorproject.com) curated online space (w/ Nia Davies), 2014
Traces of Awe, Whittenberg University, Springfield OH (solo exhibition), 2013
Fragile Elements, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX (w/ Tanya Synar), 2013
Molly Morin & Stephen Wolochowicz, Goshen College, Goshen, IN, 2013
Digital Figuring, Kremp Gallery, Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, IN (solo exhibition), 2011
Binary Portraits, Lakeside Gallery, Michigan City, IN (solo exhibition), 2010
Cyber-Poetry and Binary Portraits, Atrium Gallery, SBCRC, South Bend, IN (solo exhibition), 2010
Molly Morin and Eileen Powel, Raymond James Building, Greenville, SC, 2009
Meanwhile, a few inches apart, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, SC (thesis exhibition), 2007
Group Exhibitions
… na papieri 4, invitational exhibition, Galéria 19, curated by Marian Meško, Bratislava, 2021
20/20 Visions: A view from the studio of the 2020 Visual Art Fellows, Utah Arts & Museums online, 2021
Biennial Faculty Show, group exhibition, Mary-Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Ogden, UT, 2021
Corporeal Imaginations, curator Jacqueline Wernimont, Jones Media, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 2019
Moments, public temporary art show, Ogden First Platforms, Ogden, UT, 2017
Matrix Evolutions, invitational public art exhibition, Ogden First Platforms, Ogden, UT, 2017
Abstract Expressions, curated show, Patrajdas Contemportary at Evolution Healthcare, SLC, UT, 2016
This is Home, invitational event sponsored by the Wonderment and Cotapaxi, Salt Lake City, UT 2016
Biennial Faculty Show, group exhibition, Mary-Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Ogden, UT, 2016
BTS à SLC, One-night street art collaboration with artists in Bratislava, Slovakia, Salt Lake City, UT, 2016
ND Alumni: Sculptors & Professors, curated exhibition, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, 2014
Biennial Faculty Show, group exhibition, Mary-Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Ogden, UT, 2014
PostNatural, invitational exhibit, panel, Society for Literature, Science & the Arts, Notre Dame, IN, 2013
Inaugural Juried Art Competition, group exhibit/benefit Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, 2013
Math + Art, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2013
Midtown Studios Exhibition, invited artist feature, d + p Architects, Jackson, Mississippi, 2012
Lab AD Art+Design, BECA Foundation Open International, New Studio A.D., Albuquerque, NM, 2012
Screening of new animations, Notre Dame Digital Visualization Theater, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2011
Binary Portraits, invited exhibition, Jordan Hall of Science Atrium, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2010
And When You Wake Up, invitational exhibition and fundraiser, Greenville, South Carolina, 2008
_ate_eight_08, invitational exhibition of CAFfeine Artists, Greenville, SC, 2008
Perspectives, group show, Hill Gallery at the Reserves, Keowee, SC, 2008
Holiday Show and Sale, invitational fine art show and sale, The Arts Center, Clemson, SC, 2007
Meanwhile, a few inches apart, thesis exhibition, Lee Gallery, Clemson University Clemson, SC, 2007
Chiaroscuro, invitational exhibition and fundraiser, Clemson, SC, 2007
Rock, Paper, Scissors, curated exhibition, Pickens County Museum of Art and History, Pickens, SC, 2007
Summer Show, group show, Ashland University Art Gallery Ashland, Ohio, 2007
Thinking Inside the Box, group show, MFA Gallery, Clemson University Clemson, SC, 2007
24-Hour Show,group show, MFA Gallery, Clemson University Clemson, SC, 2006
Thank you for coming, see you again soon, collaborative installation, MFA Gallery, Clemson, SC, 2005
Systematic, National Juried Show, Arnold Community College Arnold, MD, 2004
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, ND, IN, 2003
Elkhart Juried Regional, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN, 2003