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

        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