Molly Smith

Molly Smith (b. 1976, Kansas City, MO) has lived in the rural hills of western Massachusetts homesteading and creating the matter of her daily life as long as she lived in New York City where she pursued an art career. Smith received a BFA in Painting at Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA at Columbia University. Living in NYC, Smith showed her work for thirteen years and was represented by Kerry Schuss and Kate Werble. She has taught art at a K-8 school and at universities including Hampshire College, Columbia University, Rhode Island School of Design, and Maryland Institute College of Art. Smith moved to Massachusetts in 2013 and helped her partner build their dwellings, learned to raise their own food, and has been homeschooling her two children.

Drawing upon the nature she is surrounded by as well as the processes and stuff of her daily work, Smith records the beauty and awe she sees in drawings, paintings and sculptures. As an artist, Smith believes in working with what you've got and transforming materials in simple and inventive ways.