BIOGRAPHY
Molly Aubry, born in Denver, Colorado, lives and works in South Florida. She received her BFA from the University of Florida and her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Her work explores entangled perceptual worlds through the matrix of print media. Mining the tension between organic materials and digital processes, the work imagines artifacts from a world in which the natural and artificial are inextricably linked. Selected exhibitions include Molly Aubry: Dark Luminosity at the Cultural Council for Palm Beach, Strange Paradise: A Window into Surrealism at the Annmarie Sculpture Gardens and Art Center in Solomons, MD, and Intimacy at Science Gallery of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
Aubry was commissioned by the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs Art in Public Places Program in 2022 and in 2023, she was commissioned by the City of West Palm Beach. She has received full fellowships for residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Ragdale Foundation, and Shoals Marine Laboratory, and received a Visiting Artist Grant from the U.S. Department of State. Aubry was awarded the 2023-2024 South Florida Cultural Consortium (SFCC) Fellowship and the 2024-2025 Artist Innovation Fellowship from the Cultural Council of Palm Beach. In addition to her interdisciplinary studio practice, Aubry is an Adjunct Professor at the New World School of the Arts in Miami and an Associate with Acquavella Galleries in Palm Beach.
Curriculum Vitae
Master of Fine Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art · Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bachelor of Fine Arts cum laude, University of Florida · Gainesville, FL
Study Abroad, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Greece
S E L E C T E D E X H I B I T I O N S
Works on Paper, The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ, 2024
(Juror: Kim Conaty, Chief Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY)
Conceptually Green, Arts Warehouse · Delray Beach, FL, 2024
South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition, Art and Culture Center/Hollywood · Hollywood, FL [catalog], 2023-2024Farewell to the Place That Held Me (Pop Up), Studio 17 · West Palm Beach, FL, 2023
Paperworks, bj spoke gallery, online exhibition · Huntington, NY, 2023
(Juror: Emily Olek, Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings & Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY)
Biennial 2023, Cultural Council of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL, 2023
(Juror: Juana Williams, Associate Curator of African-American Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI)
Spotlight, Studio 1608 · West Palm Beach, FL, 2023
Molly Aubry: Dark Luminosity (Solo Exhibition): Cultural Council of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL, 2023
Strange Paradise: A Window into Surrealism, Annmaire Sculpture Garden & Arts Center · Solomons, MD, 2022
(Juror: Anne Hyland, Curatorial Coordinator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.)
Waves, Arts Warehouse · Delray Beach, FL, 2022
Night Visions, Coconino Center for the Arts · Flagstaff, AZ, 2022
Outside the Box, Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center · Belle Glade, FL, 2021Animals, Site:Brooklyn Gallery · Brooklyn, NY, 2019
In Flux, M Contemporary · Ferndale, MI, 2019
Club Exile, Mana Contemporary · Miami, FL, 2019
Biennial 2019, Cultural Council of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL, 2019
(Juror: Melanie Johanson, Contemporary Curator at the Cornell Art Museum)
Dream Again, Plaxall Gallery (with the Secret Theater's production of The Tempest) · Long Island City, NY, 2019
Intimacy, Science Gallery, Trinity College · Dublin, Ireland [catalog], 2018-2019
Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum · Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2018
Two-Person Exhibition: Två, Galleri 2987 · Detroit, MI, 2018
Ice Palace, Tessellate Gallery · Pontiac, MI, 2018
13th Annual Small Works Show, 440 Gallery · Brooklyn, NY, 2017
Remedies, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, curated by Kristi McGuire · Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2017
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services · Farmington Hills, MI [catalog], 2017
Pain, Hoyt Gallery, University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA, 2017
þíða [Thaw], with Antigoni Papatoni & Ron Buffington, Fjúk Arts Centre · Húsavík, Iceland, 2016
Natural Wonder III (invitational), Clemson City Hall · Clemson, SC, 2016
Armory Art Center Faculty Exhibition · Benzaiten Center for the Arts · Lake Worth, FL, 2015
(Juror: Marisa Pascucci, Curator of American Art, Norton Museum of Art)
Summer Heat VI · Rossetti Fine Arts · Wilton Manors, FL, 2015
All That Glows Sees, Institut fur Alles Mögliche · Berlin, Germany, 2015
Poetry Scores Hawaii - Look Like What it Means, University of Hawai'i at Hilo · Hilo, HI, 2015
(Juror: Phil Sanders, Director of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY)
Southern Exposure: New Work Now (invitational), Cultural Council of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL, 2014
Natural Wonder: Artists of the Rensing Center (invitational), Liscomb Gallery, The Governor's School · Greenville, SC, 2014
24th Annual All-Florida Juried Show, Court House Cultural Center · Stuart, FL, 2014
Float, The Burren College of Art · Ballyvaughan, Ireland, 2014
Printocracy, Asheville Book Works · Asheville, NC, 2013
County Contemporary: All Media Juried Show, Cultural Council of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL, 2013
(Juror: Mark Richard Leach, Executive Director of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC)
Mychophilia, The Rensing Center, Pickens, SC, 2012
Anatomy of Spirit, Studio 1608, West Palm Beach, FL, 2012
Prints + Experimental Drawing, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts · Skopelos, Greece, 2007
Postcards From The Edge, 10th Annual Visual AIDS Benefit Exhibition, James Cohan Gallery · New York, NY, 2007
S E L E C T E D A W A R D S
Artist Innovation Fellowship, Cultural Council of Palm Beach, 2024-2025
South Florida Cultural Consortium (SFCC) Fellowship, Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs, 2023-2024
CARES Grant, Palm Beach County, FL, 2020
Artist Grant, Cultural Council of Palm Beach, 2020
Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision Press, 2018
(Curated by Lisa Volpe, Associate Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art · Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2016-2017
Visiting Artist Grant, U.S. Department of State · Moldova, 2015
Honorable Mention: "Shillelagh" · 24th Annual All-Florida Juried Show, Court House Cultural Center · Stuart, FL, 2014
First Place: "Eupnea" · Annual Student Show, Armory Art Center · West Palm Beach, FL, 2013
Merit Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts: Spring Concentration in Printmaking · Bakersville, NC, 2010
Bright Futures Full Academic Scholarship · University of Florida · Gainesville, FL, 2004-2008
P U B L I C C O L L E C T I O N S
City of West Palm Beach Public Art Collection, 2023
The Hilton Art Collection, 2023
Gallery on the River, Art in Public Places of Miami-Dade County, Related Group · Miami, FL, 2022
Outside the Box, Art in Public Places of Palm Beach County · Belle Glade, FL, 2020
L E C T U R E S & W O R K S H O P S
Path to College · West Palm Beach, FL, 2022-2023
Science Gallery, Trinity College · Dublin, Ireland, 2019
Shoals Marine Laboratory · Appledore Island, ME, 2018
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit · Detroit, MI, 2018
Academy of Arts · Chișinău, Moldova, 2015
Rio Mesa Center, University of Utah · Moab, UT, 2014
B I B L I O G R A P H Y & P U B L I C A T I O N S
Philip Valys, "Guide to the Arts: Our Critic's Picks for Best Exhibits This Season," Sun Sentinel, 2023
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/10/04/guide-to-the-arts-our-critics-picks-for-best-exhibits-this-season/
Shelley Thorstensen, "New Eyes," The Mid America Print Council Journal, Issue 30/31, 2020
https://midamericaprintcouncil.org/journals/MAPCJournal2020.pdf
Experiencing Perspectives Exhibition Catalog, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI, 2017
Brittany Ackerman, "10 Best Artists in Palm Beach County," Broward New Times, 2016
https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/arts/ten-best-visual-artists-in-palm-beach-county-7691099
Estrada, Sheryl. “17 Artists Earn Southern Exposure.” Huffington Post, 2014
Cover Art, Crescendo City, Harlem Writers' Circle, New York, NY, 2011
R E S I D E N C I E S
PLAYA · Summer Lake, OR, 2019
Shoals Marine Laboratory · Appledore Island, ME, 2018
Ragdale Foundation, full fellowship · Lake Forest, IL, 2017
Cill Rialaig Arts Centre · Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland, 2017
Fjúk Arts Centre · Husavik, Iceland, 2016
Institut fur Alles Mögliche · Berlin, Germany, 2015
Vermont Studio Center, full fellowship · Johnson, VT, 2015
Fjúk Arts Centre · Husavik, Iceland, 2016
Institut fur Alles Mögliche · Berlin, Germany, 2015
Vermont Studio Center, full fellowship · Johnson, VT, 2015
Burren College of Art · Ballyvaughan, Ireland, 2014
The Rensing Center · Pickens, SC, 2012
The Rensing Center · Pickens, SC, 2012