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Molly

Kent

Disciplines: Textiles & Fibre

Location: Edinburgh

Materials: Tapestry
Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Molly is a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, receiving a Master of Arts with First Class Honours. Molly Kent is a textile and ceramic artist who represents mental health through mediums such as rug tufting, weaving and stoneware ceramics. They portray contemporary existence regarding social media and internet living and how this affects our perception of self. This stems from their personal experiences of their mental health condition CPTSD, and neuro-development disability Autism, but also reflects on broader anxieties and fears that have come to their attention due to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the climate disaster. Molly is an internationally exhibited artist, having contributed to exhibitions such as WORD OF MOUTH at the Venice Biennale 2019, then toured Australia, and various exhibitions across the UK and Europe. Their largest showing of work outside of the UK was recently held by the Urban Nation Museum, in Berlin, Germany as part of the exhibition ‘Loneliness and Other False Friends.’ Their work is also held in public and private collections worldwide. Including work being held by the University of Edinburgh’s Art Collection and the National Museum of Australia, amongst others.

Previous Experience

Education: Fine Art MA (Hons) – Edinburgh College of Art 2015-2020 – First Class Honours Foundation Diploma in Art and Design – Cadbury College 2014-2015 (Distinction) Prizes: 2026 – ESW Hawthornvale Mentorship Award 2025 – a-n Artists’ Bursary, VAA International Exhibition & Scholarship Prize (shortlisted), Visual Arts and Crafts Maker Award, Applied Art Scotland Award 2024 – BADA Art Prize (Shortlisted), Irene Davies Award (Shortlisted), Unlimited Development Bursary, Unlimited Open Award (Shortlisted) 2023 – ING Discerning Eye Scottish Region Prize, The John Byrne Award (Shortlisted), Jerwood Survey III Nominated 2022 – Ramsey Cornish Prize, Barns-Graham Travel Award, RSA Art Prize, MacLaine Watters Medal, Edinburgh Printmakers Graduate Residency Award

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