Contact
Email: molliebalshaw@outlook.com
Education
2019 – 2020 School Of The Damned, 12 month Alternative MA, Locations across UK
2016 – 2019 BA Fine Art, First Class Honours, University of Salford
2015 – 2016 UAL Foundation Art & Design, Blackburn College
Selected Exhibitions
2020 Manchester Open, HOME, Manchester
2019 (Co-Curator) Methods of Observing, CASS ART Gallery, Manchester
2019 Contemporary Venice ITSLIQUID International Art Show, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi
2019 Material Concerns, PAPER Gallery, Manchester
2019 Introducing Short Supply, Global Art & Design Fair West Bund Art Center, Shanghai
2019 Neo Art Prize, Bolton Museum & Art Gallery, Bolton
2019 AIR Open, AIR Gallery, Altrincham
2019 (Co-Curator) MADE IT, Paradise Works, Salford
2019 Lancashire Open, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
2019 Painting Prize 2019 Manifest Arts Festival, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2019 BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree Show, University of Salford
2019 Micro, AIR Gallery, Altrincham
2019 (Co-Curator) LGBTQI Exhibition, New Adelphi Atrium, University of Salford
2019 20:20 Print Exchange Touring Exhibition, Neo Gallery Bolton, Highland Print Studio Inverness, Blackstack Studio Kilkenny
2018 UCAS Create Your Future, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester
2018 UCAS Create Your Future, ExCeL, London
2018 Please Press Pause And Try Again Later, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester
2018 The Open, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Salford
2018 (Co-Curator) REALITY: TAP TO SEE MORE, Paradise Works, Salford
2018 Salford Print Portfolio, PAPER Gallery, Manchester
2018 The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair, Wakefield
2018 Girls Girls Girls, Prism Contemporary, Blackburn
2017 Ice Cream for Crow, Make. Liverpool
2017 (Co-Curator) Work in Progress, ArtWork Atelier, Salford
Awards
2020 Graduate Scholarship Award, 12 month Professional Development Programme, University of Salford
2019 Highly Commended in the Create Student Awards, Art & Design Award, University of Salford
2018 Highly Commended in the Visual Arts category, The Global Undergraduate Awards, Dublin
2013 Achievement Awards 2013, Excellence in Art category, Ribblesdale Technology College
Residencies
2018 Group Residency at Kurt Schwitters' Merz Barn, Elterwater
2018 Site Residency, Flat Time House, Camberwell
2015 Site Residency, Dolphinholme Farm, Lancaster
Articles
Regular guest writer for website Culture Calling: Go See This
2018 Go See This, Discover REALITY: TAP TO SEE MORE
2018 Go See This, Discover Sounds From the Other City 2018
2018 Cotton On Manchester ’21ST CENTURY SLEEPWALK’ by Emma Talbot at Caustic Coastal
Features & Publications
Magazine
2019 Penny Thoughts Issue #24, Short Supply Special Edition
2018 Average Art Magazine, September Edition
2018 wotisart Magazine, September Edition
2018 wotisart Magazine, August Edition
2018 A5 Magazine, August Edition
2018 Guardian Witness, Painting Feature “So, how do you do it?”
2018 Lips: Expressions of Sexuality Zine Issue #20
2017 ARTRAG zine, The Issue of Firsts
2015 The Saatchi Gallery Magazine: Art & Music North No. 1
Online
2019 Superbia: Material Concerns
2019 PAPER Gallery: Short Supply presents Material Concerns
2019 The Double Negative: Introducing Short Supply
2019 Cotton On Manchester: MADE IT: Exhibition Review
2018 MADE IN SALFORD: Artist opportunities with Mollie Balshaw
2018 “REALITY: TAP TO SEE MORE” Student Exhibition
2018 Manchester’s Finest: New Exhibition Space Showcases Student Artwork
2018 Student Showcase at Paradise Works