Mollie Balshaw
Artist
Contact
Email: molliebalshaw@outlook.com
Education
2020 – 2021 Alternative MA, School of the Damned
2016 – 2019 BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Salford
2015 – 2016 UAL Foundation Diploma Art & Design, Blackburn College
Selected Exhibitions & Curation
2022 (Selector) Manchester Open, HOME, Manchester
2021 (Curator) Anna Davies Solo Show, CASS ART Manchester
2021 (Curator) MADE IT: Graduate Art Prize, Rogue Artist's Studios, Manchester
2021 (Curator) Three's A Crowd, Abingdon Studios, Blackpool, supported by Arts Council England
2021 (Selector) Graduate Showcase 2020, Sponsored by Short Supply, AIR Gallery, Altrincham
2021 SCHEMING, Function Suite (Escape Bar), School of the Damned, Stratford
2020 (Curator) MADE IT: Graduate Art Prize (Online Exhibition Preview)
2020 COMING SOON, Collaboration with School of the Damned, Castlefield Gallery NAS Warrington
2020 DOOM GLOOM STUCK IN YOUR ROOM, Curated by Fin De Siecle, Ziferblat London
2020 50 Windows of Creativity, Playhouse Competition, Wild In Art and Manchester City Council, Hilton House
2020 Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival, WCAF20 OPEN, Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
2020 Feedback Installation, Collaboration with School of the Damned, Castlefield Gallery NAS Warrington
2020 (Curator) Queer Contemporaries, AIR Gallery, Altrincham
2020 (Curator) Queer Contemporaries (Online Exhibition Preview)
2020 Connect, Rooftop Arts Centre (Online Exhibition Preview)
2020 HANDS IN THE (DIGIT)AL AGE, Curated by Molly Stredwick (Online Exhibition Preview)
2020 ⚬Dot⚬Dot-Dash, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2020 Launch Exhibition, Transmission Gallery (Online Art Gallery and Studio)
2020 Queers Just Wanna Have Fun, Queerly Collective (Online Exhibition Preview)
2020 Opening Reception, The Little Pink Gallery of Big Ideas (Online Art Gallery)
2020 (Curator) P-ART-Y (collaboration with PROFORMA's Chris Bailkoski), Soup Kitchen, Manchester
2020 Manchester Open, HOME, Manchester
2019 (Curator) Methods of Observing: Saoirse Lewis, CASS ART Manchester
2019 Contemporary Venice, ITSLIQUID International Art Show, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi
2019 Material Concerns, PAPER Gallery, Manchester
2019 Short Film Introducing Short Supply, Global Art & Design Fair, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai
2019 Neo Art Prize, Bolton Museum & Art Gallery, Bolton
2019 (Selector) AIR Open, AIR Gallery, Altrincham
2019 AIR Open, AIR Gallery, Altrincham
2019 (Curator) MADE IT: Graduate Art Prize, Paradise Works, Salford
2019 Lancashire Open, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
2019 Manifest Arts Festival Painting Prize, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2019 BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree Show, University of Salford
2019 Micro, AIR Gallery, Altrincham
2019 (Curator) LGBTQI Showcase, New Adelphi Atrium, University of Salford
2019 20:20 Print Exchange Touring Exhibition, The Moscow Studio, Highland Print Studio Inverness, Blackstack Studio Kilkenny
2018 UCAS Create Your Future Touring Exhibition, ExCeL, London, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester
2018 Please Press Pause And Try Again Later, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester
2018 Site Specific Collaborative Installation "Tarpaulin Path", Peel Park, Salford
2018 Summer Show, 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 Site Specific Sculpture and Performance "Sandpit Mermaid", Peel Park, Salford
2017 (Co-Curator) Work in Progress, ArtWork Atelier, Salford
2017 The Post Truth Project, New Adelphi Gallery, Salford
2016 Site Specific Installation “Confessions”, University of Salford
2016 UAL Foundation Candidate Showcase, Central Saint Martins
2016 UAL Foundation End of Year Show, Blackburn College
2015 Site Specific Installation “Scratch Film”, Blackburn College
2013 Natural Forms, Window Gallery, Clitheroe
Awards
2021 Where Do Emerging Artists Graduate To? 12 month programme supported by Arts Council England
2021 WEAVE Creative Enterprise and Business Development Programme, Islington Mill, supported by European Development Fund
2021 SET Studio Prize awarded to School of the Damned Class of 2020, Woolwich
2020 Chapel Street Business Support Programme, The Business Group, Salford
2020 Graduate Scholarship Award, 12 month professional development programme, Castlefield Gallery Associates
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, Excellence in Art & Design category, Ribblesdale Technology College
Workshops & Talks
2021 Group and Individual Mentorship Sessions, Graduate Showcase 2020, AIR Gallery, Altrincham
2021 Potluck, Short Supply lead as part of WEAVE Programme, Islington Mill
2021 Art, Capitalism and Ratatouille, Talk at WEFT Residency, Islington Mill
2021 Distance Drawing, Workshop delivered as part of WEFT Residency, Islington Mill
2021 Artist In Conversation: Mollie Balshaw, Art History Society, University of Manchester
2021 FAKE IT 'TIL YOU MAKE IT, School of the Damned x MADE IT 2020, In Conversation Series
2021 ART/ACTIVISM, Online Talk by Short Supply, Contemporary Art and Illustration, University of Huddersfield
2021 Acing Education and Tackling the Art World, Online Talk by Short Supply, Fine Art, University of Salford
2021 A LOVELY Zine Making Workshop, Project in collaboration with Drawn Poorly
2020 Skype Sessions, Digital Artist-Led 1-2-1 Critique & Advice Sessions
2020 Supply Sessions #1-6, Artist-Led Group Critique Sessions, GRUB, Manchester
2020 Manchester Open: Artist Social Presents "Short Supply and Oliver Tennant", HOME
2020 FUTURES "Graduate Advice With Short Supply", Manchester School Of Art
2019 PechaKucha Night Vol. #29 "How Do I Start My Own Art Prize? ", Fairfield Social Club
2019 Programme Day "Introducing Short Supply ", Media City UK, Salford Quays
2018 Programme Day "Writing & Art ", Media City UK, Salford Quays
Residencies
2021 WEFT Residency in collaboration with Islington Mill, Salford, supported by Arts Council England
2019 Research Residency with Short Supply, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
2018 Group Residency, Kurt Schwitters' Merz Barn, Elterwater
2018 Site Residency, Flat Time House, Camberwell
2018 X-Ray Specs, Collaboration with the School of Health Sciences, University of Salford
2015 Site Residency, Dolphinholme Farm, Lancaster
Magazine Features & Publications
2020 SLUICE Magazine, Spring/Summer 2020
2020 NE VOLUME, May Edition
2020 Art Hole Magazine, June Edition
2020 Queerantine Zine International, IDAHOBIT
2020 Homology Lit Issue #6, Queerantined
2020 Quarantine Magazine International, Communication
2019 Penny Thoughts Issue #24, Short Supply "MADE IT" Special Issue
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
Digital Features, Publications & Collaboration
2021 MAKE Pack, Commissioned by HOME for the Manchester Open, Short Supply
2021 Graduate Takeover, Season of events in collaboration with Redeye and Fuse
2021 Competent Rebels, In Conversation Series in collaboration with Hannah Jones
2021 WEFT Residency Live, Panel Discussion / Q&A, Islington Mill
2021 "A Change of Scene - Supporting Emerging Artists with Guts Gallery and Short Supply" Salt Magazine
2021 "The Short Way" Audio Tour Commissioned by Peel Park and Salford Museum and Art Gallery
2021 11:11 Online Residency, Grace Collins and James McColl In Conversation with Short Supply
2020 Interview with Radio Warrington on COMING SOON, School of the Damned
2020 "You Do Me, I'll Do You?" Short Supply on Material Concerns, The Fourdrinier
2020 MADE IT News Feature on Salford Now, By Lucy Fieldhouse
2020 Warrington Special on Foodhall Community Radio, School of the Damned
2020 Former M&S Shop Turned Into New Art Space, Warrington Guardian
2020 Interview with Laura Weaver on Short Supply, MUKA
2020 Cotton On Manchester "Flat Instance" by Soft Spot Review
2020 RESET // Interview with Mollie Balshaw
2020 Homology Lit, Underrepresented Art & Literature, Feature
2020 Reoccurring slot on Foodhall Community Radio, School of the Damned
2020 Playhouse at DM20, WDW United: Design Manchester Festival
2020 Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival Catalogue
2020 Global LGBTQI+ Safe Space Alliance, Short Supply, Safe Space Alliance
2020 Queer Contemporaries, The Double Negative, Review by Lucy Holt
2020 'SEVEN DAYS IN SUMMER - STARTING' Spring Micro-Commission, University of Salford Art Collection
2020 Prospering Post-Graduation by Mike Pinnington, The Double Negative, Article
2020 Art Lecturer showcased in Queer Contemporaries, University of Bedfordshire
2020 Art Collection University of Salford, Graduate Scholars Profile
2020 Creative Tourist: Featured at Number 1, Exhibitions and Events in the North
2020 Visit Manchester: Queer Contemporaries, Digital Feature
2020 Creative Tourist: Queer Contemporaries Preview, Written by Sara Jaspan
2020 Curatorspace, Short Supply Presents Queer Contemporaries
2020 Lecture In Progress, MADE IT 2020, Digital Feature
2020 ARTCONNECT Magazine, Opportunities Feature, MADE IT 2020
2020 Announcing: 5 artists selected for Spring micro-commissions
2020 YAC: Young Artist's In Conversation, Short Supply
2020 Manchester's Finest: Short Supply Presents 'Queer Contemporaries'
2020 In Conversation With: ORBIT X Short Supply
2020 DOOM, GLOOM, STUCK IN YOUR ROOM REPORT, Bricks Magazine
2020 Digital Encounters, Sluice Magazine
2020 Class of 2020 Emerging Artist Profile, RUYA Maps, Digital Feature
2020 Playhouse, "Distance Drawing" Selected Design Feature
2020 A Performance at Hog Theatre, Digital Performance Feature
2020 Introspective, Dez Rez Projects, Short Film Digital Feature
2020 ⚬Dot⚬Dot-Dash Interviews, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2020 Connect, Rooftop Arts Centre (Online Exhibition Preview)
2020 Queering the Archive, The Erotics of the Archive by De LaGrace Volcano, Sexuality Summer School
2020 Re-Imagining Manchester, Digital Workshop by Jessica El Mal, Manchester International Festival
2020 Queerantine Zine International, IDAHOBIT
2020 HANDS IN THE (DIGIT)AL AGE, Curated by Molly Stredwick (Online Exhibition Preview)
2020 Launch Exhibition, Transmission Gallery (Online Art Gallery and Studio)
2020 Quaranzine, Bedroom Artists Volume #14
2020 ⚬Dot⚬Dot-Dash, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2020 Queers Just Wanna Have Fun, Queerly Collective (Online Exhibition Preview)
2020 Opening Reception, The Little Pink Gallery of Big Ideas (Online Art Gallery)
2020 Inside Voices, Darkside Collective (Online Exhibition Preview)
2020 NE VOLUME, May Edition, Transmission Gallery Feature
2020 The Listening Passport, Artwork Contribution "Isolation Sounds"
2020 Radical Education and Consensus Decision Making Workshop by Class of 2019, School Of The Damned
2020 I Am Art, Best of Graduates Europe
2019 Cotton On Manchester "Pecha Kucha Vol. #29" Event Review
2019 Rare Mags, Pecha Kucha Vol. #29 Feature
2019 Mollie Balshaw, Tenant Introduction Islington Mill
2019 Mutual Art, Artist and Exhibition Profile
2019 Superbia: Material Concerns
2019 PAPER Gallery presents "Material Concerns"
2019 Art Collection University of Salford, Graduate Scholarship Programme
2019 Castlefield Gallery, Graduate Scholarship Feature
2019 Art Rabbit, Artist and Exhibition Profile
2019 Penny Thoughts Issue #24, Short Supply "MADE IT" Special Issue
2019 The Double Negative: Introducing Short Supply
2019 A-N Degree Shows 2019, Artist Feature
2019 Art Jobs International, Artist Feature
2019 Cotton On Manchester "MADE IT" Exhibition Review
2018 Cotton On Manchester "21ST CENTURY SLEEPWALK" by Emma Talbot Review
2018 MADE IN SALFORD: Artist opportunities with Mollie Balshaw
2018 Cotton On Manchester "Please Press Pause And Try Again Later" Event Review
2018 Get It Done "Please Press Pause And Try Again Later"
2018 Go See This, Discover Sounds From the Other City 2018
2018 Girls Girls Girls, Exhibitions
2018 “REALITY: TAP TO SEE MORE” Student Exhibition
2018 Go See This, Discover REALITY: TAP TO SEE MORE
2018 Manchester’s Finest: New Exhibition Space Showcases Student Artwork
2018 Student Showcase at Paradise Works
2016 Supported Documentation of 'Feeeeling' in collaboration with Mathew Sawyer
*Full CV Available on Request