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Artist Statement
Everybody knows this is nowhere.
–Neil Young
I have an inclination to work with materials that have had an obvious life before I use them; it’s a challenge and a pleasure to make something from nothing.
In the last year my practice has grown out of the studio in the form of large-scale rooftop paintings for Google Earth. This project uses materials from the waste stream (discarded house paint) to mark a physical presence in digital space.
My work is generally concerned with human perception of current conditions; the Paintings for Satellites are specifically concerned with the effects of the digital on our physical bodies.
All my work begins a series of rules derived from existing conditions. For example, the color palette for the rooftop paintings is made from the discarded paint available on a given day; the physical surface of the roof determines the shape of the painting.
Everybody knows this is nowhere.
–Neil Young
I have an inclination to work with materials that have had an obvious life before I use them; it’s a challenge and a pleasure to make something from nothing.
In the last year my practice has grown out of the studio in the form of large-scale rooftop paintings for Google Earth. This project uses materials from the waste stream (discarded house paint) to mark a physical presence in digital space.
My work is generally concerned with human perception of current conditions; the Paintings for Satellites are specifically concerned with the effects of the digital on our physical bodies.
All my work begins a series of rules derived from existing conditions. For example, the color palette for the rooftop paintings is made from the discarded paint available on a given day; the physical surface of the roof determines the shape of the painting.
CV
Exhibitions
2010 Cool Water, Hot Island, a 5 block, 50,000 sq ft painting commissioned by Renewable Times Square/DOT, Broadway from 42nd to 77th, Times Square, NYC
2009 Architecturally, Hendershot Gallery, New York, NY
2008-2009 Suddenly: Where We Live Now, Seattle, WA, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR
2009 Exquisite Corpse, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers, NJ
2009 Dispersion, Feldman Gallery, PNCA, Portland, OR (Solo Show)
2009 Pure Intangibles, Mandrake Bar, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Visionary Drawing Building, Mass MOCA
2007 Psychaedelis Domesticus in collaboration with Marina Zurkow, Contemporary Baroque – Extreme Excess, BM-Suma Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2003-2009 La Superette, Eyebeam, Deitch Projects, Participant, Inc., New York, NY
2006 Alter Egos, Linfield College, Linfield, OR
2003-2005 Red Shoe Delivery Service, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia, Nottdance Festival, Nottingham, England, Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, Time Based Art Festival, Portland, OR
2002-2004 Fast Forward, The Great Indoors, Layers, Gifted, Spring Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Mollywood/O-Matic (window installation), Xanadu, New York, NY
2004 Expace #5, About Glamour, Brooklyn, NY
2004 PS2, The Cave, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Daydream Nation, X-Girl, New York , NY
2003 Art-Link Yanaka-Ueno Landmark Project, Ueno park, Yanaka, Nezu, and Sendagi, Tokyo, Japan.
Professional Experience
2008-2009 Curatorial Coordinator and Research Assistant, Reed College, Portland, OR
2009 Visiting Artist, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
2008 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Reed College, Portland, OR
2008 Visiting Instructor, MFA Seminar, BFA Studio and MFA mentor. Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2008 Visiting Artist and Curator, The Searchers, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2008 Assistant/Performer for MK Guth, Ties of Protection and Safekeeping, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
2006 Curator, The Searchers, Elizabeth Foundation Gallery, New York, NY (with catalogue)
2006 Curator, The Great American Store(age), Spring Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004-2005 Curator, Mobile Home for Red Shoe Delivery Service, TBA Festival, Portland OR, Nottdance Festival, Nottingham England, Melbourne Festival of International Art, Melbourne Australia
2004 Visiting Lecturer, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Press
WNYC, The New Times Square Unveiled, Andrea Bernstein, May 23, 2010
Fast Company, Times Square Set for Colorful Makeover Before Summer’s Tourist Rush, Jill Singer, May 24, 2010
Huffington Post, Molly Dilworth’s “Cool Water, Hot Island” Makes A River In Times Square, May 25, 2010
Wall Street Journal, Artist to Paint The Great White Way Blue, Alexandra Cheney, May 26, 2010
Italian Vogue, Times Square: The “land art” of Molly Dilworth that will refresh New York’s scalding summer. Alice Capiaghi, May 31, 2010
El Pais, Pintando para los satellites, R. Bosco/C. Caldana, April 15, 2010
L’espresso, Opere d’arte da cogliere al volo, Filippo Brunamonti, March 2, 2010
Gizmodo.com, Paintings For Satellites: Rooftop Art Targets a Google Earth Audience, Brian Barrett, March 1, 2010
Inhabitat.com, Stunning Rooftop Paintings Visible from Satellites, Moe Beitiks, February 27, 2010
NY Daily News, Work’s outta this world, Erica Pearson, February 8, 2010
La Repubblica, Molly l’artista che dipinge sui tetti vista dal satellite, February 8, 2010
Artcat, Architecturally at Hendershot Gallery, November 17, 2009
New York Times, Exquisite Corpse at Rutgers, November 22, 2009
Pdxart.blogspot, Interview with Molly Dilworth, September 26, 2009
Afterall, ‘suddenly: where we live now’ at the Pomona College Museum of Art, Mia Locks, 27th May 2009
The Oregonian, “Suddenly” at Reed College, Brian Libby, September 23, 2008
Art Lies, The City, Naked, Stephanie Snyder, Summer 2008
New York Times, Art In Review, The Searchers, Martha Schwendener, December 22, 2006
Fashion Projects, Red Shoe Delivery Service, 2005
Time Out, Red Shoe Delivery Service, December 2004
Brooklyn Magazine, Red Shoe Delivery Service, August 2004
Published Work
fillip Magazine, Lightly Illegal, Winter 2009
Exhibitions
2010 Cool Water, Hot Island, a 5 block, 50,000 sq ft painting commissioned by Renewable Times Square/DOT, Broadway from 42nd to 77th, Times Square, NYC
2009 Architecturally, Hendershot Gallery, New York, NY
2008-2009 Suddenly: Where We Live Now, Seattle, WA, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR
2009 Exquisite Corpse, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers, NJ
2009 Dispersion, Feldman Gallery, PNCA, Portland, OR (Solo Show)
2009 Pure Intangibles, Mandrake Bar, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Visionary Drawing Building, Mass MOCA
2007 Psychaedelis Domesticus in collaboration with Marina Zurkow, Contemporary Baroque – Extreme Excess, BM-Suma Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2003-2009 La Superette, Eyebeam, Deitch Projects, Participant, Inc., New York, NY
2006 Alter Egos, Linfield College, Linfield, OR
2003-2005 Red Shoe Delivery Service, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia, Nottdance Festival, Nottingham, England, Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, Time Based Art Festival, Portland, OR
2002-2004 Fast Forward, The Great Indoors, Layers, Gifted, Spring Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Mollywood/O-Matic (window installation), Xanadu, New York, NY
2004 Expace #5, About Glamour, Brooklyn, NY
2004 PS2, The Cave, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Daydream Nation, X-Girl, New York , NY
2003 Art-Link Yanaka-Ueno Landmark Project, Ueno park, Yanaka, Nezu, and Sendagi, Tokyo, Japan.
Professional Experience
2008-2009 Curatorial Coordinator and Research Assistant, Reed College, Portland, OR
2009 Visiting Artist, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
2008 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Reed College, Portland, OR
2008 Visiting Instructor, MFA Seminar, BFA Studio and MFA mentor. Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2008 Visiting Artist and Curator, The Searchers, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2008 Assistant/Performer for MK Guth, Ties of Protection and Safekeeping, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
2006 Curator, The Searchers, Elizabeth Foundation Gallery, New York, NY (with catalogue)
2006 Curator, The Great American Store(age), Spring Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004-2005 Curator, Mobile Home for Red Shoe Delivery Service, TBA Festival, Portland OR, Nottdance Festival, Nottingham England, Melbourne Festival of International Art, Melbourne Australia
2004 Visiting Lecturer, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Press
WNYC, The New Times Square Unveiled, Andrea Bernstein, May 23, 2010
Fast Company, Times Square Set for Colorful Makeover Before Summer’s Tourist Rush, Jill Singer, May 24, 2010
Huffington Post, Molly Dilworth’s “Cool Water, Hot Island” Makes A River In Times Square, May 25, 2010
Wall Street Journal, Artist to Paint The Great White Way Blue, Alexandra Cheney, May 26, 2010
Italian Vogue, Times Square: The “land art” of Molly Dilworth that will refresh New York’s scalding summer. Alice Capiaghi, May 31, 2010
El Pais, Pintando para los satellites, R. Bosco/C. Caldana, April 15, 2010
L’espresso, Opere d’arte da cogliere al volo, Filippo Brunamonti, March 2, 2010
Gizmodo.com, Paintings For Satellites: Rooftop Art Targets a Google Earth Audience, Brian Barrett, March 1, 2010
Inhabitat.com, Stunning Rooftop Paintings Visible from Satellites, Moe Beitiks, February 27, 2010
NY Daily News, Work’s outta this world, Erica Pearson, February 8, 2010
La Repubblica, Molly l’artista che dipinge sui tetti vista dal satellite, February 8, 2010
Artcat, Architecturally at Hendershot Gallery, November 17, 2009
New York Times, Exquisite Corpse at Rutgers, November 22, 2009
Pdxart.blogspot, Interview with Molly Dilworth, September 26, 2009
Afterall, ‘suddenly: where we live now’ at the Pomona College Museum of Art, Mia Locks, 27th May 2009
The Oregonian, “Suddenly” at Reed College, Brian Libby, September 23, 2008
Art Lies, The City, Naked, Stephanie Snyder, Summer 2008
New York Times, Art In Review, The Searchers, Martha Schwendener, December 22, 2006
Fashion Projects, Red Shoe Delivery Service, 2005
Time Out, Red Shoe Delivery Service, December 2004
Brooklyn Magazine, Red Shoe Delivery Service, August 2004
Published Work
fillip Magazine, Lightly Illegal, Winter 2009
Cool Water, Hot Island. A 5 block, 50,000 sq. ft. painting for Broadway between 42nd and 47th streets in Times Square. Photoshop construction of design for Broadway looking north from 43rd street. July 2010
Cool Water, Hot Island. Broadway looking north from 44th street. July 2010
Cool Water, Hot Island. Broadway between 45th and 47th streets. July 2010
Cool Water, Hot Island. Scale rendering for Broadway between 44th and 45th streets.
Test Painting for Times Square #1. 4 x 6”, Acrylic on Paper, 2010
Test Painting for Times Square #2. 4 x 6”, Acrylic on Paper, 2010
Test Painting for Times Square #3. 4 x 6”, Acrylic on Paper, 2010
Test Painting for Times Square #4. 4 x 6”, Acrylic on Paper, 2010
Paintings for Satellites, 547 West 27th St.. Housepaint on Sno-Coat, 90 x 350’From the exhibition ‘Architecturally’ at the Hendershot Gallery, November 2009 - January 2010.
Paintings for Satellites/547 West 27th St. Digital construction. Photoshopped proposal of rooftop painting for the exhibition ‘Architecturally’ at the Hendershot Gallery, November 2009 - January 2010.
Paintings for Satellites, 547 West 27th St. (28th St. side). Housepaint on Sno-Coat, 120 x 240’. From the exhibition ‘Architecturally’ at the Hendershot Gallery, November 2009 - January 2010.
Paintings for Satellites, 547 West 27th St. (27th St. side). Housepaint on Sno-Coat, 60 x 200’. From the exhibition ‘Architecturally’ at the Hendershot Gallery, November 2009 - January 2010.
Paintings for Satellites, 16 Manhattan Ave. Housepaint on Tarpaper, 48 x 24’. Rooftop painting for Google Earth, 16 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn NY, 11211. September 2009.
Paintings for Satellites, 16 Manhattan Ave. Detail of rooftop painting for Google Earth, 16 Manhattan Ave. Each pixel is 1 square foot.
Paintings for Satellites, 16 Manhattan Ave. (Proposal). Digital Construction.Proposal for rooftop painting at 16 Manhattan Ave. with poured painting Photoshopped on Google Earth image of the site. 2009
Paintings for Satellites, 16 Manhattan Ave. (Proposal). Colored pencil on graph paper. 2009
Poured Paintings V1/Daily Practice. Acrylic paint, dimensions variable, 2009. 151 4 x 6” iterations of pouring techniques made daily over a period of 3 months in preparation for scaling up to rooftop size, exhibition view in suddenly: where we live now, Seattle, July 2009.
Poured Paintings V1/Daily Practice. Acrylic paint, dimensions variable, 2009. Detail of poured paintings in the exhibition suddenly: where we live now, Seattle, July 2009.
Poured Paintings V.1/Daily Practice #54. Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Paper, 4 x 6’, 2009
Poured Paintings V.1/Daily Practice #122. Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Paper, 4 x 6’, 2009