Biography
Molly Lamb’s work is a meditation on the resonance of loss, memory, and healing through the language of nature. Using photography and poetry, she explores the fragments and layers that shape her personal landscape, its erosion, and its transformation.
Molly Lamb holds an MFA in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including at Rick Wester Fine Art, the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Danforth Art Museum, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and The Center for Fine Art Photography. Recent awards include being named a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellow in Photography, a finalist for the New Orleans Photo Alliance’s Clarence John Laughlin Award, a Critical Mass Top 50 recipient, one of Photo District News’ 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, and one of LensCulture’s 50 Emerging Talents. Her work has been featured in Harper’s Magazine, Oxford American, Musée Magazine, Photograph, Lenscratch, and Fraction, among others. Molly is represented by Rick Wester Fine Art, New York.
Education
2014 MFA, Photography, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2004 BA, American Studies, Summa Cum Laude, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Gallery Representation
Rick Wester Fine Art, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Ghost Stepping, The New England School of Photography, Boston, Massachusetts
2016
Home and Away, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York
Ghost Stepping, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts
2015
The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior, Danforth Art Museum,
Solo Exhibition of Ghost Stepping, Curated by Jessica Roscio, Framingham, Massachusetts
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Perspectives: Museum of Fine Arts Boston Staff Exhibition, Copley Society of Art, Juried by Committee, Boston, Massachusetts
Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from The Do Good Fund, Lowe Art Museum, Curated by Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, Miami, Florida
Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from The Do Good Fund, Figge Art Museum, Curated by Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, Davenport, Iowa
Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from The Do Good Fund, Columbus Museum, Curated by Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, Columbus, Georgia
2023
Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from The Do Good Fund, Chrysler Museum of Art, Curated by Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, Norfolk, Virginia
Revisiting the Family Album: Stories that Bind Us, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juried by Aline Smithson, Fort Collins, Colorado
Emergence: Museum of Fine Arts Boston Staff Exhibition, Copley Society of Art, Juried by Committee, Boston, Massachusetts
2022
Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from The Do Good Fund, Georgia Museum of Art, Curated by Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, Athens, Georgia
Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition, Danforth Art Museum, Curated by Jessica Roscio, Juliet Feibel, and Brian Bishop, Framingham, Massachusetts
Five Years of Aspect Initiative, Danforth Art Museum, Curated by Jessica Roscio and Steven Duede, Framingham, Massachusetts
2021
In Conversation With The Land, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juried by Karen Haas, Fort Collins, Colorado
2020
Griffin Museum of Photography 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juried by Alexa Dilworth, Winchester, Massachusetts
Behind the Lens 2020: Women in Photography, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Curated by David DeMelim, Providence, Rhode Island
2019
Landscape 2019: In Relation To The Land, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juried by Rebecca Senf, Fort Collins, Colorado
Exposure 2019, Photographic Resource Center, Juried by Mark Alice Durant, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Qualities of LIGHT, Center for Creative Photography, Juried by Panel, Tucson, Arizona
6th Annual Open Call, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Juried by Aline Smithson, Providence, Rhode Island
Homeward Bound, Panopticon Gallery, Curated by Elin Spring and Suzanne Revy, Boston, Massachusetts
DoubleTake, Griffin Museum of Photography, Curated by Elin Spring and Suzanne Revy, Stoneham, Massachusetts
Circles and Squares: A Highly Subjective Survey of Forms, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York
2018
Griffin Museum of Photography 24th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juried by Richard McCabe, Winchester, Massachusetts
Soho Photo Gallery National Competition, Juried by Paula Tognarelli, New York
I Surrender, Dear, Umbrella Arts Gallery, Curated by Frances Jakubek, New York
2017
Stare, Boston City Hall Scollay Square Gallery, Curated by Karen Haas, Boston, Massachusetts
Exposure: The 21st Annual PRC Juried Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center, Juried by Sarah Kennel, Boston, Massachusetts
Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition, Artwork Network, Curated by David Rosenberg, Denver, Colorado
Now: Southern Photography Today, University of Mississippi, Oxford, The Do Good Fund: A Celebration of Southern Photography, Oxford, Mississippi
16th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Juried by Julia Dolan, Denton, Texas
Of Women By Women, The Light Factory, Curated by Lili Corbus, Charlotte, North Carolina
Aviary, Griffin Museum of Photography at the Lafayette City Center Gallery, Juried by Paula Tognarelli, Boston, Massachusetts
Found in Collection: Contemporary Photography from the Danforth Art Museum Permanent Collection, Griffin Museum of Photography, Curated by Jessica Roscio, Winchester, Massachusetts
The Female Lens: Photography from The Do Good Fund, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia
AIPAD, The Photography Show, Pier 94, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York
2016
Lost In Space: Contemporary Photographers and the New Landscape, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York
Center Forward, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juried by Aline Smithson and Hamidah Glasgow, Fort Collins, Colorado
Griffin Museum of Photography 22nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Juried by Elizabeth Avedon, Winchester, Massachusetts
Danforth Art Annual: 2016 Juried Exhibition, Danforth Art Museum, Juried by Jessica Roscio, Framingham, Massachusetts
Elsewhere, Eye South Symposium at Columbus State University, Co-Curated by Hannah Israel and Rylan Steele, Columbus, Georgia
The Do Bad Barn: A Directory of Southern Culture, Slow Exposures Festival, Co-Curated by Ain’t-Bad and The Do Good Fund, Zebulon, Georgia
2016 Open Juried Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Juried by Paula Tognarelli, Brattleboro, Vermont
27th Annual Benefit Art Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts
2015
Currents 2015: New Orleans Photo Alliance Member Showcase, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Juried by Alexa Dilworth, New Orleans, Louisiana
33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Juried by Russell Lord, Houston, Texas
Center Forward 2015, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juried by Hamidah Glasgow, Fort Collins, Colorado
Photography Now, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Juried by David Bram, Woodstock, New York
Emerging, Annenberg Space for Photography, an exhibition of Photo District News’ 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, Los Angeles, California
LensCulture Emerging Talents 2015 Exhibition, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, California
Community of Artists, Danforth Art Museum, Juried by Jessica Roscio, Framingham, Massachusetts
Photowork ’15, The Barrett Art Center, Juried by Katherine Ware, Poughkeepsie, New York
Slow Exposures 2015, Juried by Jerry Atnip and John Bennette, Pike County, Georgia
Projections, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Juried by Committee, Ballarat, Australia
Marvelous Things: The Art of Still Life, PhotoPlace Gallery, Juried by Aline Smithson, Middlebury, Vermont
Sky, Griffin Museum of Photography at the Lafayette City Center Gallery, Juried by Paula Tognarelli, Winchester, Massachusetts
Tall Tales: An Investigative Look into the Surreal, Canopy Collective, Juried by Caitie Moore, Ashley Kauschinger, and Erika Durham, Cleveland, Ohio
Inventory of Reverie: Five Women Photographers, Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
26th Annual Benefit Art Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts
AIPAD, The Photography Show, Park Avenue Armory, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York
PULSE Miami Beach, Rick Wester Fine Art, Miami, Florida
Awards and Grants
2019
Director’s Honorable Mention Award – Landscape 2019: In Relation To The Land, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juried by Rebecca Senf, Fort Collins, Colorado
2018
Griffin Award – Griffin Museum of Photography 24th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juried by Richard McCabe, Winchester, Massachusetts
2016
Critical Mass Top 50
Daylight Photo Awards Juror’s Pick – Clara de Tezanos, GuatePhoto, Guatemala City
2015
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in Photography
Photo District News’ 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch
LensCulture’s 50 Emerging Talents
New Orleans Photo Alliance’s Clarence John Laughlin Award Finalist
Honorable Mention Award – Center Forward 2015, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juried by Hamidah Glasgow, Fort Collins, Colorado
Honorable Mention Award – Slow Exposures 2015, Juried by Jerry Atnip and John Bennette, Pike County, Georgia
Critical Mass Finalist
2014
Review Santa Fe – Juried by Maarten Schilt, Alec Soth, and Amber Terranova
Critical Mass Finalist
2013
Elissa and Bill Warner Discovery Award – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Collections
Sir Elton John Photography Collection, United Kingdom
JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, New York
Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
The Do Good Fund: Southern Photography Initiative, Columbus, Georgia
Four Seasons Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana
Private Collections: Boston, New York, New Orleans