Molly Graham (b.1996) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Stockport and Manchester. Molly graduated with a BA in Fine Art and Art History from Manchester School of Art in 2020.
Molly’s work explores images and objects which are largely considered as mundane, ordinary or disposable, most of which is sourced from bargain shops or an influence from her Northern surroundings. Such images and objects are of interest as they represent a multitude of ideas from consumerist culture to merely a bizarre thing found at B&M Bargains.
Although Molly’s work includes images which are not usually found in paintings, she sets them against a background of brightly coloured expressive brush marks which is usually at odds with the subject matter, inciting a playfulness of paint and mark making.
The use of diverse materials such as oil paint, emulsion, vinyl and screen print are very important in her practice. Not only do they perform in different ways, they carry meaning, as the combination of ‘high’ and ‘low’ materials, processes and images dismantles any type of hierarchy in her work. Through this, Molly reflects on the importance of such every-day objects, images and sentiments.