Molly Bounds (b. 1990) is an artist and performer currently living in Los Angeles. Born in Texas and raised in Colorado, she received her BFA in Printmaking from Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2014. After her solo exhibition at the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art in 2016, she completed a two year residency At Redline Contemporary Art Center. She has exhibited work in Denver, Oakland, Portland, Marfa, Chicago, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Hong Kong, Seoul and Australia, and was a resident at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. She is currently preparing for her third solo with Part 2 Gallery in Oakland and a sculpture show in Lisbon.

For any inquries please email: molly.bounds@gmail.com

@molly_bounds

Selected press:

On Trusting Your Decisions: Interview With Diana Ruzova
The Creative Independent


The Quiet of Power, interview with Gwynned Vitello
Juxtapoz Magazine


The Recent Work of Molly Bounds
The Re:art, Romania



Exhibitions:

On Alchemy, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles CA (2024)
Solo, Stephanie Prepares, Bozomag Gallery, Los Angeles CA (2024)
Nouveau Bozeaux, Bozomag Gallery, Los Angeles CA (2024)
Art as Self-Reproduction, Everyday Moonday Gallery, Seoul Korea (2024)
Dreamland, Delgado Projects, Los Angeles CA (2023)
Solo, The Potency of Certain Gestures, Sow & Tailor, Los Angeles CA (2023)
Horizons, Sow & Tailor with WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong )2023)
Becoming, Heavy Manners Gallery, Los Angeles CA (2022)
Platform Spotlight, David Zwirner/ Platform, Online (2022)
Here & There, Here Gallery, Pittsburgh PA (2021)
Solo, Arrangements In Body And Boundary, Part 2 Gallery, Oakland CA (2021)
To Paint Is To Love Again, Curated by Olivier Zahm, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles CA (2020)
Being Human is Hard, Part 2 Gallery, Los Angeles CA (2020)
Rude Assembly Part 4, China Heights Gallery, Sydney Australia (2019)
Solo, How You Carry Yourself, Part 2 Gallery, Oakland CA (2019)
Celestial Seasons, 0-0 LA, Los Angeles CA (2019)
A Little Tenderness, Gildar Gallery, Denver CO (2019)
Collide, Young Chicago Authors, Chicago IL (2018)
Solo, I’m Listening, Part 2 Gallery Oakland CA (2018)
Special Guest, Denver Center For Performing Arts, Denver CO (2018)
Octopus Initiative, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver CO (2018)
Solo, Where You Are Not, RULE Gallery, Marfa TX (2017)
Nice Work If You Can Get It, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver CO (Curated by Daisy McGowan) (2017)
Spectators, Athen B. Gallery, Oakland CA (2017)
Solo Exhibition, Panes: A Study In Motion, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver CO (2016)
Solo, Room With A View, Leisure Gallery, Denver CO (2015)
Press Play Exhibition, McNichols Civic Center, Denver CO (Curated by Cortney Stell and Ruth Bruno) (2015)

Design in print: 

Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato, Cover Art for Grove Atlantic, NY (2024)
Come Piombo Nelle Vene by Helen Garner, Cover Art for Paper/Paper Studio and Nottetempo, Milan (2024)
First Cow, Fine Art Movie Poster Print for A24, NY (2021)
La Peste, Cover Art for La Peste Literary Magazine, Mexico City (2020)
Normal People by Sally Rooney, Cover Art for Random House, NY (2019)
Feminist Frame: Can We Save Each Other, Cover Art for Littlemt. Press Seoul, Korea (2018)
Cover Illustration for The Long Rise of America’s Surveillance Society, NYU PRESS, New York City, NY (2017)