About
Molly McCall
LIFE AND WORK
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. -Anais Nin
For the past decade, Molly McCall’s artwork has been exploring the ephemeral state of memory and the fragility of nature within images and visual representation. Her oeuvre encompasses multiple mediums spanning photography, painting, drawing, and collage with equal agility. Through her works, McCall takes the viewer to poetical and dreamlike worlds filled with myth and the mystery of memory.
Molly McCall | Lives and works in California
Molly McCall relies on intuition and curiosity to guide her towards her creative expression. Embracing more than two decades in the textile and fashion industry, Molly’s artwork reflects years of tactile influences, possibilities with color and form, and the exploration of variations on a theme.
A fundamentally self-taught artist, Molly’s work is centered on memory, interweaving elements of nature and the landscape. Her award-winning imagery has been exhibited internationally and nationally, including Klompching Gallery Houston Center of Photography Griffin Museum of Photography SoHo Photo Gallery Ogden Museum of Southern Art Los Angeles Center for Photography Barcelona Foto Biennale Reclaim Photography Festival | United Kingdom Tokyo International Photography Competition, and published in numerous fine art and design magazines including Architectural Digest Analog Forever Diffusion Oxford American Foto Nostrum Carmel, and Town, to name a few.
Molly is married to auto-moto aficionado and historian Gordon McCall, and along with their two German Shorthaired Pointers Emma and Willy, lives and works in beautiful Carmel Valley, California.
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Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION, EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
COLLECTED BY SEVERAL PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
MOLLY MCCALL | Carmel Valley, CA
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023, COAST | Big Sur, CA | Time and Again | Like Breath on Glass
2022, VERVE | Monterey, CA | Time and Again | Like Breath on Glass
2022, FotoNostrum Gallery | Barcelona, Spain | Like Breath on Glass
2020, Griffin Museum of Photography | Winchester, MA | Memento Vivere- Remember to Live
2020, Quail Lodge Resort, Carmel Valley, CA | Illuminata | Lumen camera less photographs
JURIED AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024, 22nd Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum, Barcelona Spain
2024, 8th Biennale of Photography, FotoNostrum, Barcelona Spain
2023, 21st Julia M Cameron Award, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN | International Juried Competition | Landscapes
17th Annual Black & White Spider Awards | International Juried Competition | Fine Art
Yosemite Renaissance 38 | Yosemite Gateway Art Center | Oakhurst, CA | Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, CA
2021, Creative Photo Awards | Siena, Italy
16th Edition of the Pollux Awards | International 16th Julia M Cameron Award
2020, Texas Photographic Society | International Competition | Houston, TX, The Center for Contemporary Arts | Abilene, TX
Reclaim Photography Festival, West Midlands, United Kingdom
2019, Image Flow | 4th Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition | Mill Valley, CA
Colorado Photographic Art Center | Denver, CO | Annual Member’s Show
Soho Photo Gallery | 24th National Competition | New York, NY
Texas Photographic Society | TPS 28: The International Competition | Texas
Center for Photographic Art | Members’ Exhibition | Carmel, CA
Center for Fine Art Photography | Members’ Exhibition | FT. Collins,
13th Julia M Cameron Award | Barcelona Exhibition | Barcelona, Spain
12th Edition of the Pollux Award | Barcelona Exhibition | Barcelona, Spain
12th Julia M Cameron Award | Barcelona Exhibition | Barcelona, Spain
Texas Photographic Society | Alternative Process and Integrated Media Competition | Texas
2018, Los Angeles Center for Photography | 4th Annual “The Creative Portrait” Exhibition | Los Angeles, CA
Dab Art | Empire of Dirt | Ventura, CA
Colorado Photographic Arts Center | Members' Show | Denver, Colorado
Griffin Museum of Photography | 24th Annual Members' Exhibition | Winchester, MA
The Image Flow | 3rd Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition | Mill Valley, CA
SohoPhoto National Competition | New York, NY
Los Angeles Center for Photography | Fine Art Exhibition/Expanding Boundaries | Los Angeles, CA
Barcelona Biennale | 11th Edition of the Pollux Awards | Barcelona, Spain
Plymouth Center for the Arts Eighth Annual Photography Exhibition | Plymouth, MA
LOVE IT OR LEAVE WITH IT | Photolucida Exhibition for Critical Mass 2017 | Portland, OR
Midwest Center for Photography | EMERGE | Wichita, KS
FOCUS Photo LA | Los Angeles, CA
FILTER Photo | CONTEXT 2018 | Chicago, IL
PhotoPlace Gallery | Celebrating the Creative Process | Middlebury, VT
Perspective Gallery | LENS 2018 | Evanston, IL
Midwest Center for Photography | Memory | Wichita, KS
Center for Fine Art Photography | First Annual Members Exhibition | FT. Collins
2017, Ogden Museum of Southern Art | PhotoNOLA | CURRENTS | New Orleans, LA
Triton Museum of Art | Salon at Triton: 2017 | Santa Clara, CA
PhotoPlace Gallery | Celebrating the Creative Process | Middlebury, VT
Center for Photographic Art | International Juried Exhibition | Carmel, CA
Center for Fine Art Photography | Portfolio ShowCase 10 Exhibition | Fort Collins, CO
SohoPhoto Gallery | 13th Annual National Alternative Processes Competition | New York City, NY
Center for Fine Art Photography | CENTER Forward | Fort Collins, CO
Image Flow | 2nd Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition, Mill Valley, CA
Center for Photographic Art | Center for Photographic Art Members' Juried Exhibition | Carmel, CA
Griffin Museum of Photography | 23rd Annual Juried Show Ed Friedman Legacy Exhibition | Winchester, MA
SohoPhoto Gallery | National Competition and Exhibition | New York City, NY
Center for Fine Art Photography | Singular/ Signature | Fort Collins, CO
2016, Center for Fine Art Photography | DREAMS | Fort Collins, CO
The Image Flow | Alternative Process Photography Exhibition | Mill Valley, CA
Texas Photographic Society 29th Annual Members' Only Show | San Antonio Public Library in San Antonio, Texas
Texas Photographic Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition Museum of the Big Bend | Alpine, Texas | Martin Museum of Art | Baylor University | Waco, Texas | The Center for Contemporary Arts | Abilene, TX | Options Gallery | Odessa College | Odessa, Tx
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2024
Honorable Mention | Digital Manipulation & Collage (Series), Storytelling (Series) | 22nd Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
2023
Honorable Mention | Digital Manipulation & Collage, Abstract X 2, Fine Art | 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
Jurors Choice Award | Landscapes | Praxis Photo Arts Center | International Juried Photography Exhibition
2022
Honorable Mention | Fine Art | 18th Edition Pollux Awards
Honorable Mention | Landscape & Seascape | 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2021
First Place | Creative Award | Creative Photo Awards, Siena, Italy
First Place | NATURE | 16th Edition of the Pollux Awards
Honorable Mention | Fine Art, Landscape & Seascape | 16th Edition of the Pollux Awards
Honorable Mention x 4 | Alternative Process Fine Art, Digital Manipulation & Collage, Landscape & Seascape, Open Theme | 16th Julia M Cameron Award
2020
First Place | Alternative Process Award | 15th Pollux Awards
Honorable Mention | Abstract, Alternative Process, Fine Art, Landscape, Open Theme | 15th Pollux Awards
TOP 200 | Critical Mass | Photolucida, Portland, OR
First Place | Alternative Process Award | 15th Julia M Cameron Award
Honorable Mention X 6 | Abstract, Fine Art, Landscape, Open Theme | 15th Julia M Cameron Award
2019
Honorable Mention X4 | Abstract, Alternative Process, Fine Art, Open theme | 14th Edition Pollux Awards
First Place | Alternative Process Award | 14th Julia M Cameron Award
Honorable Mention X 3 | Abstract, Fine Art, Landscape | Julia M Cameron Award
Solo Exhibition Award (2020) | Griffin Museum of Photography
Honorable Mention | Alternative Process, Fine Art | 13th Julia M Cameron Award
Honorable Mention X 2 | Alternative Process, Abstract | 12th Pollux Awards | Winner
First Place | Abstract Photography Award | 12th Julia M Cameron Award
Honorable Mention X 5 | Open Theme, Landscape, Fine Art, Alternative Process, Abstract | 12th Julia M Cameron Award
2018
Museum of Photography | 24th Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition TOP 200 | Critical Mass | Photolucida, Portland, OR
Best in Show Award | Colorado Photographic Arts Center | Denver, Colorado
TOP TEN | FRESH 2018 Klompching Gallery | Brooklyn, New York
Honorable Mention | 11th Julia M Cameron Award
Honorable Mention | Barcelona Foto Biennale
First Place | 11th Edition of the Pollux Award Winner
EMERGE Award | Midwest Center for Photography
2017
TOP 20 | FOCUS Photo LA, Los Angeles, CA
TOP 200 | Critical Mass | Photolucida, Portland, OR
TOP 100 | Tokyo International Photography Competition
Honorable Mention | Griffin Museum of Photography | 23rd Annual Juried Show | Winchester, MA
Featured Artist | PhotoNOLA | Ogden Museum of Southern Art | CURRENTS | New Orleans, LA
2016
Directors Award | Center for Fine Art Photography | DREAMS | Fort Collins, CO
Featured Emerging Artist | Center for Photographic Art | Carmel, CA
Portfolio Showcase 10 | Center for Fine Art Photography | Fort Collins, CO
PUBLICATIONS | BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024 Art Seen Magazine | Feature and back cover | Autumn issue 13: https://www.thecuratorssalon.com/shop-art-seen/p/issue13
2023 The Diffusion Tapes | Interview | https://diffusiontapes.com/tapes/molly-mccall
2023 Poignant Portfolio No. 41: Molly McCall | Art Review | One Twelve Publishing| https://onetwelvepublishing.com/blog/molly-mccall
2022 Oxford American Magazine | Music Edition | Featuring CD cover artwork by artist Molly McCall
2022 FRAMES Magazine, The Female Gaze | Molly McCall: Sense Memories, by Diana Nicholette Jeon
2022 FotoNostrum Magazine No. 7
Click here to read interview: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/435777/136-137/
2022 The Extravagant Magazine | Aspen trees: Talking The Holga with Artist Molly McCall
Click here to read interview: https://www.theextravagant.com/lifestyle/art-culture/aspen-trees-talking-the-holga-with-artist-molly-mccall/
2021 FotoNostrum Magazine No. 0
Click here to read interview: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/124692/106/
2021 RFotoFolio | Where We Work
Click here to read interview: https://rfotofolio.org/2020/08/09/where-we-work-molly-mccall/
2020 The Extravagant Magazine | Meet Molly MCcall
Click here to read interview: https://www.theextravagant.com/lifestyle/art-culture/meet-molly-mccall/
2020 Analog Forever Magazine | Edition 3 WINTER, Molly McCall, Remembering the Twilight
2019 Diffusion Magazine | Volume X | Featured artist
2019 Gentry Magazine | Capturing a Moment, Molly McCall weaves a lyrical combination of media throughout her arresting work.
2018-2016
- UnderExposed Magazine
Click here to read interview: https://underexposedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/178571685894/molly- mccall
- Catalyst: Interviews
Click here to read interview: https://www.catalystinterviews.com/interviews/2018/9/13/molly- mccall
- Shape Shift Report | Featured Artist
Click here to read interview: https://www.justanotherinsight.co/articles/photographer-artiste-molly- mccall
- RFotoFolio | Featured Artist
Click here to read interview: https://rfotofolio.org/2018/05/31/molly-mccall/
- The Literate Image | Issue 3 | Published by Plymouth Center for the Arts
- The Hand Magazine | Issue #20
- Lens/cratch | Molly McCall: One the In-Between and Home Movies
Click here to read the interview: http://lenscratch.com/2017/05/molly-mccall/ BOOKS & CATALOGUES
- Diffusion IX | Annual Publication | Featured Artist and Cover Image
Available here: http://shop.diffusionmag.com/product/diffusion-ix
- Celebrating the Creative Process | Published by the PhotoPlace Gallery
Available on Blurb: http://www.blurb.com/b/8288190-celebrating-the-creative-process-hardcover- imagewr
- Myths, Legends, and Dreams | Published by the PhotoPlace Gallery
Available on Blurb: http://www.blurb.com/b/8549320-myths-legends-and-dreams-hardcover- imagewrap
- Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, by Robert Hirsch Third Edition published by Taylor and Francis’s Focal Press
- #NoFilter: Get Creative with Photography
Lawrence King Publishing Ltd, London England
SELECTED COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
Private
CALIFORNIA | Carmel, Carmel Valley, Los Angeles, Monterey, Pebble Beach, San Francisco, Santa Barbara
US & BEYOND | Aspen, CO | Dallas, TX | Detroit, MI | New York, NY | London, England
Corporate
Spieker Partners | Palo Alto, CA
The Glen Scripps Ranch | San Diego, CA
Stoneridge Creek | Pleasanton, CA
Reata Glen | Rancho Mission Viejo, CA
Cypress Point Club | Pebble Beach, CA
Permanent
Colorado Photographic Arts Center | Denver, CO
EDUCATION | Golden Gate University, BS
CONTINUING EDUCATION | San Francisco Studio School | Lon Clark Art Mentor
PREVIOUS CREATIVE CAREER | 1992-2012 Fashion design, textile design, manufacturing
San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, Dallas, TX, New York, NY
REPRESENTATION
Blue Print Gallery | Dallas, TX
Klompching Editions | Brooklyn, NY
photo-eye Gallery | Santa Fe, NM
Upstart Modern | Sausalito, CA