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