November 23–December 31, 2021
Steve Turner is pleased to present Repeaters, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based Molly Greene featuring new paintings which allude to nature and architecture through their idiosyncratic form and color. Some seem to evolve from botanical studies while others suggest architectural forms such as columns or undulating walls. Repeaters highlights Greene’s ability to invent, simplify and refine imagery. Through repetition of form and line and a prominent use of succulent greens, blues and golds with accents of pearly whites and pinks, Greene creates images that are both vaguely familiar and tantalizingly new.
Greene began painting in 2018 as she was finishing her doctoral studies which focused on concepts relating to nature and the human, and the way both define and are defined by constructions of species, race and gender. She had recently moved to Los Angeles, and while she worked on her dissertation, she drew and painted in an effort to draw out her thoughts. In turn, Los Angeles itself, with its proximity to abundant natural splendor and its particular hazy light, also influenced Greene’s artistic development. With her new works, Greene continues to build upon her academic interests to explore the unnatural, supernatural, sub-human and non-human against the backdrop of Southern California.
Molly Greene (born 1986, Cornwall, Vermont) earned a BS from the University of Vermont (2010) followed by four degrees at Yale University–Masters in Environmental Science (2013); Masters in American Studies (2015); Masters in Philosophy (2016) and a PhD in American Studies (2019). She has had solo exhibitions at Julien Cadet Gallery, Paris (2021); Kapp Kapp, New York (2021); Ramp, London (2021); Here Gallery, Pittsburgh (2021) and Kapp Kapp, Philadelphia (2020). Her work has also been included in numerous group shows since 2018. Repeaters is Greene’s first exhibition with Steve Turner.
Born 1986, Cornwall, Vermont
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
2019
PhD, Yale University, New Haven, Conneticut
2016
MPhil, Yale University, New Haven
2015
MA, Yale University, New Haven
2013
MESc, Yale University, New Haven
2010
BS, University of Vermont, Burlington
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Repeaters, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Defections, Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris
Splitting, Kapp Kapp, New York
Overkill, Ramp Gallery, London
2020
Deep Blue, here Gallery, Pittsburgh
Other Gardens, Kapp Kapp, Philadelphia
Group Exhibitions
2021
My Sweet Doppelgänger, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
Imagining Reality II, Future Gallery, Berlin
A Thought Sublime, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Nature Morte, The Hole, New York
Glyphadelphia, Hesse Flatow, New York
2020
This Sacred Vessel (pt. 3), Arsenal Contemporary, New York
Second Smile, The Hole, New York
Drawn Together, Unit London, London
2019
Paper View, The Hole, New York
Celestial Seasons, 0-0 LA, Los Angeles
Bibliography
2021
Jeff. “Artist Spotlight: Molly Greene,” Booooooom, July 9
