Traci Molloy
Traci Molloy is a Brooklyn-based artist and education activist. As an artist, she has presented her work in over 100 different national exhibitions. Select recent exhibitions include: White Dandelions at the Mallin Charno Gallery in Kansas City, The Atlanta Biennial at The Contemporary in Atlanta, Last at Triple Candie in New York City, Missed/Dismissed at SPACES in Cleveland, and New Media for a New Century at the Columbus Museum of Art in Georgia.
Through her work, Molloy strives to investigate social theory and challenge the audience's beliefs about adolescent culture, loss, and violence. Her work has been reviewed in both national and regional publications. Molloy was also interviewed and featured on National Public Radio in Atlanta. Her collaborations have been featured on CBS Evening News in Atlanta, WPIX Channel 11 News in New York City, and Good Morning America.
Along with her individual exhibitions, Molloy actively engages in the collaborative process by creating multi-media installations and two-dimensional works with adolescents. Her collaborations have been exhibited in Johannesburg, South Africa, the United Nations, The Children's Museum in Tokyo, the High Museum of Art and The Youth Art Connection in Atlanta, The Staten Island Children's Museum in New York, and The Center for Grieving Children in Portland, Maine.
Molloy believes that teaching is the most basic form of social activism. As a result of this philosophy, she has directed public outreach programs for underserved youth in New York, Georgia, and Ohio. She lectures about her collaborations and individual work throughout the country in colleges and universities, as well as at education and art based conferences. She is currently directing a program for the Studio Museum in Harlem.
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