Butler Gallery presents: When Worlds Collide, a solo exhibition of recent work by the Irish-based, USA born artist, Mollie Douthit.
We’ve had the pleasure of framing a series of drawings and paintings for her new solo exhibition. Mollie Douthit explores ideas of intimacy, domesticity and memory in her work. Her paintings celebrate everyday moments and personal experiences where her singular sense of humour prevails. Her paintings of interiors are representations of the sensory and remembered qualities of space and objects sourced from the visual filing cabinet of her mind.
When Worlds Collide, Mollie Douthit, Installation View, Photo Credit: Ros Kavanagh
About the Artist:
Mollie Douthit (b.1986) is a Cork-based oil painter.
Originally from North Dakota, Douthit has resided between Ireland and the US since 2012. She holds a BFA from the University of North Dakota; Post Baccalaureate from Tufts University, Boston; and MFA from Burren College of Art, NUIG. Major achievements include the 2013 RHA Hennessy Craig award, a solo exhibition at the North Dakota Museum of Art, twice awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Grant, a 2022 Arts Council Bursary, and 2022 acquisition of three works by the Arts Council, Ireland.
Additionally, her work has been featured in Hyperallergic, The Irish Times, Sunday Times Culture, New American Paintings, and Ilikeyourworkpodcast. Her work has been supported by residencies at the Tony O’Malley residence, Jentel Foundation for the Arts, Tyrone Guthrie Center, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, and Vermont Studio Center.
When Worlds Collide, Mollie Douthit, Installation View, Photo Credit: Ros Kavanagh
Recent exhibitions include Dream are important, Molesworth Gallery; Tyranny of Ambition, Highlanes Gallery; Cover Versions, RHA; Save the best part, BernBaums, Fargo, North Dakota; and Generation 22, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny. Currently Douthit is building work for a solo shows in the Butler Gallery in Kilkenny (January 2024).
Douthit starts every day with a run, followed by coffee. She is a fan of all things domestic and finds thrills in mending clothes, baking bread, and reading. With a home-based studio, daily moments, objects, and places inspire her personally narrative paintings.
Text reproduction from: molliedouthit.com
When Worlds Collide, Mollie Douthit, Installation View, Photo Credit: Ros Kavanagh
When Worlds Collide, Mollie Douthit, Installation View, Photo Credit: Ros Kavanagh
