About

LIVES AND WORKS IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Nina Molloy (b. 09/09/99 Bangkok, Thailand) is a painter based in New York, NY. Nina received her BFA from the New York University in 2022. Molloy’s work has been shown at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Micki Meng, San Francisco, CA and more.

"I am following some kind of compulsion to paint spaces, things, and figures that feel carved out and hollow. The techniques applied to get there are more spontaneous than systematic. I try to be thoroughly inventive in every part of the process. For instance, how I prepare the surface of the piece is effectively the armature upon which I respond and build the painting. The narrative comes not only from imagery but from the particular formal and sensuous qualities that paint — existing as material and illusion — can exude. Painting for me somehow engenders the receptivity necessary to see things in themselves."

"An important thing for me is for me to be receptive to the material — to what’s actually in front of me instead of imposing my will. Sometimes these are things I encounter that move me and I want to experience them in my body and in my hands, and painting allows me to do that. Other times the things fascinate me as indications of human activity and the very human meanings, habits, and projections that can determine how they are received. I’m not sure those two are even separable but wherever it comes from, once I start drawing I try my best to rid my head of ideas and just follow the paint."