Molly Larkey (they/them) is a Los Angeles–based artist and writer whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, and social projects. For over three decades, they have developed a distinctive practice recognized for its intelligence, generosity, and restless experimentation with materials and ideas. Their work explores the connections between art, ideas, and human experience, weaving formal investigations of color, shape, dimensionality, and gesture with philosophical and social inquiry. Larkey’s practice consistently anticipates and shapes contemporary conversations on meaning-making across cultural contexts. Their work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is held in both private and institutional collections.

They have exhibited widely with museums and galleries internationally, including solo exhibitions at MoMA PS1, New York; Gallery 12.26, Dallas; Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles; Ochi Gallery, Ketchum and Los Angeles; Dutton Gallery, New York; Human Resources, Los Angeles; and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, among others. Their work was featured in “The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture,” at the Saatchi Gallery in London and “The Beyond” at Crystal Bridges Museum of Art. Their writing has been published with Los Angeles Review of Books, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (CARLA), and Haunt Journal of Art. In 2019, they co-founded People’s Pottery Project’s, whose mission is to empower formerly incarcerated women, trans and non-binary individuals through meaningful employment in a collective non-profit ceramic business.

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A Year Without a Pride Flag

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Dear Diary, Michelle Tea, June 30, 2023

People’s Pottery Project: Formerly incarcerated people find connection ︎ KCRW, Andrea Bautista, March 31, 2022

This Gorgeous Pottery Collective With An Inspiring Mission Is Now Available at West Elm ︎ Apartment Therapy, Laura Fenton, Jul 29, 2021

Ceramics studio offers hope for fomerly incarcerated people - while setting local tables ︎ Los Angeles Times, Emma Orlow, June 10, 2021

People's Pottery Project: Community and Decarceration Through Clay︎ Sci-Arc and CARLA, July 1, 2022

Spotlight: Empowered People’s Pottery Project ︎ Ceramics Monthly, April 2021

How a Pottery Collective Uplifts Formerly Incarcerated LGBTQ Folks

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February 23, 2021

Conversations with People’s Pottery Project ︎ VoyageLA, February 17, 2021

This Non-Profit Ceramics Studio Is Empowering Previously Incarcerated Individuals ︎ Modern Met, Arnesia Young, Feb 1, 2021

A Los Angeles Nonprofit Is Supporting Prison Abolition Through a Community Ceramics Practice ︎ Colossal, Grace Ebert, Jan 13, 2021

A Prison Abolitionist Ceramics Studio Is Helping Change People’s Lives ︎ Hyperallergic, Rachel Elizabeth Jones, Dec 14, 2020

Molly Larkey: Utterance at Gallery 12.26
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Glasstire,

Michael Frank

Blair,

January 27, 2020

100 Sculptors of Tomorrow
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Thames & Hudson,

Kurt

Beers,

2019

The Beyond: Georgia O’Keeffe & Contemporary Art
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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art,

Alligood, DeBerry, Haynes (eds.),

2018 (catalog)

An Interview with Molly Larkey

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Riot Material,

Christopher Michno,

October 30, 2017

5 Free Art Shows to See in L.A. This Week ︎ LA Weekly,