Molly Larkey (they/them) is a Los Angeles–based artist and writer whose work spans painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, and social projects. Their work explores the connections between art, ideas, and collective liberation, weaving formal investigations of color, shape, dimensionality, and gesture with philosophical and social inquiry. Recognized for its vision, generosity, public engagement, and restless experimentation with materials and ideas, Larkey’s practice consistently anticipates and shapes contemporary conversations on meaning-making across cultural contexts.

Larkey’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including Moma PS1, Saatchi Gallery, and Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, and is held in both private and institutional collections. Their writing has been published in Los Angeles Review of Books and Contemporary Review Los Angeles (CARLA), among others. In 2019, they co-founded the People’s Pottery Project, whose mission is to employ and empower formerly incarcerated women, trans and non-binary individuals through 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,