Bio
Molly Bertheaud (Canadian/American, b.1997) is an interdisciplinary artist who creates contemporary mythologies by integrating traditional techniques with modern technology. She has a background in industrial knitting, which she learned from her mother growing up. Her practice highlights the tensions between our lofty ideals and the limitations of our biological reality, challenging viewers to question how we can pursue our desires in a world of limited resources.
She has participated in shows and residencies nationally and internationally, notable presentations including in Radar 2024 with Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, Artch 2023, the Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY (2022), Field projects in NYC (2023), Creér des Ponts Artsousterrain residency in Montreal, QC (2022), and The Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland (2021). In 2022 her work was supported by the Canada Council.
She holds a BFA from Emily Carr University and is pursuing an MFA at Concordia University.
She had solo show in November 2023 at McClure Gallery.
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EDUCATION
- Currently pursuing MFA, Concordia University, Montreal, BC
- 2020 BFA, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
- 2016 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
RESIDENCIES + HONORS
- 2023 Residency with Atelier 43/Galerie Hugues Charbonneau August 2023-August 2024
- 2023 CJE Residency
- 2023 ARTCH – Art contemporain émergent
- 2022 Teaching textile workshop Creér des Ponts – Arts Sous Terrain
- 2022 Creér des Ponts studio residency – Arts Sous Terrain
- 2022 Received research and creation grant from Canada Council
- 2021 Icelandic Textile Center Residency
- 2020 BMO 1st art prize nomination
- 2018 Norma Sorensen Artists Scholarship + Alvin Balkind Memorial Scholarship
SOLO SHOW
- 2023 Making a Fruit of Me at McClure Galerie in Montreal, QC
SHOWS
- 2023 Festival ARTCH
- 2022 ‘Not Even Home Will Be With You Forever’ online exhibition with Field Projects in NYC
- 2022 ‘The Red Ties That Bind, Wind’ 2-person show though Creer des Ponts – Arts Sous Terrain
- 2022 ‘Espace Croisé’ group exhibition for Creér des Ponts – Arts Sous Terrain
- 2022 A Tournament of Lies at the Wassaic Project
- 2021 Samkoma: Art in Textile at the Icelandic Textile Center
PUBLICATION
- 2023 MAC Semin Arts
- 2023 Artch Piece Jointe catalog
- 2022 Journal de Montreal Art Sousterrain
OTHER EDUCATION
- 2020 STOLL M1 Knitting software fully fashioned & special course
- 2020 STOLL M1 Knitting software fully fashioned & special course + M1 Knitting M1plus Handling and Programming course
- 2016 Knitting machine apprenticeship, URBN Inc (Free People, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters), Philadelphia
- 2015 Hand-flat knitting machine workshop with Isabel Wilson, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
