As soon as I decided to do this radio show, I knew I had to have Mollie on as a I have always admired her work, not just for its unique beauty and technical prowess but also for her unapologetic and direct discussion about how her process is an invocation to collaborate with spirit on multiple realms. We talk about many things but what stands out for me is her etiquette for speaking to the dead and her upcoming residency in Lilydale, NY which is renowned as a haven for the spiritualist community.
Mollie McKinley is an interdisciplinary artist based in the Hudson Valley. She uses photography, light, glass, and sculpture to materialize the ethereal and visceral aspects of nature consciousness. McKinley’s work has been shown at Turley Gallery, Asya Geisberg Gallery, Roundabouts Now, Fridman Gallery, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, NADA Foreland, Pioneer Works, UrbanGlass, Independent Curators International, The Samuel Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz, The Museum of Arts and Design, Anthology Film Archives, and many others. She is a contributor to How-To Kit, published by the Walker Art Center in collaboration with the Dia Art Foundation, and her critical art writing was recently published in Peer Review Vol. 3. She was awarded an Arts & Culture Grant from the New York State Legislature for her 2025 project Gloop Entity, administered by Arts Mid-Hudson. Upcoming residencies include Normalize Talking to the Dead in Lily Dale, New York and the Marble HouseProject in Dorset, Vermont. McKinley holds a BA in photography from Bard College, and an MFA in sculpture/dimensional studies from Alfred University.
www.molliemckinley.com
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