Photo: Mark Bond, 2026

Molly Holland channels inherent tension held within the body into clay, mimicking gestures of intuitive and repetitive movement, while reflecting on the ways the bodies are weathered by gesture, physically and metaphorically. Through installation she explores the way clay interacts with fabrics that oppose its weight, incorporation of bodily textiles to ceramic pieces creating a delicate balance of forces of gravity, fragility and resistance.  Moving through space in tune with a haptic and tactile sensibility, Molly makes and lives on Gadigal Country in Sydney, Australia. She graduated from UNSW Art and Design in 2024 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours), where her installation at the annual graduate show was highly commended for the Ross Steele AM Fine Arts Prize and the TWT Excellence Prize. She has exhibited with ARI’s across Sydney including Airspace and Kudos and participated in residencies such as Eutopia Art Residency’s ceramic residency with Theodorou art studio in Meteora Greece in 2025 and Randwick City Council Barrett House Studios in 2026.