Thesis Exhibition: February 28-March 2

Reception: March 1, 6-8 pm

To Trace a Sunbeam, 2024, video projection on salvaged mirrors

To Trace a Sunbeam, 2024, video projection on salvaged mirrors

Artist Statement

Molly Burt-Westvig is a visual artist with a practice spanning across modes and media, from painting and photography to video and installation. Her work questions the history of landscape painting and ideas of the sublime, bridging the immaterial experiences of the digital with the embodied presence of our physical world through projected video, sculpture and salvaged objects. Her practice takes shape between her studio in Philadelphia and the scrapyards beyond, drawing upon salvaged materials from the city itself like broken auto parts and glass to make moments that blur the edge between beauty and violence. Molly has participated in numerous residencies, including Gullkistan, PILOTENKUCHE and Anderson Ranch, exhibiting nationally and internationally. In 2023, she was featured in the MFA edition of New American Paintings, and in 2024 her writing and work was published in Peer Review Volume II. 

More information about Molly Burt-Westvig at http://mollyburtwestvig.com/