Molly Landreth
Molly Landreth (b. 1978) is an artist, a mother and currently an Executive Director at Home Together, an organization she founded in 2021.
As an artist she explores concepts of gender, sexuality and community through intimate large-format photography and is most well known for her series, Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America (2003-2010). She loves the slow process of film photography and the stories that emerge during the process. She has co-authored one book, It’s Raining…I Love You, which is a collection of love letters and black & white self-portraits created between 1998-1999 with her then girlfriend and forever bff, photographer Jenny Riffle. It was published by Minor Matters with a forward by the very talented Genevieve Hudson. Landreth’s work has been featured in Le Monde, The Guardian, The New York Times, Time Magazine, and on NPR. Editorial clients include Newsweek, The New Yorker, OUT Magazine and Marie Claire. She is based in Seattle, Washington. Get in touch! mollylandreth@gmail.com IG @mollylandreth
EDUCATION
Masters in Fine Art, Photography/ Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 2005
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, Scripps College, Claremont, CA 2001
Study Abroad, Photography, Glasgow School of Arts, Glasgow, Scotland, 2000
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2008–PRESENT
2023 Queer-ish: Photography and the LGBTQ+ Imaginary, curated by Ken Gonzales-Day. Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA.
Curated by interdisciplinary artist and Scripps College Fletcher Jones Chair in Art Ken Gonzales-Day, Queer-ish showcases almost 100 historic vernacular photographs highlighting moments of same-sex affection alongside almost 40 contemporary photographs by LGBTQ+ artists. These images encourage viewers to consider the link between photography, representation, and LGBTQ+ communities, as well as the role of the photograph in shaping notions of queer identity.
2017 Notions of Home Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2014 Here and Now: Queer Geographies in Contemporary Photography Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
2008–2013
Elles Featuring Northwest Women Artists, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Next Generation: Contemporary American Photography, Pasinger Fabrik Munich, Germany
Over the Rainbow Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
Author and Subject Photo Center NW, Seattle WA
Best of NY Times Lens Blog 2012 Cortona Photo Festival, Cortona, Italy
100 Portraits Snap! Celebrate the Photograph, Orlando, FL; Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, New York, NY
One More Kiss and Then We're History, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA
Other Places Camera Club New York, New York, NY
Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft Collins, CO; The William Way Community Center, Philadelphia, PA; Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany; GermanAmerican Institute, Freiburg, Germany; Leslie/Lohman Gallery, New York, NY; IPS Gallery, Montreal, Canada; Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA
Queer Brighton Brighton Photo Biennial w/ Martin Parr, Lighthouse Gallery, Brighton, England
Define Gender, Farmani Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Global Photography SI Fest, Bari and Venice, Italy
Versus, Hous Gallery, New York, NY
Homeland: A Portrait of American Youth, Leslie/Lohman Gallery, New York, NY
Women of Versus, The Advocate Gallery, photo LA, Los Angeles, CA
31 Under 31: Young Women In Art Photography, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY
What's Not To Love , Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Everyday People, Estudiotres, Chicago, IL
AWARDS
Artist in Residence, Brighton Photo Biennial w/ Martin Parr, Lighthouse Gallery, Brighton, England
Robert Giard Memorial Fellowship, CLAGS, City University of New York
Individual Artist Projects Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
TMC + Kodak Film Grant Artist Trust, Artist Projects Grant, Seattle, WA
Humble Art Foundation Grant, New York, NY Humble Art Foundation,
Top 31 Emerging Art Photographers 31 Under 31, Young Women In Art Photography Award
IN PRINT
Zocalo, Capturing Queer America 30 Years After Mapplethorpe, June 6 2016
Guerrini and Gilli, Image Insights: Between Psychology and Photography. Rome, Postcart Editions, 2015
Bevilacqua, “Portrait de la Communaute Queer,” PORTRAIT #3. Paris, 2015
Curve, Molly Landreth Gets it Right, September, 2012
Magazine du Monde, Featured Portfolio, May 25 2012
New York Times Magazine, Becoming A Boy, Brighton England, April 24, 2011
OUT Traveler, Queer Brighton, January 2011
OUT Magazine, 23 Love Stories, January/February 2011
The Stranger, Queer Road Trip, November 29, 2011
New York Times, In a Common Scene a Queer Subject, December 3, 2010
Brighton Photo Biennial, New Documents, October 2010
The Guardian, Best Shot, September 8, 2010
Global Photography, Looking at / Looking for, Pazzini Editore, Savignano, Italy
The Collectors Guide to Art Photography, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY
SELECTED TALKS /LECTURES
Fellowship Lecture, The Robert Giard Foundation, CUNY Graduate Institute New York, NY
Guest Lecturer, Intro to Photography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Guest Lecturer, Womens/Queer Studies Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Guest Lecturer Photography,Youth in Focus, Seattle, WA
Guest Lecturer & Visiting Artist, Photography and Women’s Studies Department, Evergreen College, Olympia, WA
Guest Lecturer, JINX Gallery, Bellingham WA
Guest Lecturer & Visiting Artist, Women’s Studies and Photography Departments. SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY
Visiting Artist, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Guest Lecturer, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Guest Lecturer, Camera Club New York, NY
Panelist, SPE Regional Conference, Syracuse, NY
Guest Lecturer, East Shore Unitarian Church, Bellevue, WA
Guest Lecturer, Williams Way LGBTQ Center, Philadelphia, PA
Keynote Speaker for Women’s Studies Symposium, Portland State, Portland, OR
Guest Lecturer, Brighton Photo Biennial w/ Martin Parr, Lighthouse Gallery, Brighton, England Guest Lecturer, Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, OR
Guest Lecturer, Womens/Queer Studies Department, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Guest Lecturer, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA
Guest Lecturer, Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany
