Resident #3, May 23 – July 3

Molly Margaret Sydnor (b. 1993) is a Dallas-based multidisciplinary fine artist with an eye for bright colors and textiles. Molly creates interactive work through storytelling and the layering of imagery. Utilizing a maximalist approach, Sydnor pulls from memory, experiences and body functionality. Experimentation, innovation, and play ground Sydnor’s work in her exploration of the complexities of gender, race, and sexuality. Sydnor is a biracial, neurodivergent, queer identifying, woman whose self identity heavily influences her work. Molly works as the Marketing and Digital Engagement Manager at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Additionally she teaches Artivism to under privileged youth in South Dallas, advocates for the arts as the Strategic Communications and Marketing Manager with Texans for the Arts, and runs Local Queer. You can find her work currently up at Sweet Tooth Hotel in Dallas for the next year.

“With work that is interactive and lives and dies with people experiencing it, a hotel is a dream location. As a multidisciplinary artist who started her career in 2D work, installation based projects have taken over. This opportunity will allow me to revisit my roots in a new style where I will get to explore how to combine the dualities of the two. This residency will create time and space to make in excess surrounded by the influence of community.”

Artist Statement:

Molly Margaret Sydnor (b. 1993) is a Dallas-based multidisciplinary fine artist with an eye for textiles. Molly creates interactive work through storytelling and the layering of media, ideas and imagery of identity and the body. Experimentation, innovation, and play ground Sydnor’s work in her exploration of the complexities of gender, race, and sexuality. Sydnor is a biracial, queer identifying, woman whose self identity heavily influences her work. She was recently exhibited at Future Front during Austin Studio Tour and her installation currently resides at the Down town Dallas iteration of Sweet Tooth Hotel.

mollysydnor.com