I STARTED MOLLY CORRODA AS A RECLAMATION.

A WAY TO MAKE PEACE WITH AND FIND MEANING IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE SHAPED ME. NOTHING STAYS SHINY FOREVER FOR GOOD REASON- DECAY BRINGS NEW LIFE.

THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL IDEATION, SIGNATURE TECHNIQUES, AND DEDICATION TO STORYTELLING, MOLLY CORRODA AIMS TO EMPHASIZE THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CONNECTION OF WHAT HAPPENS TO OBJECTS AND PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE CONSIDERED “RUINED” OR NO LONGER WANTED. THEY STILL EXIST- SO WHAT BECOMES OF THEM?

MY GOAL AS AN ARTIST HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO CREATE WORK THAT INSPIRES CONNECTION, EMPATHY, AND SINCERITY. WORK THAT ALLOWS ITS VIEWER TO LET GO OF AND EMBRACE THE SCARS THEY CARRY. WORK THAT HANDS ITS VIEWER THE COURAGE TO TURN THE SCARRING INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. THE RESPONSE I RECEIVED FROM MY GRADUATE COLLECTION, COME BACK SOON, WAS EXACTLY THE REACTION I HAD ALWAYS HOPED MY WORK WOULD CREATE AND THE PUSH I NEEDED TO EXPAND THE COLLECTION INTO A WHOLE WORLD.

SO WHAT DOES HAPPEN TO SOMETHING THAT IS NO LONGER DESIRED? IT BECOMES SILENT. HIDDEN. STIFLED. ASHAMED. UNLESS IT IS GIVEN PERMISSION TO BE LOUD.

MOLLY CORRODA GREW FROM AN IDEA SPARKED IN DARKNESS AND WILL CONTINUE TO RECLAIM EVERYTHING THAT WAS TAKEN FROM HER. JUST DON’T EXPECT IT TO LOOK THE WAY IT ONCE DID.