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ABOUT

Through immersive installations that merge the formal languages of nature and technology, Molly Valentine Dierks explores evolving landscapes of intimacy, distance, and connection.

Dierks’ practice weaves together interests in ecology, technology, and social psychology, with a love of fiction, poetry, play, and dance. She studied Psychology at Dartmouth College (BA), Sculpture and Extended Media at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Art/Design, architecture, gender studies, postmodernism and performance at the University of Michigan (MFA).

Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Select pieces & bodies of work have appeared in Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit’s 'Post Industrial Complex', CICA Museum’s Art Yellow Book, Designboom, Voyage Dallas, The Jealous Curator, and Peripheral Visions Arts, among others. Her public installations (Detroit, Minnesota) use the language of signs to meditate on transitional states like vulnerability, evolution, and the process of letting go.

Through ongoing research and residencies in Beijing, Tokyo, and Incheon, and the rural landscapes of the US, Iceland, and Finland, she has been exploring different landscapes (material, psychological, ecological), translating the poetry of her experiences through her work. She has also travelled as a documentary photographer in Uganda (volunteering to support Women’s Empowerment Programs - microbusinesses) through the generous support of the Uganda Rural Fund; and in South Africa, traveling and learning about life in Soweto and Khayelitsha.

Molly Valentine Dierks also loves working with and helping others; it is central to her identity. She does this as an educator, curator, and community member. At the root of her work is the word ‘ecology': the divine interconnectedness of living and nonliving systems.