Molly Haynes (b. 1992) is a Los Angeles-based weaver and artist focused on tactile sculptures that explore structure and materiality. Her work echoes the tension between humans and the natural world.
Haynes utilizes unconventional materials such as raw plant fiber and salvaged marine ropes to construct undulating forms which blur the line between natural and manmade.
Haynes earned her B.F.A. in Textiles at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2014 and went on to design for the interior textiles industry, gaining a deep understanding of fibers and the construction of cloth. Haynes' practice is now solely dedicated to handmade works that are free of utilitarian constraints.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Untethered, Room 68, Provincetown, MA
2020
Float Line, Room 68, Provincetown, MA
2019
Controlled Landscapes, Inc. Architecture and Design, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Connective Threads, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA, curated by Carrie Burckle and Jo Lauria
2022
Garden, LADIES ROOM, Los Angeles, CA, (online) Bungalow Notting Hill, Bungalow, London, UK
2021
Bungalow, 57 Orchard Street, New York, NY
Phantom Haptics, Friend of a Friend Gallery, Denver, CO
Textiles: A Group Show, Ace Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
Hand to Machine: A Metamorphosis, Textile Resource LA, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Word, Image, Object, Action: Benefit Exhibition, Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY
In Residence: Selections from Haystack’s Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME (online)
Wearing Your Heart on Your Sleeve: The Fabric Store, Flag Art Foundation, NY, NY, Curated by Polly Apfelbaum (online)
2019
Construction, Russell Janis, Brooklyn, NY (two person with William Storms)
Touch Screen, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal, Canada, Curated by Brian Sholis and Julia Dault
Coast to Coast with Colony & Design Milk, Neuehouse, New York, NY
2018
Print/Weave, Russell Janis, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Concept Incline, Jack Chiles Gallery, New York, NY
RESIDENCIES + AWARDS
2019
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Open Studio Residency, Deer Isle, ME Apartment Therapy’s 20 Design Changemakers to Know in 2020
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Ace Hotel Brooklyn
Alsace Hotel Los Angeles
Designtex New York
Google Boston