Mollie Oblinger

 

 

mollie_oblinger@hotmail.com                                                  www.mollieoblinger.com

 

Solo Exhibitions

2011                Mollie Oblinger, Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN

                        Panoptic Glimpse, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX

 

2010                Deleterious Ensconcing, Caestecker Art Gallery, Ripon College, Ripon, WI

 

2007                Mollie Oblinger: Verdant Expanse, cactus bra Space, San Antonio, TX

Verdant Expanse, Runnels Gallery, Portales, NM

 

2006                Mollie Oblinger, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM

 

1998                Flock, Sarah A. Coyne Gallery, Syracuse, NY

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009                Lori, Larusso, Mollie Oblinger, Analia Segal, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University,

Morehead, KY

 

2008                Uncoordinated: Mapping Cartography in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Center,

Cincinnati, OH, curated by Claire Norwood

 

2007                R.A.i.R Works 40, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM, curated by Stephen Fleming (catalogue)

Mapping the Terrain: New Directions in Abstract Painting, Contemporary Art Gallery,

Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, curated by Dale Newkirk (catalogue)

Beyond a Gift of Time, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM (catalogue)

 

2006                MFA Selections, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA, juror Catherine Clark

 

2005                New California Masters, Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA, juror Megan Hochstetler

Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Memorial Union Gallery, Davis, CA

 

2004                Art Bowl IV, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA, juror Barry Sakata

Mollie Oblinger & Caetlynn Booth, Arsenal 17, Benicia, CA

21st Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA,

juror Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson

Small Works 2, Tsao Gallery, Davis, CA, juror Scott Shields

                        ARC, Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA, juror Barry Sakata

 

2001                Sleight of Hand, Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS, curated by Maggy Rozchi Hiltner

 

2000                Footlong, Zoid, Syracuse, NY

 

1999                Works-On-Paper, traveling group exhibition, Syracuse University, NY,

Transylvania University, KY, Oregon State University, Corvallis

Summer Studio Assistant Show, Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Layton, NJ

 

1998                One Size Fits All, With Alterations, Westcott Community Center, Syracuse, NY

Maidenform, Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse, NY

 

1997                One Size Fits All, Westcott Community Center, Syracuse, NY

Summer Show, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY

Sculpture Show, Comstock Art Facility, Syracuse, NY

The Bed Show, Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse, NY

 

1996                18th Visual Arts Showcase, Cultural Resource Center, Syracuse, NY

Mollie Oblinger

 

Education

2003-2005       University of California Davis

                        Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art

                                   

1994-1998       Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture

Summa Cum Laude

 

Grants and Awards

2007                Faculty Enrichment Grant, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM

 

2005-2006       Roswell Artist in Residence, Roswell, NM

 

2004                Best Three-Dimensional Work, Small Works 2, Tsao Gallery, Davis, CA

                        Block Grant, University of California, Davis

 

2003                Program for Continuing Education Grant, P.E.O.

Block Grant, University of California, Davis

 

1998                College of Visual and Performing Arts Scholar, Syracuse University

Senior Sculpture Award, Syracuse University

                        Harriet W. Frismuth Scholarship

 

Bibliography

                        Belasco, Jessica  ÒGallery Stroll.Ó San Antonio Express-News May 19, 2007.

Peacock, Casey ÒArt comes naturally.Ó Portales News-Tribune Feb. 22, 2007.

                        Tucker, Joyce ÒMollie Oblinger Tweaks the Natural World.Ó Vision Magazine April 2006.

Cunningham, Christopher ÒA Home for the Arts.Ó Roswell Daily Record Feb. 19, 2006.

Rentner, Linda ÒArtists on their way.Ó Davis Enterprise June 16, 2005.

                    ÒMollie Oblinger.Ó Pearl Necklace 1.2 (2005) images only.

Enfinger, Dana ÒArtistsÕ works examine inside, and out.Ó Benicia Herald Sept. 17, 2004.

Moyle, Marilyn ÒAccomplished artistic curves.Ó Davis Enterprise Mar. 25, 2004.

Betty, Zoltan ÒMollie Oblinger.Ó Syracuse Record 28.32 May 4, 1998.

 

Public Collections

Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM

Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Fine Arts Collection, University of California, Davis

Ripon College, Ripon, WI

                                   

Artist Talks

2012                Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, artist talk and student critiques

2011                Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, artist talk in conjunction with exhibition

2008                Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH, panel discussion in conjunction with exhibition

2007                Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM, artist talk

2006                Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM, artist talk in conjunction with exhibition