Born in 1995 in Birmingham, England, Molly Kent lives and works in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Through the traditional medium of rug tufting, Kent reflects on her doubts as a young individual living in an internet-driven digital world consumed by both technology and epidemics. Moving beyond the craft that traditionally bears a domestic and ornamental quality, Kent creates objects that awaken our senses and challenge our perception while alluding to the struggles one can have with mental health. Her rugs often take on organic shapes, while her colors and patterns are intrinsically inherent to the aesthetics of glitch art. Inspired by unexpected blasts of pixelated jagged lines that sometimes appear on digital screens, she applies these visual glitches to her weaves. The sense of discomfort that she intentionally creates is sometimes reinforced by her use of disruptive and ambiguous words, delicately interwoven in the fiber. The softness and malleability of her objects come to act as a cushion to the doubts and emotional fatigue that have taken over herself and her generation.

Molly Kent

Gouache on paper 
2021
Contained is part of Kent's newest series of drawings, inspired by her anxiety fuelled dreams and nightmares. The artist deep dives into feelings of loss, anxiety, and trauma, which stems from her experiences with CPTSD. The work depicts the silhouetted frame of a window as a raging fire burns outside, alluding to feelings of being trapped both physically and emotionally. In the distance, a night sky with stars twinkles gently. Despite what can sometimes feel like a lonely situation, Kent alludes to the outside world that she perceives filled with hope.

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Gouache on paper 
2021
Surrounded II is part of Kent's newest series of drawings, inspired by her anxiety fuelled dreams and nightmares. The artist deep dives into feelings of loss, anxiety, and trauma, which stems from her experiences with CPTSD. The work depicts the silhouetted frame of a window as a raging fire burns outside, alluding to feelings of being trapped both physically and emotionally. In the distance, a night sky with stars twinkles gently. Despite what can sometimes feel like a lonely situation, Kent alludes to the outside world that she perceives filled with hope.

Surrounded II

Gouache on paper 
2021
You Burn, We Burn is part of Kent's newest series of drawings, inspired by her anxiety fuelled dreams and nightmares. The artist deep dives into feelings of loss, anxiety, and trauma, which stems from her experiences with CPTSD. The work depicts the silhouetted frame of a window as a raging fire burns outside, alluding to feelings of being trapped both physically and emotionally. In the distance, a night sky with stars twinkles gently. Despite what can sometimes feel like a lonely situation, Kent alludes to the outside world that she perceives filled with hope.

You Burn, We Burn

Gouache on paper 
2021
Surrounded is part of Kent's newest series of drawings, inspired by her anxiety fuelled dreams and nightmares. The artist deep dives into feelings of loss, anxiety, and trauma, which stems from her experiences with CPTSD. The work depicts the silhouetted frame of a window as a raging fire burns outside, alluding to feelings of being trapped both physically and emotionally. In the distance, a night sky with stars twinkles gently. Despite what can sometimes feel like a lonely situation, Kent alludes to the outside world that she perceives filled with hope.

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Mixed Fibre, Polyester Fabric and Latex Glue 
2021
Evaporating Psyche is the first work in Kent's new series 'Dream Weaving', which reflects on feelings of loss, anxiety, trauma and stems from the artist's experiences with CPTSD. Many images created in this series come from Kent's dreams and nightmares. Evaporating Psyche examines the artist's relationship with her sense of self, and the idea of having lost part of herself as a result of her mental health condition, which was heightened with the recent pandemic.

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Evaporating Psyche

Mixed Fibre, Polyester Fabric, Felt and Latex Glue 
2020
Doubt Plagues Me is part of an ongoing series entitled 'Doubt in the Digital Age,' exploring the notion of doubt and its prevalence within current society. The series draws on contemporary existence regarding social media and living in an internet-driven environment through the visual aesthetics of digital glitch. This work brings in new forms and patterns to further drive the idea of digital glitch as a metaphor and implements imagery taken from histology images.

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Doubt Plagues Me

Mixed Fibre, Polyester Fabric, Felt and Latex Glue 
2020
Consumed You & I is part of an ongoing series entitled 'Doubt in the Digital Age,' exploring the notion of doubt and its prevalence within current society. The series draws on contemporary existence regarding social media and living in an internet-driven environment through the visual aesthetics of digital glitch. This work represents a secondary series within the context of doubt, exploring how tufting, typically used for the production of floor rugs and textiles can be displayed in a familiar format, stretched around stretcher bars like a painting. The work features additional elements of knitting, to further explore Kent's use of textiles and expand the mediums in which she works.

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Consumed You & I

Mixed Fibre, Cotton Fabric and Latex Glue 
2020
Doubt Consumed You is part of an ongoing series entitled 'Doubt in the Digital Age,' exploring the notion of doubt and its prevalence within current society. The series draws on contemporary existence regarding social media and living in an internet-driven environment through the visual aesthetics of digital glitch. This work represents a secondary series within the context of doubt, exploring how tufting, typically used for the production of floor rugs and textiles can be displayed in a familiar format, stretched around stretcher bars like a painting.

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Doubt Consumed You

Acrylic Yarn, Cotton and Latex Glue 
2019
Doubt Defines Me is part of an ongoing series entitled 'Doubt in the Digital Age,' exploring the notion of doubt and its prevalence within current society. Drawing on contemporary existence concerning social media and living in an internet-driven environment through the visual aesthetics of digital glitch, this work stands as an early example of the development of this project.

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Mixed Fibre, Polyester Fabric and Latex Glue 
2020
Isolation Breeds Doubt is part of an ongoing series entitled 'Doubt in the Digital Age,' exploring the notion of doubt and its prevalence within current society. The series draws on contemporary existence regarding social media and living in an internet-driven environment through the visual aesthetics of digital glitch. This work is the first to explore how multiple objects can be combined into one cohesive piece, with text flowing back and forth to spell out the overall form. This work inspired an upcoming large-scale installation that will be presented at the Royal Scottish Academy in early 2022.

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