Molly Rausch
b. 1976, Frederick, MD

Education
2003  MFA Painting, State University of New York at New Paltz
1997  BA, summa cum laude, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary's City

Public Projects
2013  World Financial Center, Made drawings in exchange for hand-drawn
         currency, New York, NY
2012  Corcoran Short Sale, Invited artists to copy work from the Corcoran,
         and collected bids from interested buyers. Corcoran Gallery of Art,
         Washington DC
2010  Roos-Fotomat Tunnel, Created “underground” connection between 2
         image-purposed structures built at opposite ends of a former cement
         industry town, Rosendale, NY
2009  Lost & Found Drawing Booth, Collected written descriptions of lost items,
         and returned original drawings of lost items to owners via USMail.
         New Paltz, NY
2004  Graduate Diploma Auction, Ongoing evaluation of my MFA degree’s
         market value.
2003  Faculty Interviews, Ethnographic survey of a multi-disciplinary art
         department. Revised edition published by Sojourner Truth Library,
         SUNY New Paltz, NY.

Solo Exhibitions
2015  Six to One, Half Dozen to An Other, Shortwave Gallery: Stone Harbor,
          NJ
2014  Molly Rausch, Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca: Oaxaca, Mexico
         Molly Rausch, Shortwave Gallery: Stone Harbor, NJ
2013  The Appointed Drawings, The Beacon Room at BAU: Beacon, NY
2010  Lost & Found Drawings, Unison Gallery at WSM: New Paltz, NY
2007  Stevan Jennis, Molly Rausch, and Simon Draper, VanBrunt Gallery:
          Beacon, NY
2005  Molly Rausch: The Darndest Things, VanBrunt Gallery: Beacon, NY
2004  Molly Rausch, Artists Gallery on the Rondout: Kingston, NY

Recent Group Exhibitions
2015  WAAM Pop Up Show, WAAM: Woodstock, NY 
58th Annual Art Colony of the Center of Contemporary Art, Prilep, 
           Macedonia
Material Message, Wired Gallery: High Falls, NY
2014  The Under 40 Show, WAAM: Woodstock, NY 
         STAMP, Andrea Moreau & Molly Rausch, Mad Dooley: Beacon, NY 
         Collagescape, Glama-Rama Salon: San Francisco, CA
         Working Culture, Greene Gallery: Guilford, CT
         re:Purpose, WFG Gallery: Woodstock, NY
         Across the Ages, Boyden Gallery: St. Mary's College of Maryland
2013  Currency, Team Love Ravenhouse Gallery: New Paltz, NY
         Snake Oil Seamstress,
O+ Festival: Kingston, NY
         Here and Gone, WFG Gallery: Woodstock, NY
         Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, The Paramount Hudson Valley:
            Peekskill, NY
         BAUMoCA, The World's Smallest Museum of Controversial Art, BAU:
            Beacon, NY
         The Grand Opening of the Kingston Museum of Controversial Art,
             KMOCA: Kingston, NY
         These Animals Are Driving Me to Abstraction!, WFG: Woodstock, NY
2012  The Under 40 Show, WAAM: Woodstock, NY
         Works on Paper, Unison Gallery: New Paltz, NY
         Look With Your Stomach & Eat With Your Eyes, Madame La Marquise:
            Barcelona, Spain
         Object Lessons, Boyden Gallery: St. Mary’s College of Maryland  
         What's Big is Little/What's Little is Big, VanGo: Susquehanna Art Museum
         Circus, Mad Dooley Gallery: Beacon, NY  
         FU, Woodstock Framing Gallery: Woodstock, NY    
         Art of the Heirloom, Horticultural Society of New York: New York, NY
         Love & Lust, Spire Studios: Beacon, NY
2011  Rock City Pop-Up: Woodstock, NY
         Micro, Daniel Aubry Gallery: Beacon, NY
2010  One for the Road, VanBrunt Gallery: Beacon, NY
         You Are Here, Roos Arts with Habitat for Artists: Rosendale, NY
         Made in Rosendale, Roos Arts: Rosendale, NY
         Lost & Found Drawings, Helen Day Center for the Arts: Stowe, VT
         Cashama Pop-Up: New York, NY
         Recycling The Studio, Work Space Harlem with Habitat for Artists: NYC
2009  Young Blooded, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art:
             Peekskill, NY
2008  Group Show, VanBrunt Gallery: Beacon, NY
         The SiteLines Hudson Valley Invitational, VanBrunt Gallery: Beacon, NY
2006  New Hudson, VanBrunt Gallery: New York, NY
         Outer Nature, Mildred I. Washington Art Gallery: Poughkeepsie, NY
         Group Show, VanBrunt Gallery: Beacon, NY
2005  Artists On Location, Garrison Art Center: Garrison, NY
         Word Wack, Maxwell Fine Arts Gallery: Peekskill, NY
2004  Flock, Spire Studios: Beacon, NY
         New Hudson, VanBrunt Gallery NYC: New York, NY
         Colin Barclay and Molly Rausch, VanBrunt Gallery: Beacon, NY
         Women Artists Exhibition, Howland Cultural Center: Beacon, NY
         New Hudson—Contemporary Artists of the Hudson Valley, VanBrunt
            Gallery: Beacon, NY
         Group Show, Chthonic Clash: Beacon, NY
2003  Group Show, Mart: Beacon, NY
         MFA Thesis Exhibition, Chandler Gallery, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
         Salon des Independence, The Gallery: Kingston, NY
         New York Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College Gallery: New York City
         Alumni Exhibition, Boyden Gallery: St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Residencies and Awards

2015  58th Annual Art Colony of the Center of Contemporary Art, Prilep,
           Macedonia
2003  Artist-in-Residence, The Artist House at St. Mary’s College of Maryland
1998  Stacy A. Phillips Scholarship for painters, Anderson Ranch Arts Center,
          Colorado

Bibliography

2014  New York Times, Royal Portable at WFG Gallery 
         American Stamp Dealer & Collector Magazine, July/August Cover Feature:
           Molly Rausch, Practitioner of Philatelic Art
         Chronogram Magazine, January: Cover
2013  Bear Deluxe Magazine, #34: Independent Art
          Hudson Valley Magazine: New Paltz Artist Molly Rausch's Stamp
            Paintings

2012  Vaccari News, June 9: Dal francobollo al dipinto
          Colossal Art & Design: Beyond the Borders of Postage Stamps
2011  Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Featuring Up-and
             Coming 
Illustrator Nora Krug and Author Molly Rausch
          My Cold Went On Vacation, by Molly Rausch and Nora Krug, Penguin
            Putnam
2010  Kirkus, December 1: My Cold Went On Vacation
          Hudson Valley Times, October 21: Out back in the art shed
2009  Chronogram Magazine: Portfolio: Molly Rausch
2005  Chronogram Magazine: The Darndest Things at VanBrunt Gallery
          New York Times: Word Wack at Maxwell Fine Arts