Molly Alloy

Portland, OR

Biography

Hello, I am Molly Alloy, born in St. Louis, MO in 1981; living and working in Portland, OR since 2008. I make relational objects, primarily from driftwood and leather. I believe trees and animals to be kin, and I create devotional sculptures from their remnants as a way of giving my love and attention to them. I am changed by my intimacy with the objects I make, learning about the land, the lives of my kin, and myself from what they show me. For example I have learned a great deal about the lives of beavers and the ecosystems they manage from collecting driftwood that they have sculpted.


I do this work as an inherently queer practice; I am trans, nonbinary and neuromagical. I do this work as communion with queer ancestors and Mother Earth. With the goal of Land Back and restoration of indigenous life-ways; I am a parent. I do this work as a healing practice for my body; I live with Stage IV Endometriosis and Stage IV Cancer. I do this work as a gift. I love you.

www.mollyalloy.com
Instagram: @mollyalloy