Molly Rose Lieberman
b. 1994 Brooklyn, NY
Lives and works in New York, NY
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A Landscape Shredded, monograph co-published by Theta and 5B, available for purchase
Molly Rose Lieberman’s paintings, sculptures and installations explore the possibilities for invention within existing structures. Pre-formats lay foundations for Lieberman to explore textures, strokes, colors, shapes, and energies that are built through unique sets of rules she crafts to move compositions forward. Sometimes she begins with previously used frames, utilized conventionally or as sites for transmutation. Material subjects like cotton paper containing her drawings from a travel experience or a photograph of a passerby’s spray-painted shoe become the bases of collaged underpaintings that define unique moments in Lieberman’s art-as-life practice. Throughout the course of making her work, moves hinge on potentials to solidify as legible signs, or continue on in states of abstract flow. Each work then becomes a capsule of manipulated time, space and place, responding to events or environments with inventions of poetic gesture.
Molly Rose Lieberman (b. 1994, Brooklyn) lives and works in New York. Solo presentations include: 5b, Glasgow; Theta, New York (both 2026); Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2024); Paris Internationale with Theta, Paris, FR (2023); Theta, New York (2023); Gern, New York (2021); and Fonda, Leipzig (2020). Group exhibitions include: Reena Spaulings, New York; Paulina Caspari, Munich (both 2025); Greene Naftali, New York (2024); Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2023); Greene Naftali, New York; Chapter, New York; and Theta, New York (all 2022). She received a BA from Oberlin College in 2016, and a MLS from Queens College in 2025. Lieberman’s first monograph is co-published by 5b, Glasgow and Theta, New York.
Size 4 blue jeans, 2023 Flashe, oil pastel, ink, photos, and collage on Saint-Armand 20 (Blue denim) 58¾ × 41¼ × 1½ in
Fireplace, 2024 Antique Indian Teak Half Column Pedestal Stand with painted column base and capital 17¼ x 47¾ x 9¾ in
The loving sum, 2024 Mixed media on masonite in artist frame, graphite on board verso 39 1/2 x 48 x 2 in
My Heart Beat Thick, 2024 Diptych Watercolor on paper in artist's frames 12½ x 33½ in
But first cut me open golden, 2022 Oil and cold wax on masonite mounted on walnut 48 x 48 x 4 in
A room is shred, 2024 Watercolor on paper in artist's frame 12½ x 16¾ in each
Smoke Spot or Red is Reason, 2024 Flashe on linen 29½ x 41 in
Coffee is the devil 2b, 2024 Metal, walnut, espresso cups and trays 12 x 43¼ x 12 in
My paradise Installation view Matthew Brown, Los Angeles, 2024
Ashtray, 2024 Canvas, oil pastel, metal letter "O", wood, espresso cup, cardboard, paint, finials, lexon speaker, Tau rust en Smile.mp3 (14:33) by Joseph Schlam 20½ x 16 x 14 in
My Power-Scraper, 2024 Ink, watercolor, and collage on paper 19½ x 14¾ in
Alive Girl Installation view Theta, New York, 2023
Paris Internationale Installation view Solo presentation with Theta, New York 2023
The Wind Wakes me Up Installation view Gern En Regalia, New York 2021
Jeans pieces XL, 2023 Watercolor, oil pastel, ink, photos, and collage on Saint-Armand 20 (Blue denim) in artist frame 34¼ x 83½ in
I am asleep on the beach waiting , 2023 Crayon on giclee digital print in artist frame 22¾ x 17⅝ in
Alive Girl Installation view Theta, New York, 2023
Alive Girl Installation view Theta, New York, 2023
Stuck-on inner feeling, 2023 Score: finials of varying sizes composed according to dips or deviations in the ground or floor, secured with double sided bolts. Dimensions variable
Maine Stack 7 (a kiss like menthol drops), 2023 Flashe, ink and ocean on paper 19 x 25 in
Gray-growing gold, 2023 Acrylic, oil, and cold wax on masonite mounted on walnut 48 x 48 x 4 in
Homie until proven otherwise, 2023 Pumice, acrylic, oil, and cold wax on masonite in artist frame mounted with custom hardware and backed with steel 16⅛ x 14⅝ x 1¼ in
Présentoir extraordinaire, 2023 Oil, flashe, ink, and cold wax on linen 41⅛ x 58⅝ x 1 in
Paris Internationale Installation view Solo presentation with Theta, New York 2023
Alive Girl Installation view Theta, New York, 2023
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