Artwork

Molly Beth White's films, performances and installations are rooted in the classic Freudian universe of the uncanny with

her elaborate sequences using costumes, props and glimpses of fractured movement. Drawing upon motifs and devices

found in fairytales and folklore her darkly Hitchcockian encounters hint at narratives, which just escape comprehension.

  Interested in what she describes as the 'shattered self, one person constituted of many separate entities and

characters', her films look at identity and are layered with symbolic elements of the grotesque and the macabre.

  'I intend my work to allude to a macabre, uncanny sense of the human, unearthly but recognisable, visible yet

intangible, human but not quite.'

Molly grew up in Essex, in a highly creative and theatrical family consisting of
 
artists, dancers, actors, playwrights, directors and the odd contemporary

circus performer.

'I have always had a childlike attraction to fairy tales and all things

mysterious, as my Grandfather would always bewitch my Brother and I with

magical tales of "the life we don't see" whether it be deep in the woods or on

the toy shelf when all the lights go out.'

Graduating from Chelsea College of Art & Design in 2010, Molly won the

  for her degree show piece 'Conduit',

which went on to be shortlisted for

in 2010.

TRANSITION GALLERY / CHELSEA PRIZE

BARBICAN SURREAL HOUSE EXHIBITION