Education:

Fine Art MA (Hons) - Edinburgh College of Art 2015-2020 - First Class Honours

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design - Cadbury College 2014-2015 (Distinction)

Prizes:

2024 - BADA Art Prize (Shortlisted), Irene Davies Award (Shortlisted), Unlimited Development Bursary, Unlimited Open Award (Shortlisted)

2023 - ING Discerning Eye Scottish Region Prize, The John Byne Award (Shortlisted)

2022 - Ramsey Cornish Prize, Barns-Graham Travel Award, RSA Art Prize, MacLaine Watters Medal, Edinburgh Printmakers Graduate Residency Award

2021 - SSA Award, FromNow Award, Robert Walters UK New Artists Award (Shortlisted)

2020 - RSA NEW CONTEMPORARIES 2022, Visual Art and Craft Makers Award, Degree Show Purchase Prize - University of Edinburgh Art Collection, Visual Arts Scotland Graduate Award, Roy's Art Fair Degree Show Competition (2nd Place), Loomshop Gallery Award, Vlieseline Fine Art Textile Award (Shortlisted), I-D and Artsthread Global Design Graduate Show (Shortlisted), Paintbox Yarn and Lovecrafts sponsorship

2019 - Barns-Graham Travel to Italy Award

Upcoming Exhibitions:

2024 - Heallreaf, Morley Gallery, London, December

2025 - Heallreaf, Farfield Mill, Cumbria, January-April

2025 - Solo Show, TBA

Current Exhibitions:

2024 - WASPS Granton, Edinburgh, October

Solo Exhibitions:

2024 - 201 Gallery, St.Andrews, Scotland

2022 - Solo Show ‘Dreams’ - Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh, September

Group Exhibitions:

2024 - Detail Gallery, Edinburgh, August

2024 - Irene Davies Award Exhibition, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, July - October

2024 - GUILD, Filet Space Shoreditch, London, August

2024 - Heallreaf, Weston Park, Shropshire, June-August

2024 - Pittenweem Festival, August

2024 - Neuk Collective Members Show, Edinburgh, July

2024 - WHAT IF NO ONE CAME, Somers Gallery, London, July

2024 - Eternal Elements, Zurich, Switzerland

2023 - ING Discerning Eye - Mall Galleries, London, November

2023 - Loneliness and other false friends, Urban Nation Museum, Berlin, Germany, April - August 18th

2022-23 - Arc Painswick, Painswick, December-September 2023

2022 - SSA Annual (Invited Artist), Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, December-January 2023

2022 - Group show, JGM Gallery, London, England, November-January 2023

2022 - Duo show, Dunblane, Scotland, November - December

2022 - RSA NEW CONTEMPORARIES 2021 - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, February 26th - April 3rd

2022 - Interim Show, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, March

2021 - SSA Annual - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, November

2021 - Robert Walters UK New Artist Exhibition - Saatchi Gallery, London, November

2021 - Hidden Door Festival - September 2021, Edinburgh

2021 - Vlieseline Fine Art Textile Award Showcase - London, England October 2021

2021 - Royal Scottish Academy Open Art - Edinburgh, Scotland

2021 - Adjust/Adapt VAS + SFMA - Edinburgh, Scotland

2021 - Vlieseline Fine Art Textile Award Showcase - Birmingham, England, July

2020 - Edinburgh College of Art Summer 2020 graduate showcase - online

https://www.degreeshow.eca.ed.ac.uk/2020/molly-kent

2020 - Visual Arts Scotland Graduate Showcase - Online

https://www.visualartsscotland.org/exhibition/visual-arts-scotland--graduate-showcase-2020

2020 - Visual Arts Scotland - Winter Exhibition FLOW - online

https://vasonlinegallery.oess1.uk

2020 - A WAY Gallery Holiday exhibition – 22nd November - January 11th - online

https://awayartgallery.com/online-gallery/holiday-exhibition/

2020 - LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 - GAGPROJECTS ONLINE

2020 - Gradcurate – Summer Exhibition (online) August-September 2020

2020 - Cultivate – So Why Not Do It Again? (online) – opened August 18th 2020

2020 - New Realities - DFF Collective - https://newrealities.cargo.site

2020 - ECA//10Design - 132 Princes Street - February 2020

2020 - MAFAf*ckers - Edinburgh College of Art - February 2020

2020 - Buffering - Edinburgh College of Art - February 2020

2019 - Word of Mouth - GRAU PROJEKT, Melbourne, Australia - September/October 2019

2019 - Fine And Dandy - Edinburgh Central Library, Art & Design department - August 2019

2019 - Word of Mouth - Secret location, Venice Biennale - May 2019

2019 - SETTLE DOON - Bonnyrigg Settlement Project - March 2019

2019 - 54321 (MAFA Exhibition) - Edinburgh College of Art - March 2019

2018 - Third Year Exhibition - St Margaret's House - May 2018

2017 - Reject, Respond, Repurpose - Leith Settlement Projects - August 2017

2017 - 104: a second-year exhibition - Edinburgh College of Art - March 2017

2017 - ESAF presents: Platform - The Biscuit Factory Edinburgh - February 2017

2017 - Ignorance is Bliss - Edinburgh College of Art - January 2017

Collections:

University of Edinburgh Art Collection

National Museum of Australia

Art Gallery of South Australia

Private Collections worldwide

Residencies:

Edinburgh Printmakers Graduate Residency Award

Graduate Resident @ Leith School of Art - September 2021-June, 2022

The New Artist - November/December 2020

GRAPEVINE - July 2020

Forest Arts online residency - April 2020

Work:

Current - Freelance Tufting Tutor, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh (2023 - )

Previous - Art & Design Library, Edinburgh Central Library (Nov 2015 - August 2022)

Archive intern @ OUTSET Scotland (Nov 2018-April 2019)

Exhibition Planner and Head of Curation for 'Third Year Exhibition' @ St.Margaret's House, Edinburgh (Feb 2018-May 2018)

Centre for Research Collection Intern @ University of Edinburgh (Jan 2017-April 2017)

Visual Arts Curator @ Edinburgh Student Art Festival (Nov 2016-Mar 2017)

Arts Education Learning Volunteer @ Barber Institute for Fine Art (Feb 2013)