ABOUT:
Molly Hatch is an artist designer living and working in Florence, Massachusetts. Hatch has a formal education in drawing, painting, printmaking and ceramics at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2000. In 2008, after several ceramic residencies and apprenticeships in the United States and abroad, Hatch earned her Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
In 2009, Hatch’s career took off after she was awarded the prestigious Arts/Industry Residency at the Kohler Factory through the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. In 2013, Hatch had her first solo museum exhibition at the Philadelphia Art Alliance and was included in New Blue and White, a contemporary decorative arts exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In 2014, Physic Garden, Hatch’s first monumental three-story tall, 456-plate installation referencing the museum’s collection of English Ceramics, was permanently installed at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta alongside a second commissioned monumental wall piece titled Caughley Landscape, for the permanent collection of the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta. In 2016, the Clayarch Gimhae Museum in Korea exhibited a selection of wall installations by Hatch as a part of a larger international ceramics invitational titled Post-Tile.
In 2017 Hatch installed her largest museum commission to date at the Newark Museum in Newark, NJ. Commissioned by Chief Curator Ulysses Dietz, Hatch designed and executed a permanent installation titled Repertoire, comprised of almost 600 plates. To design and complete this monumental commission, Hatch worked with curators across the African, Asian and American curatorial departments. In 2021, Hatch completed a two-story arched installation of plates for the Anecdote, a new Bon Appetit restaurant in San Francisco, CA. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts commissioned and acquired Hatch’s triptych titled Ducere in 2023. Ducere, a monumental work reinterpreting a Christopher Dresser design headlined at the MMFA exhibition ParalElles: History of Women in Design. Starting in 2023,, Hatch has completed thirteen works commissioned by architect Peter Marino for the redesign of the Tiffany & Co. Landmark store in Manhattan, with subsequent commissions for Tiffany & Co. Dubai, Taipei, Ginza, Mexico City and a forthcoming series for a second US Blue Box Cafe loation opening in 2026. In 2024, Hatch installed her most recent large-scale commission titled Amalgam for the Sarasota Art Museum. A two-story work that spans from the floor up onto the ceiling, Amalgam brings to the fore material and visual evidence of centuries-old global trade networks and the resultant shared aesthetics that connect us through a bricolage of blue and white historic ceramic motifs.
Hatch’s monumental installation work continues into 2029 and beyond with upcoming projects and solo exhibitions for the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA, the Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, FL amongst others. Hatch will be a presenter at the 2025 annual American Ceramic Circle Symposium in Atlanta, GA.
Watch the above video featuring an engaging conversation between gallerist Todd Merrill and contemporary artist Molly Hatch celebrating her monumental permanent installations at museums both nationally and internationally.
Learn more about Molly Hatch’s process and studio practice in this short video interview. Courtesy of Lawrence Anderson Studio and Kilroy Realty.
STUDIO ADDRESS
221 Pine Street Suite #354
Florence MA 01062
Studio visits by appointment only, email Molly directly: molly@mollyhatchstudio.com to schedule an appointment.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Todd Merrill Studio
toddmerrillstudio.com
(212) 673-0531
info@toddmerrillstudio.com
For all inquiries about purchasing or commissioning artwork and exhibitions inquiries, please contact the gallery:
Todd Merrill: info@toddmerrillstudio.com or, email Molly directly: molly@mollyhatchstudio.com
PRESS INQUIRIES
Contact Molly Hatch: molly@mollyhatchstudio.com
or contact Todd Merrill: info@toddmerrillstudio.com