About

Molly McCall

LIFE AND WORK

My work explores memory as a living material—
how it gathers, fades, and reshapes itself over time.

Working fluidly between photography, painting, drawing, and collage,
I return often to paper, color, and fragments drawn from the natural world.
Clouds, water, botanicals, and shifting fields of color
become quiet vessels for atmosphere and recollection.

With over twenty years in textile and fashion design,
I bring a sensitivity to color, tactility, repetition, and construction.
The work unfolds through layered processes—handmade fragments, photographic traces,
and material histories—where meaning emerges slowly, through accumulation and subtle variation.

My work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at:

Blue Print Gallery (TX),
Klompching Gallery (NY),

Kneedler-Fauchère (SF)
Houston Center for Photography (TX),
Griffin Museum of Photography (MA),
Ogden Museum of Southern Art (LA),
and the Barcelona Foto Biennale (Spain),
and has appeared in publications including Architectural Digest.

I live and work in Carmel Valley, California.

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Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION, EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

 

MOLLY MCCALL | Carmel Valley, CA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2023 — COAST, Big Sur, CA

  • 2022 — VERVE, Monterey, CA

  • 2022 — FotoNostrum, Barcelona, Spain

  • 2020 — Griffin Museum of Photography

  • 2020 — Quail Lodge Resort, Carmel Valley, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2025 — Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TX

  • 2024 — FotoNostrum Biennale, Barcelona, Spain

  • 2023 — Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2023 — Yosemite Renaissance, CA

  • 2021 — Creative Photo Awards, Siena, Italy

  • 2020 — Texas Photographic Society

  • 2019 — Colorado Photographic Art Center, Denver, CO

  • 2018 — SohoPhoto National Competition, New York, NY

  • 2017 — CURRENTS Ogden Museum of Southern Art

  • 2016 — Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

  • First Place — Pollux Awards (Multiple Years)

  • First Place — Julia Margaret Cameron Awards

  • First Place — Creative Photo Awards, Siena

  • Juror’s Choice — Praxis Photo Arts Center

  • Best in Show — Colorado Photographic Arts Center

  • Featured Artist — CURRENTS Ogden Museum of Southern Art

  • Top 10 — FRESH, Klompching Gallery, NY

  • Top 20 —FOCUS, Photo LA

  • Top 100 — Tokyo International Photography Competition

  • Top 200 — Critical Mass, Photolucida

PUBLICATIONS & FEATURES

  • Oxford American Magazine

  • FotoNostrum Magazine

  • FRAMES Magazine

  • RFotoFolio

  • Diffusion Magazine

  • Analog Forever Magazine

  • Architectural Digest

COLLECTIONS

Private Collections
California, New York, Texas, Colorado, London

Corporate Collections
Spieker Partners, Palo Alto, CA
Cypress Point Club, Pebble Beach, CA

Permanent Collection
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO

EDUCATION

Golden Gate University — BS
San Francisco Studio School — Continuing Education

REPRESENTATION

  • Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TX

  • Klompching Editions, Brooklyn, NY

  • photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM