Molly Caenwyn
b. 1991
Currently based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Current and Upcoming Shows
2022 Your Body Belongs to You - curated by Shutter Hub, Festival Pil’Ours in Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France
Group Shows
2022 Summer Party, Group exhibition, LOCAL coffee shop, Årsta, Stockholm
2021 Queer Exhibition - Show 5, Umbrella Cardiff
Cardiff Umbrella Queer Artist Installation, as part of CULTVR Summer Camp for Cardiff Pride
Ode To Anna (Phrame Wales) – Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
2020 Our Creative Cardiff Story Wall, digital exhibition, Creative Cardiff
2019 As We See it, Phrame Launch, Diffusion Festival, The Gate, Cardiff
2017 Photography Exhibition, The Gate, Cardiff
2015 Damn Your Eyes, The Abacus, Cardiff
2014 TURF, Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf, Southbank, London
Summer Show, The Gallery, The Arts University of Bournemouth
Co-Curated Exhibitions
2021 Ode To Anna (Phrame Wales) – Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
2019 Don’t You Wonder Sometimes? Diffusion Festival, The Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Jewish History Association of South Wales Touring exhibition, part of 'The Records and Testimonies of the South Wales Jewish Communities' project, Wales
Written Publications
2022 “Desktop Murder”, introductory essay for Looking for Missing Pieces, University of South Wales BA (hons) Photography Graduate Show Cataloge
“Mary Dillwyn”, in collaboration with Rose Teanby, photographer Biography in A World History of Women Photographers ed. Luce Lebart Marie Robert, Thames and Hudson
“Pumpkin Spice Developer” and “Pumpkin Spice Latte” recipes, RE·SOURCE, The Sustainable Darkroom
“The Women who stayed for a Life Time”, International Women’s day guest blog post for Llantarnam Grange, Contemporary Art Centre
2021 Introduction text, Ode To Anna / Ode I Anna exhibition catalogue, Phrame Wales Photography Collective, with supporting text by Celia Rose Jackson and Kate Mercer
2020 “Mary Dillwyn”, in collaboration with Rose Teanby, photographer Biography in Une Histoire Mondiale Des Femmes Photographes ed. Luce Lebart Marie Robert, Textual
“It was a cold and windy Autumn day”, Guest post, JHASW (Jewish History Association of South Wales) blog
2019 ”Bara Brith”, Grub issue #4, Synchronise Witches Press
2018 “Students in the Archive: using photographic objects in research”, in ARC April Film, Sound and Photography Issue, The Archives and Records Association
2017 “The Josephy Slide Collection”, Guest post / article, DMU Special Collections - Archives and Rare Books Blog
2016 “Fried Egg Sandwich”, Grub issue #2, Synchronised Witches Press
2015 – 2017 Writer and Photographer for PARALLEL magazine from issues 1 -8, including Love Wins - PARALLEL fund-raising zine for victims of the Orlando Shootings
2014 “No. 38”, Rose Blossoms, Field Notes Zine, issue # 3
“Adventure", Cherry Online Magazine, issue # 4
Soap and Biscuits Zine by Molly Caenwyn, issue #1
Publication Features
2021 aeonian magazine, issue no.5, July
No Glum Zine, issue no. 3, September
2017 In Focus - artist interview, Gallery Magazine
2015 In Conversation with - artist interview, Ultravenus Magazine
2014 "Taboos" Ripley Zine, issue #3
"Girls Don't Do That" Zine, issue #1
Awards
2019 Avril Rolph Bursary, awarded by Women’s Archive of Wales, in recognition of an original research paper - ‘Who is Mary Dillwyn? Issues of Women’s Studies in Early Photographic History’
Talks
2019 Who is Mary Dillwyn? Issues in Women’s studies in Photographic History, Women’s Archive of Wales Conference, St Fagans
2018 Artist Talk, Abergavenny Camera Club
Relevant Employment and Work Experience
2022 Archive Assistant, RFSL (Riksförbundet för homosexuellas, bisexuellas, transpersoners och queeras rättigheter) Archive
2019 - 2020 Archive Assistant, Theatre Collection University of Bristol
2018 – 2021 Advisory Board Member, Phrame Photographic Collective
2018 – 2019 Archive Volunteer, Jewish History Association of South Wales
2018 – 2019 Research Assistant Internship, Researcher and Co-Curator of Don’t you Wonder Sometimes? Diffusion Exhibition, Ffotogallery
2017 – 2018 Archive Volunteer, De Montfort University Archive and Special Collections
2017 Invigilator, Heritage Sundays, De Montfort University
2016 Work Experience - Glamorgan Archive
Exhibition Invigilator, Adopted Welsh - Jana Romanova, Ffotogallery
Education
2017 – 2018 MA Photographic History (Distinction) - De Montfort University
2011 – 2014 BA (Hons) Photography (2:1) - The Arts University of Bournemouth
2010 – 2011 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (Merit) - The Arts University College of Bournemouth