About

Molly Judd, born 1991, is an Irish painter who began her

studies at the Florence Academy of Art in 2009.

In 2011, she began an apprenticeship with world renowned

Norwegian painter Odd Nerdrum, studying with Nerdum at

his atelier in both Norway and Paris  from 2011 until 2013.

Molly cotinues to paint from her studio in Medellín, Colombia. 

Workshops / Teaching

–2020 / 2021 Painting Program at Barcelona Academy of Art, Barcelona, Spain. 

–2019 Narrative figure painting, Florence Academy of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden.

–2012 painting workshop Rossnaree School of art.

Exhibitions

–2022 Hartley Invitational Exhibition, Salmagundi Club 47 5th Avenue

–2020 Women Painting, MEAM Barcelona, Spain.

–2019 ARC Salon 13th International Exhibition, MEAM Barcelona, Spain/Sotheby's, Los Angeles, USA. 

–2019 Corpo a corpo, Villa Bardini, Florence, Italy.

–2019 'Full Palette' Salmagundi Club 47 5th Avenue.

–2019 '20 x 20' MEAM, Barcelona.

–2019 'PRISM' Florence Academy of Art, Mana Contemporary, Jersey city, USA.

–2018 ARC Salon 13th International Exhibition, MEAM Barcelona, Spain/Sotheby's, Los Angeles, USA.

–2018 'Lines in motion', 47 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA.

–2018 'St.Brigids Day',  Hamilton Gallery, Sligo.

–2018 'On Paper' An Exhibition of drawings, Florence Academy of Art, Mana Contemporary, Jersey city, USA.

–2017  'Celebration of Irish Portraiture' Ranelagh Arts Centre, Dublin.

–2017  RHA 187th  Annual Exhibition, Dublin.

–2016  RHA 186th  Annual Exhibition, Dublin.

–2015  MOD portrait Exhibition, Gallerie Arte Libre, Spain.

–2015  RHA 185th  Annual Exhibition, Dublin.

–2013  Nerdrum students - Gallery L'oeil du Prince, Paris, FR.

Awards

–2019 Purchase Prize in the Figurative category of the 13th International  ARC Salon, US.

–2018  Honourable Mention in the Figurative category of the 13th International  ARC Salon, US.

–2017  First Place Winner in the Graphite category of  'Artists Magazine All-Media Competition', US.

–2016  Finalist of the 12th International ARC Salon Competition, Art Renewal Center, US.

–2016  Winner of the Ireland-U.S. Council/Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award.

–2016  Receipient of the Henessy Craig Scholarship Award.

–2015  First Place Winner of Modportrait '15, Spain.

Collections

–Art Renewal  Center, Private Collection, United States.

–RCSI, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland.

–MEAM, European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain.

Publications

–2017  Poets & Artists Magazine, 'The New Nude'.

–2016 Irish Arts Review: The Quarterly Review of Irish Art.

–2013 The Nerdrum School: The Master and His students.