Mollie Browne

Mollie Browne, an Irish fine artist from Cookstown now living in Belfast, completed a First Class BA Hons Degree in Fine Art at Ulster University (2023). Awards include, ACNI SIAP General Art Award, RUA Award, QSS Graduate Bursary Award, Engine Room Gallery Graduate Award, PS2 Graduate Award and The Thomas Devlin Fund, The Community Foundation for NI. ACNI’s Artist of the Month (December 2023). Shortlisted finalist for the Ingram Prize and the Global Design Graduate Show in collaboration with Gucci.

Browne’s recent series of work is entitled ‘Land of Lonely’, where the artist tries to understand what it means to be lonely. Works from this series such as, ‘I’m Scared’ and ‘Enclosing and Engulfing’ are a part of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Contemporary Art Collection. The main technique created by Browne, Acetone Manipulation on photographic images, explores her state of mind, feelings of disconnect and anxiety. Her identity and those close to her can be seen to dissolve, capturing a sense of existential crisis.