Molly Grad MRSS

Grad's work is fuelled by concerns around the social and environmental responsibilities attached to acts of creation and creativity, interests that sit at the confluence of her current and previous identities as an Artist-Parent with a young child and with an extensive background in the luxury fashion industry. Grad's public interventions, or fleeting street sculptures, sit at the core of her practice. They involve a labour-intensive process which she describes as “corseting concrete”, requiring hours of repetitive physical movements across a public space as the artist threads soft brightly coloured fabrics through the crevices of neglected urban environments - a gesture intended to insist on visibility and to act as a catalyst for creating greater social awareness for society's so-called invisibles, from mothers to construction workers. Through the process of creating the work, Grad comes into contact with members of the public, prompting organic conversations about consumer culture, identity and visibility.