Todd Molinari

Art exists in the flow of history, but has history become time, an endless succession of moments without any point of reference? My studio practice attempts to grapple with this question, recognizing that a lack of an apparent answer signals a real tension rather than a predetermined outcome. My practice and research challenge the notion of the historical inevitability of anything.

One area of contemporary life that is marked by an assumption of inevitable mutual incomprehension and indeed separation is the relation between the realms of secularity and religion. As a priest and an artist, I stand in the breach of these two spheres of knowledge and action. This hybridity is also within me. My artistic practice and priestly existence do not so much seek to reconcile these two realms, rather the tension between the two is a fruitful source of my creativity. In my art I draw on the energy of each in order to engage in a process of transformation and exploration. This contested space is a site for new artistic discoveries.

Todd Michael Molinari

Born 1968, lives and works in Portland, Oregon



Education:



MFA, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2013

Certificate in Fine Arts, Painting, PNCA, Portland, OR, 2010

Summer Semester in Drawing, Florence Academy of Arts, Florence, Italy, 2008

Summer Semester in Painting, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Arts, Pont-Aven, France, 2007

STL, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1996, magna cum laude

STB, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1993, magna cum laude

BA, University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH, 1990, summa cum laude



Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2015, Case Study Gallery, Portland, OR

2015, "Four weeks" multi media installation. Denizen Gallery; ArtHaus, Milepost 5, Portland OR



Selected Group Exhibitions:

2015, Small Works Juried Exhibition, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2014, Making It, CBS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013, WIP, CBS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013, The Drawing Show, Philadelphia, PA

2013, The Story of the Creative, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY

2013, Binary, Manifesto-ish Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2012, WIP, Gallery 813, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2012, Painti...

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2015, Case Study Gallery, Portland, OR

2015, "Four weeks" multi media installation. Denizen Gallery; ArtHaus, Milepost 5, Portland OR



Selected Group Exhibitions:

2015, Small Works Juried Exhibition, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2014, Making It, CBS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013, WIP, CBS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013, The Drawing Show, Philadelphia, PA

2013, The Story of the Creative, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY

2013, Binary, Manifesto-ish Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2012, WIP, Gallery 813, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2012, Painting Ain’t Dead, Gallery 224, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2012, Rough House, Gallery 224, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2012, Wet Paint, Gallery 224, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2012, New Artists in the Summer, Freeman Motors Gallery, Portland, OR

2012, Faith and Art IV, Gimpl Hall, Salem, OR

2011, WIP, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2011, Faith and Art III, Gimpl Hall, Salem, OR

2010, Faith and Art II, Gimpl Hall, Salem, OR

2009, Faith and Art I, Gimpl Hall, Salem, OR

2009, Strong Forces, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Por...