Hello! I'm Molly Rahtz, an artist from Cincinnati, OH.
I'm currently a student at the University of Cincinnati majoring in Fine Arts, minoring in Film and Media Studies.
I am a multimedia artist who specializes in video, installation, and oil paint. Investigating anxiety and its impact on the psyche, I draw upon my own obsession with being in control of every aspect of my life. Artmaking is my way of categorizing and organizing the increasingly turbulent world around me; I interrogate mythological and religious anecdotes to broaden upon the grounded lessons and rules that I grew up with, which I then manipulate to create a manufactured dominance between artist and medium.
This emphasis on storytelling, as well as my technical skill, allows the viewer to create their own narratives and ponder what-ifs while having an emotionally impactful experience. My interplay between media creates a tension within my pieces that adds to the cathartic experience when they are displayed, an outlet of negative emotions organized by time and space.
Letterboxd Four Favorites: Tenet, Se7en, Bullet Train, Strange Darling
Fun Fact: My artwork is featured in the opening credits for the movie Bones and All (dir. Liza Guadagnino).
EXHIBITIONS/
PUBLICATIONS
Cincinnati Art Club Scholarship Show
Cincinnati Art Club
May 2023
Exploring Screen Media
Virtual Exhibition
April 2023
Exhibition
Creative Failures
Deshon and Schlachter Library
April 2023
Sophomore Research Studio
Tabula Rasa Gallery
December 2022
SOS Art Show
Publication
May 2020
SOS Art Show
Art Academy of Cincinnati
May 2019
Congressional Art Show (Semi-Finalist)
Union Terminal
May 2019
