About

Molly Cleaver is an artist from the West Midlands working across expanded painting, installation and socially engaged work. With postgraduate education in fine art, she has developed a practice that connects research, teaching, and material-led exploration.

Rooted in play and layered processes, her paintings have naturally extended into commissioned mural works, where scale becomes an active material in itself, and painting moves beyond the frame into architectural considerations.

Molly collaborates with galleries, art centres, and community spaces to deliver material-led workshops and collaborative projects. Through these partnerships, she facilitates accessible drawing, painting, and collage sessions that encourage experimentation, confidence, and shared making, positioning public engagement as an integral part of her practice.

Exhibitions & Residencies

2 0 2 5
We Want Cobs and Roses Too - 01902 Urban Rooms Wolverhampton

2 0 2 4
West Midlands Painters exhibition - The Birmingham Black Box

2 0 2 3
SOLO POP UP - Hockley Social Club
SUBSTANCE SOLO SHOW- The Asylum Gallery, Wolverhampton
THIS IS OUR LOVE AND IT KNOWS NO DIVISION - Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery
STRYX SOUP - Final exhibition
STRYX SOUP - Curated Open Show
STRYX SOUP - Meet the Artists
Artist in Residence - Warwick Art Centre

2 0 2 2
Artist in Residence - Joe Lycett, Bath Spa
REPHEMERA - Parkside Gallery, Birmingham

2 0 2 0 
Peep@Stryx (Online Residency) - Stryx Birmingham

2 0 1 9
Zeitgeist Baby - Art Rooms, Kings Heath Birmingham
It's Not You, It's Me - Birmingham School of Art
CLIPS, Birmingham Collage Collective First Group Exhibition - The Framers, Custard Factory, Digbeth

2 0 1 8
KALEIDOSCOPE & PLANET ART PROJECT Present Bank Holiday All Dayer - The Night Owl, Digbeth
BAD GIRLS PRESENT Bulldog Gin Summer Festival - Old Crown, Digbeth
EXIT EXIT EXIT, Fine Art Degree Show - Graham Sutherland Building, Coventry University
FINE ART AUCTION - Lancaster Gallery, Coventry
FACTOR WARHOL - The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
KALEIDOSCOPE - The Night Owl, Birmingham
PRELUDE - Coventry Evening Telegraph

2 0 1 7
PLAYNICE - Dig Brew Co. Birmingham
CASS ART FESTIVAL - Bargehouse at OXO Tower, London
ART CARBOOT FAIR - Vauxhall, London
BAD GIRLS PRESENTS - THE ARTISTS - Mocking Bird, Custard Factory Birmingham
NOW - Stryx, Minerva Works, Digbeth Birmingham

2 0 1 6
BOURN - Stryx, Minerva Works, Digbeth Birmingham

2 0 1 4
ANTI-FRIEZE - Scary Canary, Stourbridge
EMERGE - Coventry University

Education

2 0 2 0 - QTS/ PGCE - Birmingham City University

2 0 1 8 - MA Fine Art,  Birmingham School of Art

2 0 1 4 - BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree Coventry University

2 0 1 1 - Art and Design, Halesowen College 

Awards

2 0 1 9 - Gertrude Aston Bowater Award for Excellence