Galerie Magazine

Out of the exhibition’s 250 objects on view that broke boundaries in the world of design, roughly half are sourced from the museum’s permanent collection, with one new commission by American artist Molly Hatch, who is represented by Todd Merrill Studio.

As visitors ascend the grand staircase to the exhibition space, they are greeted by a monumental installation, Ducere(2022), created by Hatch and her two studio assistants. A grid of 198 ceramic plates in richly painted jewel tones and real gold spans 20 feet wide. The triptych draws inspiration from Christopher Dresser’s Minton Moon Flask (1872), a recent acquisition of the MMFA….

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Parall(ELLES) A History of Women in Design Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Designs by American and Canadian women are the subject of this sprawling exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Stewart Program for Modern Design. Objects from the mid-19th century through today highlight the breadth of styles and media that female designers made while marginalized in social, political, and personal settings. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) has also commissioned ceramicist Molly Hatch to create a giant mosaic of 198 hand-painted plates that will take over the exhibition pavilion.

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Massachusetts-based artist Molly Hatch creates immense installations of hand-built ceramic plates painted with a variety of patterns and scenes. Hatch frequently re-contextualizes historic images used centuries ago by old porcelain manufactures as well as paintings and textiles. Her largest artwork to date, Physic Garden, was installed last year at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, a monumental installation of 475 plates depicting imagery used on Chelsea Factory plates dating back to the 1750s. Hatch is represented by Todd Merrill Studio, and you can see more work on her website. (via Design*Sponge, My Amp Goes to 11)

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Ceramic Plate Installations by Molly Hatch

Introducing the latest work of Massachusetts-based artist Molly Hatch. Colourful, hand-painted, ceramic plate installations, in quite a variety of patterns and scenes.

Born in 1978, Molly Hatch, the daughter of a painter and an organic dairy farmer, her childhood was divided between physical labor, play and creating art. She studied drawing, printmaking and ceramics receiving her BFA at the Museum School in Boston in 2000. After several ceramic residencies and apprenticeships in the US and abroad, she received her MFA in ceramics at the University of Colorado in Boulder in 2008. Her career in ceramics has led to collaborations with institutions such as the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Clark Art Institute, as well as collaborations with design and industry.

Molly Hatch in Hamptons Cottages & Gardens, Nov/Dec 2021

Molly Hatch’s Worcester Imari featured prominently in HC & G November/December 2021 issue. Designer Melanie Roy partnered with Todd Merrill Studio to create the “ultimate low-key luxe hangout space, with a focus on high craft and high glam.” Molly Hatch’s opulent work titled Worcester Imari hangs in the dining area. Click to read full article.

Todd Merrill Studio

Todd Merrill Studio Presents an Eclectic Exhibition of Contemporary Art and Design at Art Wynwood, February 15 – 19, 2018

For the seventh installment of Art Wynwood, Fair Director, Grela Orihuela approached Todd Merrill Studio to help showcase the increasingly viable market for works that straddle the line between fine art and contemporary design. Todd Merrill Studio has built a well-recognized reputation for showing a diverse group of artists, each sharing an underlying drive to push their chosen medium to their absolute aesthetic limits. Their dynamic, unique, and frequently groundbreaking pieces contribute to today’s increasingly relevant gray-space between art and design.

Take Magazine

Off the Walls

Western Massachusetts ceramist, designer, and artist Molly Hatch breaks molds and boundaries.

Approaching Molly Hatch’s ceramic studio on the third floor of Florence, Massachusetts’ Arts and Industry building, every single footstep resounds through the hallways. That’s the way of former mill buildings. This one, solid and comfortable with its little bit of dustiness and roughness, leaves plenty of space for artists to remake its purpose.

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This Ceramicist Makes Breathtaking Wall-Art Out of Painted Plates

Her largest art installation is comprised of 475 plates.

Any gallery wall is worth marveling for a minute or two. But stop to imagine a different gallery wall: one that is aswirl with ceramic handpainted plates that have been inspired by historical paintings, porcelain, and works of art. The plates are arranged carefully to catch the attention of passerby (it definitely causes us to linger more than a minute or two). One artist, Molly Hatch is reinventing the gallery wall with her own unique medium: ceramic plates.