Molly Surazhsky (b. Queens, NY, 1992) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Los Angeles, CA. A child of Ukrainian émigrés, Molly Surazhsky’s practice is tinged with an inherited post-Soviet cynicism and humor. This underlying attitude emerges in her ongoing studies of the corporatization of working-class lives, a critique of America’s role in international affairs with the countries of the former U.S.S.R., an acknowledgment of the realities between two opposing political philosophies—capitalism and communism—and the outcomes when a lack of balance between the two is employed on an economic, social and psychological level. Utilizing sculpture, sound, photography, textile design, and handmade garments, Surazhsky articulates detailed narratives involving themes of hypocrisy, propaganda, class, healthcare, and survival.
Surazhsky received a BFA from California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA (2019) and attended Mountain School of the Arts in Los Angeles, CA (2017). Recent exhibitions include Miss Americhka (solo exhibition), Lowell Ryan Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2023), Cantos of the Sibylline Sisterhood, ArtCenter, Pasadena, CA (2022); The Medium is the Message: Flags and Banners, The Wende Museum, Culver City, CA (2022); PPE • People’s Power Enhancement (solo exhibition), Hunter Shaw Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (2020); Mashacare: Home of the Freaks, Misfits & Weirdoes (solo exhibition), Hunter Shaw Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (2019); CO/LAB III, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (2018); and El Acercamiento, Fábrica de Arte Cubano, Havana, CU (2017). Molly Surazhsky’s work has been discussed in publications including Hyperallergic, LA Weekly, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, and KCRW.