Molly MacGregor

I was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1983, and lived there until age nine. I spent the rest of my childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, amidst fond memories of discussing social issues at the dinner table. As Northwest natives in the Deep South, the social contrasts were startling. This fish-out-of water experience sparked my interest in exploring human nature.

I enrolled in New York University in 2001, studying urban sociology. I loved the city. I greatly enjoyed being immersed in its vibrant concentration of humanity. While I felt a compelling connection to the city, the lens of sociology was discouraging. I wanted to appreciate and understand human nature, not to discover a remedy for its inevitable deviance.

In the fall of 2002, I transferred to the University of Washington and began to study studio art in the Printmaking Program. Printmaking became an ideal forum in which to explore my ideas about human nature. During my time at Washington, I studied abroad in Cuba and in Italy, which fueled my conceptual development and was crucial to my undergraduate experience.

I graduated from the University of Washington in June 2005, with a BFA in Printmaking. Currently, I live in Seattle, Washington.