Programme Director of Fine Art & Photography
Caroline is the Programme Director for Fine Art and Photography at Farnham and is a member of Women in Photography and the RIPA research centre at UCA. Alongside of this she is co-editor and writer for Photomonitor, as a knowledge transfer project between UCA and Photomonitor. She has spoken at a number of national and international conferences and exhibited her work both nationally and internationally.
Bio
Caroline holds a practice led PhD in Arts and Humanities from the Centre for History and Theory of Photography, Birkbeck; She also holds an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art and an MA in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmith, University of London. In addition, she regularly writes for Visual Studies, the Journal of Visual practice, 1000words magazine and Source Magazine.
Prior to commencing her academic career Caroline worked as an editorial photographer working for clients such as the Sunday Times, The Telegraph Magazine, Marie Claire and several Conde Nast titles. She has given talks and offers mentorship around creative practice and creative careers in business in a variety of contexts, including the New Narratives in photography project with the British Council of Pakistan and Grain Photohub, the Women’s Society at Oxford University, Farnham Maltings Creative Business Programme and Birkbeck School of Arts.
Research statement
Caroline is interested in interdisciplinary research with an emphasis on photography and its relationship to visual culture. She has expertise around photography and memory and has a particular interest in raising the visibility of the marginalised voice, whether that be through gender, a post-colonial or decolonised contexts.
Research outputs
Written
- 2023 ‘Identity Politics: A study of diasporic identity mediated through family photography’ in Handbook of Research on the Relationship between Autobiographical Memory and Photography. IGI Global
- 2020 ‘Rethinking the photographic studio as a politicised space’, in Ashley, T., Weedon, A. (eds.) Developing a Sense of Place: Models for the Arts and Urban Planning. UCL publishing
- 2019 ‘Studio Photography as a conceptual framework,’ in Membrana special issue on Studio Photography (5) (82,83) 38-47 (ISSN 2463-8501), Fotografija(ISSN 1408-3566) (Fotografija is in ERIH PLUS database)
Practice
- 2023 Selected work from the ‘Portrait Rooms’ presented in the Gender and Gesture exhibition at Woxsen University and the IIT Hyderbad. This exhibition coincides with the photography focused month in Hyderabad.
- 2022 ‘The Portrait Rooms’ publication with bookRoom, launched at the Small Publishers bookfair, presented at Format Photography Festival 2023, Family and Other Ties exhibition, Foyer gallery 2022.
- 2021 ‘Untouched Copy’ and ‘The Book of Backgrounds,’ in Bridging the Distance, with the Ph Research Network at Four Corners, also presented at ICA as part of the PGR research event 2022.
- 2021 ‘Women of Walsall’ (Photography and audio visual),’ in the Living Memory Project at New Gallery Walsall. https://livingmemory.live/commission/caroline-molloy-2/, included in the accompanying Living Memory publication.
Research supervision
- Photography
- Visual Culture
- Post-Colonial theory
- Co-convener of Family Ties Network
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Educational Academy
- Leading Department training, Higher Educational Academy
- International advisory board member Woxsen University, India
- Mentor for New Narratives in Photography project with the British Council in Pakistan and Grain Photography Hub 2023-24
- Professional mentor for Farnham Maltings Creative Business Programme 2023-25
- Mentor for graduating students Birkbeck, University of London 2021-22
- Grant application reviewer, The Leverhulme Trust 2021
- Grant application reviewer, The Leverhulme Trust 2016
- Advisory board member for Black Country Visual Arts 2017-20
- External examiner MA Photography, UCLan 2022-26
- External examiner BA Photography, University of East London 2022-26
- External examiner MA Creative Practice, University of Bolton 2020-24
- External examiner MRES University of Huddersfield 2021
- External validation panel MA Documentary Photography, University of South Wales 2021
- External examiner BA Photography, Canterbury Christchurch 2017-22
- Chief external examiner, Institute of Photography, Falmouth University 2016-20
- External validation panel, BA Digital Photography, Ravensbourne 2018
- External validation panel BA Photography, University of South Wales 2015
- Recipient of UCA ECR research award for Gender and Gesture development project with Woxsen University 2023-24
- Principle investigator on the Knowledge Exchange collaboration between Photomonitor x UCA bookRoom 2023-24
- Co-investigator on the Young Creatives 2 Knowledge Exchange project with Professor Anna Fox and Magnum Photos 2023-24
- Recipient of the Heritage Lottery funded: Living Memory Bursary 2019-20
- Participant in 209 Women in Parliament Project 2018
- Shortlisted for 100Heroines in Photography 2018
- Teaching and learning excellence award: Student Employability Initiative 2018, Coventry University
- Shortlist: Wharton-QS Stars reimagine education award, 2016