CABELL MOLINA
Painter
Collage Artist
CABELL MOLINA ART BIO
In her work, Cabell constructs a narrative where women are uncompromising, unapologetic, and unafraid to take up space. Her figures are rebellious—embodied with confidence and defiance—as they challenge the ways women have been remembered, erased, or misrepresented throughout history. Each work is an act of reclamation, giving voice to the silenced and asserting presence in spaces where absence once dominated.
A personal inspiration for this series comes from Cabell's experience growing up with a mother shaped by the 1950s—a time when women were expected to behave, stay quiet, and place the needs of others before their own. She witnessed both her strength and her restraint, the complexities of a woman navigating a world that offered her limited choices. This tension—between compliance and rebellion, visibility and silence—deeply informs her work. Cabell's paintings are, in part, a response to that legacy: a way to honor it, question it, and push beyond it.
Her process is rooted in mixed media assemblage. She begins by layering the canvas with wallpaper, handmade papers, gift wrap, and fabric—materials often associated with the domestic or decorative. These textured foundations serve as both setting and subtext. From this layered surface, she builds her subjects using acrylic, oil paint, and oil stick. The figures emerge from the background—shaped by it, yet breaking free—symbolizing transformation and resistance. Each layer is both material and metaphor, revealing how history is not fixed, but something we can reimagine, rewrite, and reclaim.
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RECENT PRESS AND EXHIBITIONS:
2015 Xpozure Gallery, CT
2015/16 Gallery Room 112, CT
2016/18 Love Art Gallery and Studio. CT
2016 Four page Feature editorial The Beat magazine, CT
2016 Saatchi Art’s Curators pick “Up and coming pop artists”, international
2016 Celebrity painting/collages for Discovery Channel reality show: Project Dad
2017 Gallery Americana’s, CT, feature artist
2017 The Untitled Space gallery, She Inspires, NYC
2017 The Untitled Space Gallery, Secret Garden, NYC
2017 Group editorial New York Times Magazine, The CUT/Untitled Space gallery, NYC, cover piece
2017 Aqua Art Miami , duo show
2018 Vogue Magazine, Untitled Space Gallery, How Could I Have Known
2018 CNN Style, Untitled Space Gallery, How Could I Have Known
2018 Girl Talk HQ, One Year of Resistance, How Could I Have Known
2018 Art Fuse Magazine, One Year of Resistance, How Could I Have Known
2018 The Art Gorgeous, One Year of Resistance, How Could I Have Known
2018 Interview Magazine, One Year of Resistance, How Could I Have Known
2018 Ceres Gallery, Group Show, Don’t Shut Up, NYC
2018 Milford Arts Center, CT, Group show
2018 Sidewalk Gallery, CT Solo Show
2018 Norwalk Hour, front page editorial
2018 Art and Sound Gallery, Greenwich CT, Group Show “Ferraris”
2018 Art and Sound Gallery, Greenwich CT, Group Show “It’s only Rock & Roll”
2018 Miami Art Week, Aqua, Helix Gallery
2019 Artbox Project, Zurich, Group show Finalist for Once Upon a Time
2019 Solo Exhibition Newton Roux Gallery, Westport CT
2019 Superfine! Art Fair, Untitled Space gallery, NYC
2019 Denizen Gallery, New Paltz, solo show
2019 Aqua Art Miami, Art Basel, duo show, “I Am Woman”
2020 Dacia Gallery, Duo Show, Be Longing, NYC
2020 Untitled Space Group Show/auction, Art4Equality
2020 Morton Contemporary, Group Show, Philadelphia PA
2020 The White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton NY, Group Show ,The X Factor
2020 The Untitled Space Gallery, Group show, One Year of Resistance, NYC
2020 Life Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness, group show, Untitled Space NYC
2020 Featured piece at Rockefeller Center Flag project, group show, NYC
2021 CParker Gallery, Group show Greenwich CT
2021 White Room Gallery, Group show Snapshots, Bridgehampton
2021 Hamptons Art + Design, The White room Gallery, Bridgehampton
2021 Feature article, Hamptons Real Estate Showcase, Southampton
2021 Solo Exhibition, Cparker Gallery, Greenwich CT
2022 Solo Exhibition It’s Getting Hot In Here, Morton Contemporary, PA
2022 Group Show See Me Gallery, Passion, NYC
2022 Duo Show Morton Contemporary, It’s Getting Hot In Here, Philly PA
2022 Trio Show Aqua Art Miami Art Basel, Miami Beach FL
2023 Group Show, In Her Element, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2023 Group Show, Out West, Courtney Collins Fine Art, Big Sky MT
2023 Group Show, Colorful Interpretations, The Whiteroom Gallery, Bridgehampton
2023 Group Show, Colorful Interpretations, The Whiteroom Gallery, Bridgehampton NY
2024 Group Show CParker gallery Greenwich and Key West
2024 Group Show The White Room Gallery, East Hampton
2024 Create Magazine Finalist, NYC
2024 Group Show Mash gallery, Artful Alchemy, West Hollywood CA
2024 Philadelphia Magazine feature April Issue
2024 Guest curated and exhibited trio show, Summer Daze, Agora Gallery NYC
2024 Group show Artful Alchemy, Mash Gallery, West Hollywood CA
2025 Duo Show Scout Design Studio, Dallas TX
2025 Out of Line, 4 person show, Agora Gallery, NYC
2025 Le fem, Group show, The Whiteroom Gallery, East Hampton, NY