Touching on themes of love, loss, attachment, childhood, addiction, incarceration and more, SOPHIE MOLINS creative work always speaks to the human condition.

A photographer, filmmaker, anthropologist and New York Times and Arts Council award-winning artist, MOLINS is also an activist and group facilitator with a long history working in education, addiction and climate change.

MOLINS lived and worked in the US and Venezuela before returning to the UK to become a Senior Lecturer in Photography, Cultural Studies and Art history. She is a Trustee of the pioneering Steps2Recovery, a halfway house in London for addicts leaving prison. As a climate activist MOLINS worked with Artists Project Earth (APE), attending many of the key UN conferences on climate change. Indeed, institutional systems such as the UN spurred her to complete an MA in Anthropology at UCL, with a particular interest in healing and ritual.

MOLINS creates through the lens of psychology, philosophy, feminism and anthropology; addressing universal emotions and responses, constantly questioning what it is to be human. MOLINS work rarely emphasizes the impact of a singular image, her ideas unfold in sequences, using word and image, to construct personal narratives and uncover the surreal and non-binary nature of things. Her work functions as a form of social activism linking art practices and daily life; highlighting contemporary frailties, vulnerabilities and the pace of a culture searching for meaning and connection.