Brian Molanphy

Brian Molanphy's attention to flux, endurance, transgression and history informs his art. In addition to national venues such as the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts and the Nasher Sculpture Center, international venues include el Muséo del Cantír, Spain and Yingge Ceramics Museum 鶯歌陶瓷博物館, Taiwan.

A Pennsylvania State University Fellowship led to his M.F.A. degree in 2006. A 2006-2007 Fulbright grantee to study at the National Manufactory of Sèvres, France, Molanphy was also a 2010 Fellow of the Camargo Foundation in Cassis and a 2011 Fellow of the Brown Foundation in Ménerbes to create several exhibitions in France. The RAFT Foundation supported his first trip to Asia in 2018, followed by Catcher Foundation and Sam Taylor Fellowship underwriting of his 2020-2021 artist residency at TNNUA (Tainan National University of the Arts) 國立臺南藝術大學. Sam Taylor Fellowship also supported his 2025-2026 artist residency at NTUE (National Taipei University of Education) 國立臺北教育大學. Molanphy is an elected member of Phi Beta Kappa and the International Academy of Ceramics.

Previously, Molanphy taught at Colorado College, Pennsylvania State University and the Alberta College of Art and Design. He moved from Marseille to join Meadows in fall 2011. His research on marbled clay was supported by a Meadows Fellowship in 2012 and by University Research Council grants in 2012 and 2014. University Research Council grants also supported his 2020-2021 creative leave and 2025-2026 administrative leave in Taiwan. Meadows Fellowship and grants supported many of these exhibitions.

Exhibitions are documented on Molanphy’s website. The University of Taipei 臺北市立大學exhibited Provisional Measures 臨時措施in March 2026, pictured on this page.