A B O U T M E
Molly Frisby is a Dallas based visual artist working under the studio name MSFT Arts. Her practice explores memory, inheritance, and emotional duality through figurative imagery, symbolic botanicals, and rhythmic, fluid forms.
Drawing from personal history and mythological reference, Frisby’s work examines the tension between control and surrender, clarity and distortion, permanence and change. Recurring motifs such as water, gardens, and black and white patterning function as visual metaphors for inherited systems, family dynamics, and the spaces in between fixed narratives.
Her paintings balance realism with surreal interruption, allowing moments of precision to dissolve into movement, repetition, and abstraction. This push and pull reflects an interest in resisting binary thinking and embracing ambiguity as a site of meaning.
Frisby holds a BFA from Oklahoma State University and has exhibited in both gallery and public facing contexts. She is currently developing a cohesive body of work that bridges contemporary figurative painting with symbolic, process driven mark making.
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Exhibitions
2025 Gift of Art, Art Guild of Lewisville, Lewisville, TX
2024 Go big, again!, Visual Arts Guild of Frisco, Venture X, Fairview, TX
2024 30 Under 30, Greater Denton Arts Council, Meadows Gallery, Denton TX
2024. Postcard Art Exhibit, Millhouse Foundation, McKinney, TX
2022 Winter, Visual Arts Guild of Frisco, Sweetwaters Cafe, Frisco, TX
2022 Art in the Atrium, George A. Purefoy Municipal Center, Frisco, TX
2022 Texas Now Showcase online, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX
2022 30 Under 30, Greater Denton Arts Council, Meadows Gallery, Denton, TX
2021 Texas Now Showcase online, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX
2018 Studio BFA Capstone Exhibition, Gardiner Gallery of Art, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Public Works
2025 Tupps Brewery Silo Mural, artist assistant, approx. 9’ x 7, Tupps Brewery, McKinney, TX
2025 New Growth, Street Light Pole Banner, 24” x 49”, Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX
2023 Wine and Walls Outdoor Mural Fest, Eight by Ten Foot Exterior Wall
Located at Mckinney Cotton Mill Facility, Mckinney, TX
2022 Wine and Walls Outdoor Mural Fest, Nine by Ten Foot Exterior Wall
Located at Mckinney Cotton Mill Facility, Mckinney, TX
2018 Prairie Arts Center Mural, Two Twelve Foot Exterior Garage Door Murals, and
Two Door Murals, Stillwater, OK
2018 Wings of Hope, Six Individual Four Foot Hope in Flight Sculptures,
Located at Richmond Elementary, Skyline Elementary, Lincoln Academy, Stillwater Middle School, Sangre Ridge Elementary and Cockrell.
Eyecare in Stillwater, OK
2017 Empire Nutrition, 3 Foot Sign, Stillwater, OK
Related Professional Experience
2026 Artist, Dallas TX
Create original paintings, murals, and site specific works for gallery exhibitions, private collectors, and public installations. Develop commissioned and freelance
design work across physical and digital media. Manage all stages of artistic production and placement, including client consultation, project coordination,
contracts, documentation, fabrication oversight, and installation logistics. Oversee studio operations, artwork preparation, shipping, and digital presentation.
(2024-Present.)
2023 Art Instructor, Mission:Renaissance, Lewisville, TX
Led art demonstrations and instructed children ranging from 5 - 12 years old how to build a drawing and improve artistic skills using the
Gluck Methodology. (2023)
2020 Artist, Dallas, TX
Creating personally driven works for gallery exhibitions as well as commissions for engagements, weddings, classrooms, etc., using a
variety of mediums such as watercolor, colored pencil, charcoal, and acrylic paint. Management of website design. Responsible for
packaging, shipping, and all related paperwork and taxes. (2020- Present)
2019 Gallery Intern/Assistant, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX
Assist with opening and closing procedures. Greet visitors and inform. about current and past exhibitions. Assist with categorizing.
inventory. Assist with packing, shipping, and in-person art deliveries. Assist with installations, including light patching, and painting.
Create catalogs, show cards, some photo-editing, as well as maintain inventory on the website.
2018 Museum Associate, Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, Stillwater, OK
Manage the front desk and greet museum visitors. Guard the exhibitions and ensure a positive and safe experience. Assisted with
the ArtLab, an explorative art making space, and with tour-based children’s art projects (2018.)
2017 Studio Assistant, Teaching Assistant and Artist, Prairie Arts Center, Stillwater, OK
Manage the front desk, help with patrons questions and needs. Handle any transactions. Assisted with creating marketing materials,
and social media materials. Assisted with teaching children of all ages in after school programming as well as organize and lead
monthly workshops. Maintain studio spaces (2017-2018.)
Publications
2024 theMagazine, May/June issue, 2024, pp. 20 - 21.
2022 30 Under 30, Greater Denton Arts Council, Meadows Gallery, Patterson Appleton Arts Center, January - April, 2022, pp. 9.
2019 Stillwater Style, Spring 2019
Awards
2017 Centennial Rotary Buddy Benches Grant Project, 2017, Stillwater, OK
Artist who coordinated with local elementary schools for the creation and design of handmade and hand painted buddy benches
for the school’s campus.
Education
2018 Oklahoma State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2018, Stillwater, OK
Primary focus in drawing and watercolor and a secondary focus in printmaking.