Molly Box

Contemporary Western Wildlife Artist

Molly Box is a contemporary Western wildlife artist based in Wellington, Colorado. Her mixed-media drawings and oil paintings combine intricate wildlife illustration with expressive color, layered textures, and unexpected details, exploring the American West as both a real and imagined place.

Exhibitions, Awards & Recognition

Selected Exhibitions

2026

  • All In — Cornerstone Gallery, Fort Collins, CO. Two artworks selected. September–December.

  • Deck of Art — Cornerstone Gallery and Center for Creativity, Fort Collins, CO. Invited artist; original artwork featured in the Fort Collins artist-designed playing card collection. September–December.

  • Festival of the Arts — Saratoga, WY.

  • Western Spirit Art Show — Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY.

  • City Hall Art Exhibition — City of Fort Collins Visual Arts Department, Fort Collins, CO. February–June.

  • Second Annual Invitational Exhibition — Cheyenne Creativity Center, Cheyenne, WY. February–March.

2025

  • Our Kindred Fauna — Valkarie Gallery, Denver, CO. Juried exhibition.

  • Juried Fine Art Show — Main Street Gallery, Brighton, CO.

  • Fort Collins Studio Tour & Preview Exhibition — Center for Creativity, Fort Collins, CO.

  • Festival of the Arts — Saratoga, WY.

  • Western Spirit Art Show — Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY.

2024

  • First Annual Local Artists Invitational — Cheyenne Creativity Center, Cheyenne, WY.

  • Festival of the Arts — Saratoga, WY.

  • Western Spirit Art Show — Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY.

2023

  • Solo Exhibition — Paramount Gallery, Cheyenne, WY.

  • Festival of the Arts — Saratoga, WY.

  • Colorado Open Call Show — R Gallery, Boulder, CO. Juried exhibition.

  • WyCo Art Show — Cheyenne Art Haus, Cheyenne, WY, and Greeley, CO.

  • Wildlife Art Special Event — Life in the West Art Gallery, Broomfield, CO.

  • Western Spirit Art Show — Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY.

  • Spark of Inspiration — Cheyenne Creativity Center, Cheyenne, WY.

  • First and Second Quarter Exhibitions — Loveland Library Galleria, Loveland, CO.

2022

  • Interpretations of Winter — Cheyenne ArtHaus, Cheyenne, WY.

  • Fort Collins Studio Tour & Preview Exhibition — The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO.

  • Alternative West — Cheyenne ArtHaus, Cheyenne, WY.

  • Festival of the Arts — Saratoga, WY.

  • Boulder Art Association National Juried Art Exhibition — Boulder, CO.

  • Balance — Loveland Library Galleria, Loveland, CO.

2021

  • Regional Fine Art Show — Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, CO.

  • National Fine Art Juried Show — Louisville Art Association, Louisville, CO.

  • Festival of the Arts — Saratoga, WY.

  • Spring: New Beginning — R Gallery, Boulder, CO. Juried exhibition.

  • 55th Annual Own an Original: Liberating Humor — Littleton Museum, Littleton, CO. 2020–2021.

2019 & Earlier

  • Solo Exhibition — Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY. 2019.

  • Western Spirit Art Show — Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY. Selected for nationally juried exhibitions in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018.

  • SAGE National Juried Show — Sheridan, WY. 2014.

  • Call of the Wild — Ciao Gallery, Jackson, WY. 2011.

  • Animal Art Show — Irvine Art Association, Irvine, TX. 2010.

Awards & Collections

2023

  • Second Place, Mixed Media — Festival of the Arts, Saratoga, WY.

  • Third Place — Arts Cheyenne Mystery Bag Art Challenge, Cheyenne, WY.

2018

  • Contemporary Permanent Collection Purchase Award — Quick Bite, Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY.

  • First Place, Mixed Media — European Mount, Festival of the Arts, Saratoga, WY.

2008

  • University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences Purchase Award & Permanent Collection Acquisition — 33rd Annual Juried University of Wyoming Student Exhibition, Laramie, WY. Artwork acquired for the College of Health Sciences' permanent collection.

  • Juror's Award — 33rd Annual Juried University of Wyoming Student Exhibition, Laramie, WY.

Museum Fundraising Auctions

  • 2026 — Five artworks selected for the Nicolaysen Art Museum Annual Gala, Casper, WY.

  • 2025 — Five artworks selected for the Nicolaysen Art Museum Annual Gala; all five sold.

  • 2023 — Artwork selected and sold at the Nicolaysen Art Museum Annual Gala.

Public Art & Commissions

2026

  • Sound of Wellington Public Art Project — Selected to paint a public piano for the Town of Wellington, CO.

  • Off the Hook Arts Benefit Auction — Invited to create a custom-painted guitar for a fundraising auction benefiting Off the Hook Arts, Fort Collins, CO.

2025

  • Chautauqua Public Art Project — Selected to paint a birdhouse for Chautauqua Park, Boulder, CO.

2022

  • Chautauqua WinterFest: Art in the Park — Selected to paint a fiberglass bear sculpture for public exhibition, Boulder, CO.

2020

  • Restore the Howl — Commissioned by the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project to create a gray wolf-themed artwork for public exhibition in Colorado.

2013

  • Leadership Cheyenne Public Art Project — Selected to create artwork for a downtown traffic control box, Cheyenne, WY.

Publications & Features

Forthcoming — 2027

  • Rocky Mountain Anthology — Invited to contribute 11 original wildlife drawings to a forthcoming publication by Mountaineers Books.

2024

  • South Fort Collins Magazine — Featured in August edition.

  • Discover Fort Collins Magazine — Snowy Snuggles featured as cover artwork for the December–January issue.

2022

  • Wyoming Wildlife Magazine — Featured in A Pillar of Conservation, January.

2019

  • Smithsonian Magazine — Featured in Women Have Been Voting in Wyoming for 150 Years, and Here Is How the State Is Celebrating, June.

Selected Permanent Collections

  • Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum — Cheyenne, WY

  • University of Wyoming, College of Health Sciences — Laramie, WY

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