ABOUT

Molly Sikora grew up on a pig and crop farm in rural Northwest Iowa, where the practical life of farming subtly intertwined with creativity. Surrounded by the hands-on artistry of her father, a farmer who shaped the land with intention, Molly’s earliest artistic spark came from discovering her mother’s high school easel and oil paints tucked away in storage. This moment ignited a lifelong passion for creating.

She pursued formal training at the University of Iowa, where she studied painting, photography, and art history. Still drawn to the energy of a larger city, Molly transferred to Columbia College Chicago, earning a Fine Arts Degree in Photography and Art History. Her career path included a decade in fashion retail and running her own vintage home decor store followed by an interior design business, before ultimately circling back to her true calling—art.

With a studio space at her home in Burr Ridge, a suburb right outside of Chicago, Molly now paints almost every day, deeply immersed in the creative process. Her work is a reflection of the paths she’s walked, the beauty she finds in life’s simplicity, and the inner world she continues to explore through abstraction.