OM.2026.067 - Geraldine Mollard - UK

OM.2026.067 - collage on paper - 10.5 x 6.75 inches - Geraldine Mollard - UK 

 Geraldine Mollard is a prominent London, United Kingdom-based design director, creative strategist, mental wellbeing coach, and contemporary mixed-media analogue collage artist. Seamlessly blurring the boundaries between high-level commercial branding, emotional advocacy, and paper upcycling, Mollard uses the physical act of "cutting stories from paper" to explore identity, inclusion, and the processing of memory. [1, 2, 3, 4]

An overview of her unique dual path, distinct collage philosophy, and community impact includes:

From Law and Design Leadership to Tactile Art

• The Legal and Agency Foundation: In a previous professional chapter, Mollard worked as an entertainment lawyer for Pathé France (film production) before migrating to the UK creative sector. Over the last two decades, she has operated as a leading Creative Studio Builder and Design Director across elite UK agencies like Ogilvy, Ketchum, and Accenture Song. [1, 2]
• The Paper Shift: Her immersion in corporate visual narratives eventually drove her toward an instinctual, hands-on fine art studio practice. She embraced strict analogue collage, treating paper tearing as an antidote to rigid, digital design constraints. [1]

Aesthetic Style and Narrative Splicing

• Deconstructing Cultural Media: Mollard’s portfolios dismantle kitsch pop imagery, corporate advertisements, and vintage media fragments. By rearranging isolated profiles, overlapping bright colors, and severing commercial messaging, she designs surreal compositions that feel culturally alive. [, 2]
• Introspection and Intimacy: Her tactile sheets regularly touch on themes of motherhood, internal pressure, and navigating unpredictable transitions, creating deep visual depth through multiple generations of layered glue and paper fragments. [1, 2]

The London Collage Project & Creative Ateliers

• The 2026 Residency: Demonstrating her rising standing within international paper circuits, Mollard was selected alongside peers like Mike Shaw and Cecil Touchon to take part in the prestigious London Collage Project 2026, curated by Contemporary Collage Magazine. [1]
• The Shoreditch Showcase: Her finished residency portfolios were exhibited collectively in East London at the andro Gallery in Shoreditch. [1, 2]
• Creative Wellbeing Workshops: Blending her credentials as a certified leadership coach and mentor with her visual art, she hosts non-clinical creative introspection workshops. Under her Official Creative Space, these ateliers use collage, basic writing, and experimental materials to help participants process life's hurdles and escape fight-or-flight mindsets. [1, 2]