About.

Trash Lamb Gallery:

Celebrating the underdog, the misunderstood, the awkward, and the absurd since October 2020

Melody Jean Moulton (b.1980) is a self-taught artist from California. While born and raised in Humboldt County, she has called San Diego home since 2002. All of her paper collage work is cut by hand and is largely intuition based. Letting go of expectations and going with her gut has proven to be her most potent path of creating.

In July of 2020, amidst the height of the global pandemic, Moulton took a huge risk and left her part-time bartending gig to open Trash Lamb Gallery, an unconventionally-curated art gallery and gift shop located in the historic South Park neighborhood of San Diego.

Trash Lamb is more than just a space for art; it's a sanctuary for unexpected creativity and community engagement. Featuring a uniquely mixed roster of local, national, and international artists across various genres and mediums, Trash Lamb serves as a vibrant hub for artistic expression and cultural exchange.

Due to Moulton being a working artist herself, the gallery space doubles as an art studio she uses to create in during the week. In addition to Trash Lamb, Moulton’s work has been on view at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles, La Matadora Gallery in Joshua Tree, and Brassworks Gallery in Portland, to name a few. Through her distinctive artistic voice and unwavering commitment to authenticity, Moulton has pieced together an impressive roster of talented artists who now collectively make up the unique and unapologetic magic that is Trash Lamb.

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What’s up with the name Trash Lamb?

I was visiting a friend in New York in April of 2018 and found a museum in Brooklyn with a very disturbing collection of taxidermied animals.

I took these photographs in one of the rooms there and the phrase “Trash Lamb” was born.

I really liked the sound of “Trash Lamb” and at the time I thought maybe I’d use the name for an art piece sometime. I stored it away in the back pocket of my brain to use for another day.

Fast forward to when I had the opportunity to open an art gallery in the Summer of 2020 and was thinking of names for it. “Trash Lamb” popped back up in my head and I still hadn’t gotten around to making an art piece of the same name. I knew it was a perfect, unforgettable name for the gallery and the rest is history.