Solo Museum Exhibitions
2000
Catherine McCarthy: Beyond The Frame, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
1999
Velvet and Plush, Catherine McCarthy at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art,
Kansas City, MO
1999
Maud Morgan Award, Recipient Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1999
Upon A Lilac Sea, Paintings by Catherine McCarthy, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2022
You Do You, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2012
I’ll Exquisite Day You Buster, Alden Gallery. Provincetown, MA
2011
Flower Arranging, Miller Gallery, Boston MA
Husbands and Wives, Alden Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2005
That Tiny Ember, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
We Walk on Jewels, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
2002
Mother Tongue, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
Doubling The World, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Sweet Honey Sucking Bees, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Emergency Kisses, David Beitzel Gallery, New York,NY
1996
New Paintings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995
Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
1994
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1993
David Beitzel Gallery New York, NY
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992
New Work, Nielsen Gallery Boston, MA
1989
New Paintings, Nielsen Gallery Boston, MA
1986
Paintings and Drawings, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
Selected Group Shows
2021
Art Miami, Clark Gallery, Miami Beach, FL.
2020
Art Miami, Clark Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Palm Beach Art Fair, Palm Beach, FL
2019
Art Miami, Clark Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2018
Provincetown Pop-Up, Clark Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2017
Two Person Painting Show, Alden Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2016
Two Person Show, Alden Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2015
Two Person Show: The More Things Change, Alden Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2014
Variations on a Theme, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2013
Still Life Lives!, Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg, MA
2013
Two Person Show, Alden Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2008
Summer Reading, Hosfelt Gallery, NewYork, NY
2005
Pretty Sweet; Sentimental Image in Contemporary Art, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1997
Subjects; a Collective Portrait, Rose Art Museum, Brandies University, Waltham, MA
1996
New Traditionalist, Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Changing Horizons: The Eve of the Millennium, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
1994
Power, Pain,Pleasure; Contemporary Women Artist and the Female Body, Fogg Museum of Art, Cambridge, MA
1993
The Uncommon Flower, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1992
Recent Acquisitions, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
1991
Boston Now 10, THE ICA, Boston, MA
1987
Boston Now, THE ICA, Boston, MA
Museum Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham MA
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanas City, MO
Decordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix AZ
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA
Awards
2022
Artist Opportunity Fund, City of Boston
2020
The Artist Resource Trust, MA
2017
The UCROSS Foundation Residency, Clearmont, WY
2012
The Gottlieb Foundation Award, New York, NY
2006
The Artist Resource Trust, MA
2004
Mass Cultural Council Grant, painting
1999
The Maud Morgan Prize
1998
The New England Foundation For The Arts Grant, painting
1997
The UCROSS Foundation Residency, Clearmont, WY
1997
The Annie Proulx Award, Buffalo, WY
1996
The UCROSS Foundation Residency, Clearmont, WY
1976
Annual Drawing Prize, Ruskin School, Oxford University
Art Fairs
2020
Art Wynwood, Miami, FL
Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Palm Beach, FL
2019
Art Miami, Miami, FL
2016
Echo Art Fair, Buffalo, NY
Teaching Experience
2010-2011
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA—Painting Studio
2011
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Plein Air Painting, Nantucket Island
2006, 2007
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Plein Air Painting, Nantucket Island
2005-2006
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA—Advanced Painting Studio
2004-2005
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA—Advanced Painting Studio, Mixed Media Solutions
2002
Oxbow School, Napa, CA—Visiting Artist
1999
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA—Visiting Artist
1997
San Francisco Art Institute, San Fransisco, CA—Visiting Artist
1994
Massachusetts College of Art/ Art New England, Bennington College,VT.—Painting Workshop - 'With What You Got: using personal narrative'
1990 -1992
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA—Foundation Drawing and Design, Advanced Painting
1987-1989
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA—Drawing 1