Born
1971, Dublin, Ireland
Lives and works in London since 1997
Education
B.A. Fine Art, National College of Art & Design, Dublin, 1989 - 1994
M.A. Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, 1997 – 1998
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Solo Show, (forthcoming), Parker’s Box Gallery, New York, USA
Arrangements, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2008
paintings, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
(Luxury), Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, UK
2007
Grand Detour, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf, Germany
2006
Grand Detour, Parker’s Box, New York, USA
There, Void Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
2003
Springs Eternal, Hammer Sidi, London, UK
Caroline McCarthy, Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland
2002
The Glow is Fading, Gasworks, London, UK *
Port Sunlight, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland *
Caroline McCarthy, Parker’s Box, New York, USA
1996
In Retrospect, Basement Gallery, Dundalk, Ireland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
WNTRSLN, Parker’s Box, New York, USA
Renewing, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Meer, Voorkammer, Antwerp, Belgium
Making Nature, (cur. by G.Tipton), Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Review, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, UK
10 years Hunting, Parker's Box Gallery, New York, USA
Altered Images, touring show of work from the IMMA Collection, various venues, Ireland *
2009
z(art), (cur. by J.Hoet), AbtArt Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany *
Space Invader, (cur. by N.Ratnam), Aicon Gallery, London, UK
Noughties But Nice, Limerick City Art Gallery (and touring), Limerick, Ireland *
Exquisite Corpse, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Covet, (cur. by S.Mooney), Plan 9, Bristol, UK
2008
Gala Triangle 2008, Triangle France, Marseilles, France
Embedded, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, UK
Materials and Mentalities, (cur. by I.Russell), UCD, Dublin, Ireland
To Lo, Part 2 (cur. by S.Satom), Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London, UK *
2007
To Lo, Part 1 (cur. by S.Satom), Space Kobo & Tomo, Tokyo, Japan *
Open, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent , Belgium
Art Futures, Bloomsberg, London, UK
De Gustibus, ING Kortrijk, (V.VanDurme), Brussels, Belgium *
Real Writer’s Residency, g39, Cardiff, Wales, UK
The Troubled Waters Of Permeability!, Parker’s Box Gallery, New York, USA
2006
Failure, (cur. by M.Fitzpatrick), Butler House, Kilkenny, Ireland
Double Take, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York, USA
The Square Root of Drawing, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Metropolis Rise: New Art from London (cur.by A.Gross & J.Wu), Shanghai, China *
2005
To Be Continued…, (British Council), Helsinki Kunsthalle, Finland *
Variety, (Commission) DeLaWarr Pavilion, Bexhill, UK *
Use This Kind of Sky, (cur.by Eachus/Farhid), Keith Talent Gallery, London, UK
Siar 50 – fifty years of contemporary Irish Art, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland *
International Exhibitionist, Screening, Curzon Soho Cinema, London, UK
England Their England, (cur.by R.Downes), Nichts Fur Laden, Germany
Brit Povera, (cur.by R.Downes), Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
In(tensions), Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
The Poster Show, (cur.by LOT), Bristol, UK
Out of the Ordinary, Travelling Gallery, Scotland
2004
East End Academy, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK *
Screening, (cur.by Artprojx), Prince Charles Cinema, London, UK
Draught, (cur.by O.Bjornsdottir), Klink and Bank Project Space, Reykjavik, Iceland
The Morning After the Night Before, Parker’s Box Gallery, New York, USA
September, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Tonight, (cur.by P.O’Neill), Studio Voltaire, London, UK
Views from an Island, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2003
Europe Exists, (cur.by R. Martinez / H.Scheezman), MMCA, Thessaloniki, Greece *
Under Different Circumstances, (cur.by T.Bundgaard), Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark *
Permaculture, (cur. by G. Watson & V. Claffey), Project, Dublin, Ireland
I Saw Your Lips Move, (cur.by L.Seers), Cell Projects, London, UK
The Unblinking Eye, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2002
CMYK/Greyscale, (cur.by R.G. Nesbitt), Tramway, Glasgow (also RHA, Dublin), Scotland *
Everything To Lose, La Friche, Marseilles/ Gasworks, London, UK
Now is the Time, (cur.by K. Freed), Dorsky Project Space, New York, USA *
Neverland, (cur.by M.Oeschler), Cell Projects, London, UK
New, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
RHA Summer Show, RHA, Dublin, Ireland *
Sitting Tenant, (cur.by A. Vickery), Lotta Hammer’s House, London, UK
2001
Tirana Biennale, (UK cur. by P. Ellis), Tirana, Albania *
Enter, (cur. by J.Maier), Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
All That is Solid, London Print Gallery Studio, London, UK
Break in Theatre, (cur. by S. Satom), Kojimachi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000
Art of the World, (sel.by Circa mag.), Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France *
Tourist Conspiracy Project, (cur.by J.Offerman) De Fabrik, Eindhoven, Netherlands
NowHere, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
EV+A, (cur.by R.Martinez),Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland *
In Search of Experience – Reconsidering the Readymade, (cur.by F. Jones), Green on Red, Dublin, Ireland
From the Poetic to the Political - Irish Art Now, IMMA collection touring USA *
Include Me Out, (cur. by UNIT), disused shop, London, UK
1999
In-Consistency, (cur.by P.O’Neill), Arthur R.Rose, London, UK
Cabin Fever, Herold Gallery, Bremen, Germany
Victor Treacy Award Exhibition, (sel.by D. Godbold), Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
Very Gloomy, curated by UNIT, Mota Gallery, London, UK
Everyday Living, Tablet Gallery London + RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
1998
Insignificants, The Old Chocolate Factory, Malmo, Sweden
Multiples, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Postneoamateurism, New Work U.K., (cur.by UNIT), Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
Return to sender, (cur.by Busqeda Box), Ireland / Australia *
1997
Outside, Douglas Hyde Gallery, (cur.by A.Fletcher), Dublin, Ireland *
Awards / Commissions
2010
Light For Cicely, commissioned by King's College London, UK *
2009
Wanted: Your Sofa!, Public Commission, Dundalk, Ireland
2007/08
Multi-Annual Award, Arts Council of Ireland
2006/07
Culture Ireland Award
2005
Happiness (After Dodd), Commissioned by De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, UK
Commission for Draiocht, Dublin, Ireland
2005/01
Transport Award, British Council
2004
Windowall, Public Commission, Letterkenny, Ireland
2005/03/01
Artist Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
2001
AIB Art Prize (Allied Irish Bank with Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland)
Artist Bursary, London Arts Board, UK
2000
Open Award, EV+A 2000 (adj.: Rosa Martinez)
1997
Post-Graduate Scholarship, Arts Council of Ireland
1996
Open Award, E V+A 1996 (adj.: Guy Tortosa)
* = accompanying catalogue / publication
Residencies
2004
Biz-Art, Shanghai, China
Klink and Bank, Reykjavik, Iceland
2002
Triangle Studio, La Friche, Marseilles, France
2000
De Fabrik, Eindhoven, Netherlands
1997
Artists’ Work Programme, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Publications:
Solo:
Caroline McCarthy, Gasworks Gallery London, 2003, ISBN 0954578724
Caroline McCarthy, Temple Bar Gallery, 2002, ISBN 190385022
Selected Group:
Dictionary of Living Irish Artists, Plurabelle Publishing, 2010, ISBN 9780956301109
Z(art), AbtArt, 2009, ISBN 9783942102001
New Art From London, Thames & Hudson, 2006, ISBN 050028606X
To Be Continued, British Council, 2005, ISBN 0863555489
The Collection, IMMA, 2005, ISBN 1903811481
East End Academy, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 2004, ISBN 0854881379
Europe Exists, MMCA (Greece), 2003, ISBN 9608639255