exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Ellen Miller Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
2002 Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
1999 “Upon a Lilac Sea,” San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
“Velvet and Plush,” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art,
Kansas City, MO
“Catherine McCarthy,” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
David Beitzel Gallery, New York
1998 Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1996 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 Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
1989 Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
1986 Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 "Joerg Dressler: Elevations" and "Catherine McCarthy: Husbands and Wives," two-person show,
Alden Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2008 "Free Reign," Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2005 “Pretty Sweet: The Sentimental Image in Contemporary Art,” deCordova
Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
2003 “Boston Summer 2003,” Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 “New Work: Contemporary Figuration,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 “New Space/New Work,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 “Great Buys: Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection,”
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
“Abstract Expressionism/Figurative Expressionism: Common Ground,”
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
“Sublime Nature,” Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
“After Nature,” Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA
1997 “Subject(s): A Collective Portrait,” Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University,
Waltham, MA
“10 Artists/10 Visions,” deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum,
Lincoln, MA
1996 “Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“New Traditionalists,” Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
“Changing Horizons: Landscape on the Eve of the Millennium,”
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
1995 “Inspired by Nature: A Contemporary View,” McMullen Museum of Art,
Boston College, Newton, MA
“Insight,” David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
“Pulp Fiction,” Gallery A, Chicago, IL
1994 “Shrines, Symbols & Cherished Objects,” Fuller Museum of Art,
Brockton, MA
“Power, Pleasure, Pain: Contemporary Women Artists and the Female
Body,” Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1993 “Fragile Power: Exploration of Memory,” Newton Art Center, Newton, MA
“The Uncommon Flower,” Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1992 “In the Spirit of Landscape,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
“Recent Acquisitions,” Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University,
Waltham, MA
1991 “Boston Now 10,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
“The Bostonians,” Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 “The Sixth Triennial Exhibition,” Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
1988 “Common Ground,” Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA