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Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
MIXED MEDIA PAPER CONSTRUCTIONS Alumni/ae Gallery, Mass. College of Art, Boston, MA 1996
DREAMS, JOURNEYS, AND PATHWAYS Newton Free Library, Newton, MA 1996
KAREN MCCARTHY/NANCY BERLIN New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA 1995
OF FRESCOES AND FRAGMENTS Brookline Town Library, Brookline, MA 1991
MIXED MEDIA COLLAGES: MCCARTHY/FARRINGTON Hess Gallery, Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA 1989
RECENT COLLAGES Brookline Town Library, Brookline, MA 1988
Invitational Exhibitions
SUMMER GROUP SHOW Vale Craft Gallery, Chicago, IL 2013
DEFINING MOMENTS: ARTIST'S BOOKS EXPLORE TIME AND MEMORY Brickbottom Art Gallery Somerville, MA 2013
ICONS AND ALTARS New Art Center, Newton, MA 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
WOMEN OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS travelling national exhibit, 2004 through 2007
FALL COLORS Vale Craft Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006
MATERIAL SPEAKS: THE NEW QUILT Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2006
SUMMER QUILT SHOW Fitton center for creative arts, Hamilton, OH 2005
QUILTS: TRADITIONAL, CONTEMPORARY, AND THE DEVIANT Robeson Gallery, Penn State Univ., State College, PA 2004
LAYERED IMAGES/LAYERED FORMS (in conjunction with 2003 Int’l. Surface Design Assoc. Conference, co-curator and exhibiting artist) Byron Cohen Gallery/Marieta Chair Bldg. Lobby, Kansas City, MO 2003
FIBRATIONS NOHO Gallery, New York, NY 2003
COLLABORATIONS: COLLABORATIVE ARTWORKS BY NEW ENGLAND ARTISTS Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA 2003
NEW BEGINNINGS Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, NY 2003
LAYERED IMAGES Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, Easton, MA 2003
PAPER COLLAGE: FOUR VISIONS Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR 2002
LAYERED FORMS/LAYERED IMAGES (co-curator and exhibiting artist) New Art Center, Newton, MA 2002
ARLINGTON ARTISTS OPEN STUDIOS Arlington, MA 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
SERENDIPITY Society of Arts and Crafts, (sponsor org.), Boston, MA 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
THE ART OF THE CONTEMPORARY QUILT Nabisco Gallery, East Hanover, NJ 2001
MATERIAL REVELATIONS: VARIATIONS ON COLLAGE Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA 2000
ARTICULATE THREADS The Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA 2000
JOURNALS: THE ARTIST'S COMPANION New Art Center, Newton, MA 1998
SUMMERTIME Cragin Fife Gallery, Brookline, MA 1997
SURPRISE/INSPIRE/RENEW: GIVE ART Cragin Fife Gallery, Brookline, MA 1997, 1996, 1995
FEATURED ARTISTS AND YESTERDAY, TODAY Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, NY 1996, 1994, 1991
APPLIQUÉED SURFACES Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR 1995
IMAGINING ANGELS Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA 1995
ARTFULLY DESIGNED AND FINELY CRAFTED Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 1993
QUILTS AND BASKETS Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 1992
WOMANSWORK 2 Bentley College, Waltham, MA 1992
BROOKLINE ARTISTS OPEN STUDIOS Brookline Village, MA 1992, 1990, 1988, 1986
JUXTAPOSITIONS: MIXED MEDIA EXPRESSIONS Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 1991
Selected Group Exhibitions
FIBER IN THE PRESENT TENSE New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! Gallery, New Bedford, MA 2014
SMALL WORKS Gibbs Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA 2014
in~ter~face: CONNECTIONS SAY Si Gallery, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX 2013
PUTTING ARLINGTON ON THE MAP Gibbs Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA 2013
2D SMALL WORKS SALON 2012 Chandler Gallery, Maud Morgan Arts, Cambridge, MA 2012
FIBER IN THE PRESENT TENSE Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA 2012
BEYOND THE BOOK VI and V: An Exhibit of Book Art and Collage Boston Public Library, Allston, MA 2012, 2011
REGENERATION Gibbs Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA (juror's distinction award) 2011
MERGE AND FLOW Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minn., Minneapolis, MN 2011
IMAGES OF ARLINGTON '11 Gibbs Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA (award: best use of materials)
ART QUILTS LOWELL 2010 Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA 2010
PASTE-UP 2010 ALL Arts Gallery, Lowell, MA 2010
MYSTERY & MAGIC: IMAGES OF ARLINGTON, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA 2010
PASTE-UP 2008 Ayer Lofts Gallery, Lowell, MA 2008
ART QUILT ELEMENTS 2008 Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 2008
FABULOUS FIBER: A JURIED EXHIBITION The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ 2008
ART QUILTS LOWELL 2007 Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA 2007
SUM OF THE PARTS (SDA Membership Show), H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO 2007 (selected for travelling portion of exhibit, various venues through 2010)
ART QUILTS: NEW ENGLAND/NEW YORK 2006 Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA 2006
SMALL WORKS: SPIRITS & SHRINES Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA 2006
MIXED MEDIA QUILTS Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT 2005
SMALL WORKS Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA 2005
A TRIBUTE TO FIBER ART APEX Gallery, Washington, D.C. 2004
THE LANDSCAPE RECONSIDERED Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA 2002
GRIDWORKS Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI 1999
NATIONAL COLORED PENCIL EXHIBITION Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR 1998
TRIBUTE: A GIFT OR COMPLIMENT(HONORING 20TH CENTURY WOMEN) Smithtown Arts Council Gallery, Smithtown, NY 1998
PAPER FIBER XXI, XVII, XV, VII Arts Center, Iowa City/Johnson County Arts Council, Iowa City, IA 1998, 1994, 1992,1984
ART FOR AIDS SAKE Beechwood Inn and People’s Bank, Worcester, MA 1995, 1994, 1993
CHAUTAUQUA INTERNATIONAL FOR FIBER ART Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY 1994
BOUNDARIES: INSIDE/OUTSIDE Stebbins Gallery, Cambridge, MA 1993
FIBER AS ART Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ 1990
HANDMADE FOR THE 90’S Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA 1990
Public and Private Collections, Including:
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Marriott Hotel, Springfield, MA
Babson College, Wellesley, MA
bostonbaskin cancer group, Memphis, TN
Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha, WI
David Nassif Co., Wellesley Hills, MA
MEDITECH, Westwood, MA & Framingham, MA
Newton Memorial Hospital, Newton, NJ
Broadview, Waltham, MA
Lois Paul and Partners, Burlington, MA
Publications
Quilting Arts Magazine 2008 Calendar (Cover image)
Quilting Arts Magazine 2006 Calendar (November interior image)
FIBERARTS "Art Quilt Network/NY: Fibrations!" (review) by Jacqueline M. Atkins, Summer, 2003
Surface Design Journal "Layering: Of Mind and Material" by Patricia Malarcher, Winter, 2003
Middlesex Beat "Karen McCarthy’s Fragments of Meaning" by Michèle M. Meagher, May, 2002 pg. 21
Boston Herald "Layers of reality unfold in New Art Center exhibit" (review) by Joanne Silver, March 29,2002 pg S16
The Christian Science Journal March, 1999 (cover image) and July, 1999 (interior image) Wm.Moody,ed.
Collage Art (featured artist) by Jennifer L. Atkinson, Rockport Publishers, Inc., 1996
Fiberarts Design Books, Four and Five Lark Books, 1991 and 1995
Grants and Awards
Juror’s Award, National Colored Pencil Exhibition, Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR 1998
Artist’s Grant, Brookline Council for the Arts and Humanities/Mass. Arts LotteryCouncil 1991,1988
Assistantship Grants, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1987, 1985
Education
Summer intensive sessions in mixed media, textiles, and paper arts at:
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN 1997,
Penland School, Penland, NC 1993,
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1989, 1987, 1985, 1984
B.F.A., (Fibers/Textiles) Massachusetts College of Art 1981