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“The exhibition then turns inward, examining the internalized landscape of these forces in I Can Never Have It In The Way That I Want by Marisa McCarthy, which gives form to the “interstitial” and hybrid identities that emerge in the cracks between cultures, races, and sexualities. Together, the works perform an extraordinary feat, connecting the cosmic to the personal, demonstrating how forces as immense as supernovae and as specific as family history are inextricably linked in the continuous, collaborative shaping of identity and belonging.”
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from the press release for Beyond the Human by A Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY on Artsy.com.
“McCarthy’s work extends into the terrain of contemporary identity, illuminating the nuanced spaces “in between” that are defining many brave people in a generation, where others in the past did not dare to go.”
— Juniper Rag curatorial notes for Summer and the Silence.
Three works, I Can Never Have It In The Way That I Want, Meatball, and I’m Gonna Take This One Home featured in the juried online exhibition Summer and the Silence by Juniper Rag. (2025) Read the curatorial notes written by curators Payal Thiffault Michelle May hereI Can Never Have It In The Way That I Want featured in the
Portsmouth Herald
in article about the Grounded show at Aplomb Gallery. (2025)
I can Never Have It In The Way That I Want
featured in the Grounded group show at Aplomb Gallery in Dover, NH. (2025)Reflector Eye Shield featured in the group show, Future Craft, at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA. (2024)
I am now registered as a member of the Ethical Metalsmiths. Read more and find my profile here. (2024)
Of the Sea, featured in Gallery 263’s virtual show Bent and Borrowedjuried by Conor Moynihan, the Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the RISD Museum. View the show here. (2024)
Hórreo, featured in the Essex Art Center 2024 Salon Show. (2024)
My body of work consisting of oil paintings and jewelry pieces at Building Backwards: SMFA Senior Thesis Show, (Boston, MA). Learn more about the show here. (2024)
My body of work consisting of oil paintings and jewelry pieces at Building Backwards: SMFA Senior Thesis Show, (Boston, MA). Learn more about the show here. (2024)