b. Vernon, CT
Hilary currently lives and works in Laguna Beach, CA
EDUCATION
Columbia University, BA in Art History, 2017
New York Academy of Art, MFA, Cum Laude, 2005
Hartford Art School, BFA, Cum Laude, 1997
Richmond University, London, England , 1996, Study Abroad
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020, The Light of the Sea, New Paintings by Hilary McCarthy, B Minus Studios
Santa Ana, CA
2017, The Weight of Oceans, Chashama Gallery, New York, NY
2016, The Wild Bird Fund Gallery, Songs of the Mute Swan, New York, NY
2013, Canvas Sails, Vaudeville Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011, ACHTUNG, Leipzig, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Ambivalence, Poets and Artist Digital Exhibition
2020 Artists Unite LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2019 LPAPA Collector's Gala, Laguna Beach, CA
2019 In Search For the Real III, LCAD Faculty Exhibition, LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2019 James May Gallery, Beyond Earth and Sky, Algoma, Wisconsin
2019 Seven Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2019, Gallery Q, New Beginnings, Laguna Beach, CA
2019, Town and Country, Forest and Ocean Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2018, Mayson Gallery, Fragments of Self, New York, NY
2018, Grenning Gallery, Neptune in Pisces, New York, NY
2018, Mother and Child, Exhibition, Sugarlift Gallery, NY, NY
2018, Women's Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2018, ERA Contemporary, Small Beauties Exhibition, New York, NY
2017, PANEPINTO Gallery, Through the Eyes of an Artist, Jersey City, NJ
2017 Vistas, Union Arts Center, Sparkill, NY
2017, Nudes and Jewels, Collier West Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016, Dacia Gallery Holiday Show, New York, NY
2016, RJD Gallery, Women Painting Women Exhibition, New York, NY
2016, Summer Exhibition at Vytacil, Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery, Orangeburg, NY
2016, Wild Night for Wild Life Benefit and Silent Auction, Quogue, NY
2016, Guild Hall Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY
2016, Panepinto Gallery, MEMENTOS, Jersey City, NJ
2016, The United Nations, No Boundaries exhibition, New York, NY
2015, Aspirations and Inspirations, Columbia University, New York, NY
2015, Ivory Alive Exhibition, Faust Harrison Pianos, New York, NY
2015, Echoes of Hope, Kaufman Music Center, New York, NY
2015, 30 ROOMS SOHO, Six Summit Gallery, New York, NY
2014, Art Cabaret, Columbia University, New York, NY
2014, Life is Wonderful, Collier West Gallery, New York, NY
2014, Hamptons Fashion and Art Benefit, East Hampton, NY
2013, Wasser Schöpfen / ZAGRABITI, Zagreb, Croatia
2013, Single Fare 3, RH Gallery, New York, NY
2013, Ladies Exhibition, Kraine Gallery, New York, NY
2013, Mutatis Mutandis, Leipzig, Germany
2012, Put A Bow On it, Kraine Gallery, New York, NY
2012, Ozmoza Rhundgang, Leipzig, Germany
2012, New Britain Museum of Art, 43rd Annual Juried Exhibition, New Britain, CT
2012, Rockville Hospital, Faces Exhibition, Vernon, CT
2011, The Counting Room Gallery, Cards Til Nine to Kill Time, Brooklyn, NY
2011, Six Summit Gallery, Juxtapose, Curated by Alyssa Monks, Ivoryton, CT
2011, Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2011, Forbes Gallery, I Got A Secret, New York, NY
2011, Vaudeville Park Gallery, Apalouges; Portraits and Curiosities, Brooklyn, NY
2011, Single Fare, Please Swipe Again, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
2010, Sotheby’s Take Home A Nude, New York, NY
2010, Palazzo Palmieri Gallery, Martignano, Italy
2010, SINGLE FARE, Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, New York
2010, Art House CO-OP Gallery, Sketchbook featured, Brooklyn, New York
2009, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Fundraiser, New York, NY
2008, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, New York
2007, National Arts Club, 111th annual Non Member Show, New York, NY
2007, The Salmagundi Club, Non Members Show, New York, NY
2006, Take Home A Nude, Group Exhibition, Phillips de Pury, New York, NY
2005, DFN Gallery, Woods, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
2005, Tribeca Ball, NYAA, New York, NY
2004, Artists Space, Night of 100 Drawings Group Exhibition, New York, NY
2004, A.I.R Gallery, Wish You Were Here III Group Exhibition, New York, New York
2003, PS122 Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
2002, Art Students League Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2020 Laguna Beach Creativity in a Time of Crisis Grant
2017 Chashama Climate Change Grant
2014, Columbia University, School of General Studies Scholarship
2013 Emerging Jewish Artist Award
2012, One Sided Story, International Artist Residency, Leipzig, Germany
2010, MIRA International Art Residency, Martignano, Italy
2009, Artist in Residence: Vermont Studio Center Johnson, VT
2009, Vermont Studios Center Creative Access Fellowship
2008, Koppell Foundation Travel Grant
1999, Yale Summer Program Nominee
BIBLIOGRAPHY/PRESS
Interview, Bychova, Katya, The Art Sprinter Interview, 2013
Stubborn Magazine,http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1100672, Art of the Sea, 2015
Interview, Goodly, Nicholas, Columbia Univerisity Art Journal, http://columbiajournal.org/?s=hilary+schmidt, 2015
Interview, Alfiero, Gabriella, West Side Rag, Finding Artistry in a Sick Swan,
http://www.nypress.com/city-arts-news/20160526/finding-artistry-in-a-swan, 2016
Artists on Art Magazine, http://www.artists-on-art.com/magaz…/song-of-the-mute-swans/ 2018
New York Optimist, Sebastian, John, https://www.thenewyorkoptimist.net/hilary-robin-mccarthy-fine-art.html, 2017
FigurativeArtist.org https://www.figurativeartist.org/hilary-robin-mccarthy-paintings-visual-poems/ 2017
Poets and Artists Adornment Issue, GOSS 183 publishing
Interview, Laguna Beach Independent 2020
https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/lcad-professor-explores-light-of-the-sea/
Interview, Stu News 2020
https://www.stunewslaguna.com/index.php/2-uncategorised/12993-lcad-art-professor-to-exhibit-her-work-012820