Leigh McCarthy

Lives and works in San Francisco, CA

Education

• 2001 MA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
• 1995 BA in Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder

Solo Exhibitions

• 2008 In Search of the Miraculous, the Coop, San Francisco

Selected Group Exhibitions + Screenings

• 2010 Phantom Galleries, Torrance Art Musuem, Torrance
• 2009 Night Tide, Riptide/Spiral Walkway, San Francisco
• 2009 eros/thanatos, project space kreuzberg + PØST gallery, Berlin + Los Angeles
• 2009 Favorite This!, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco
• 2009 Out of the Flat Files II, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco
• 2008 Running Time: 24:00:00, Ralph Gleason Theater, Los Angeles
• 2008 LAAGAFLBLA08: LA Art Girls Art Fair Biennale LA 08, Phantom Gallery, Los Angeles
• 2008 Overflow: LA Art Girls Reinvent Allan Kaprow's Fluids, Getty Center, Los Angeles
• 2008 Fine (Collaboration with Tricia Avant), Thee Parkside, San Francisco
• 2006 String Theory with the LA Art Girls, Kbeach Radio, Long Beach
• 2006 LA Art Girls Fluxwear Event, LACE, Los Angeles
• 2006 Total Art Performance Event, Getty Center, Los Angeles
• 2005 LA Art Girls' Work, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles
• 2005 Apocalypse Soon!, QED gallery, Los Angeles
• 2004 Ambulantes, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla
• 2004 Fleamarket, temporarycontemporary, London
• 2003 Bootleg, Spitalfields Market, London
• 2003 Exploding Cinema, Hatcham Social Club, London
• 2002 Potential Hits, Unit 2, London
• 2002 LA Freewaves Digital Film Festival, Los Angeles
• 2002 Portobello Film Festival, Bowie Art, Westbourne Grove Studios, London
• 2002 London is Balling, The Bart Wells Institute, London
• 2002 Across the Pond, the practice space, Los Angeles
• 2001 artlab 11, Cal Tech, Pasadena
• 2001 Portobello Film Festival, London
• 2001 The Tender Trap, 15c, London
• 2000 Assembly, Stepney City, London
• 2000 Beck's Student Prize for Video, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
• 2000 It's a Little Bit Funny, 15c, London

Awards/Commisions

• 2008 Best Picture, 5 Minute Film Festival, San Francisco
• 2005 Most Original, 5 Minute Film Festival, San Francisco
• 2003 Director, Fox Searchlight Director's Lab, Los Angeles
• 2002 LA Freewaves Digital Film Festival, Los Angeles
• 2000 Beck's Student Prize in Film and Video, Institute of Contemporary Art, London

Public Collections

• Allan Kaprow Estate, Los Angeles
• The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
• Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco

Curatorial Projects

• 2005 The Portrait Show, 1403, Los Angeles
• 2002 London is Balling, The Bart Wells Institute, Hackney Wick, London
• 2002 Across the Pond, the practice space, Los Angeles

Articles and Reviews

• 2008 "That Sinking Feeling -- In Search of the Miraculous: Leigh McCarthy" The San Francisco Chronicle, November 20, section G-21
• 2008 "Art Girl in Search of the Miraculous" thestarkguide.com, November 18
• 2007 "Art Pick" LA Weekly, Mar. 7
• 2005 "LA Art Girls at Anna Helwing" artnet.com, Dec. 13
• 2002 "Inspiration Can Be Found in Everything: Mike Dawson Picks His Top Three Turn-Ons'", Dazed and Confused. p.141 August.
• 2002 "London Is Balling", Rebecca Geldard, Timeout London, March 13-20, p. 50.
• 2001 "The Graduates", i-D magazine. p.100. October.