About

Leigh McCarthy is a multimedia raconteur whose work questions our interdependent relationship with the environment and evokes a yearning for the sublime. In the age of the Anthropocene, her work tells the story of what soon will go missing from this disappearing landscape for those who will never have a chance to see it. She departed on a photography expedition aboard a tall ship sailing through the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to photograph the Arctic in transition.

McCarthy's art work has been exhibited at the Getty Center, Los Angeles; Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla; the Institute of Contemporary Art, London and numerous other solo and group exhibitions.

Her work is in the collections of the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles; the Allan Kaprow Estate, Los Angeles; and the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco.

McCarthy's awards include the BlueCat Screenwriter's Competition, the Beck’s Prize in Film and Video Award, and Fox Searchlight Director's Lab.

McCarthy holds a B.A. from the University of Colorado in Anthropology and a Master in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, London. McCarthy lives and works in Los Angeles and Nantucket. 

contact:  leigh.mccarthy(at)lgmail(dot)com