UIC Gallery 400 40th anniversary

Show as part of McCarthy's solo show Monstrare at Belong Gallery in 2022.

Liz McCarthy is a Chicago-based artist who combines ceramics with other objects and performances. Often her sculptures take the form of whistles that have the potential for instrumental performances. These objects harken potential modes for human collectivity, ecology, vulnerability, and play. She received her MFA from the University of Illinois Chicago in Studio Art and her BFA from the University of North Carolina at Asheville in Photography.

 Her mix of performance, sculpture, and installation have been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, and Goldfinch in Chicago; Ghebaly Gallery in Los Angeles; ExGirlfriend in Berlin, and numerous other galleries and institutions. She has participated in residencies at Atlantic Center for the Arts, ACRE, High Concept Laboratories, Banff Centre, Ox-Bow, and Lighthouse Works. Her projects have been supported by the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago’s Department of Tourism, and the Chicago Artist Run Spaces Award. Currently, she acts as Founding Director of the GnarWare Workshop ceramics school and community studio. She was previously a founding Co-Director of the artist collective and exhibition space Roxaboxen Exhibitions. She also lectures at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.