EXHIBITIONS
2019
Ro2Downtown Pop Gallery, Dallas TX
Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX, “CHAOS 7”.
2018
Proof Gallery, Boston, MA, “Boston Does Boston XI”.
The Gallery at The Visual & Performing Arts Center, Western Connecticut State UNiversity, Danbury, CT, “Parallel Practices”.
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, “Objectified”.
Kelley Stelling Contemporary, Manchester, NH, “Fast Forward”.
LABspace, Hillsdale, NY, “Spacial Oddities”.
Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX, “CHAOS”.
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, “Double Vision”.
Room 83 Spring Gallery, “tangerine trees and marmalade skies”.
LABspace, Hillsdale, NY, “Big Holiday Show”.
Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA, “Small Teasures”.
2017
Solo show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, "Specimentos".
Schiltkamp Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA, "HOME: Self, Spirit, Place".
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, ""Objectified"
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, "Winter Works".
Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA, "2nd annual Small Treasures".
2016
room83spring, Watertown, MA, "Winter Market at Room".
Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA, "Small Treasures".
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, "Alter Ego".
2015
Barbara Krackow Gallery, Boston, MA, "Annual Aids Benefit Exhibition".
Solo show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, "Off Kilter".
FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA, "Mentoring".
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, "Plus One".
2014
room 83 spring, Watertown, MA. "Un-Mapping the Air".
2013
Solo show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, “Home Front”.
Bromfield Gallery, BOSTON, MA. “Unlikely Pairings”,
Thayer Academy Art Gallery, Braintree, MA. “Take Five”.
2012
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA. “All the Usual Suspects”,
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA. “Alt-Photo”.
2011
Solo show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, “The Age of Un-Reason”.
Sampson Projects, Boston, MA. “Chain Letter Show”,
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, “Community of Artists”,
Juried by Katherine French, Director, Danforth Museum.
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA. “26 Solo Shows”,
2010
New Arts Center, Newton, MA, “Icons and Altars”.
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA. “Under Cover—Gallery Artists”,
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, “Off the Wall”,
Juried by Jen Mergel, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA and
Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator, ICA, Boston, MA.
2009
New Arts Center, Newton, MA, “Icons and Altars”.
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, “Community of Artists”, juried by Danforth Museum staff.
2008
Solo show, New Art Center, Newton, MA, Holtwasser Gallery, New Arts Center, Newton, MA, “Carol McMahon: Wreckages”.
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham,MA, “Off the Wall”.
Juried by Carole Anne Meehan, Curator, ICA, Boston.
New Arts Center, Newton, MA, “Icons and Altars”.
2007
Solo show, Newton Free Library Gallery, Newton, MA, “Carol McMahon: Collage”.
New Art Center, Newton, MA, “Icons and Altars”.
Danforth Museum School Gallery, Framingham, MA, “Collage in the 21st Century”.
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, “Mass Art China Studio: Books and Journals”.
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, “A Community of Artists
Curated by Katherine French, Director, Danforth Museum.
Time Warner Gallery, Lynn Arts, Lynn, MA, “Art as Process-A Survey of Local and National Artists Working in Process”
Curated by Charles B. Goss, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2006
New Art Center, Newton, MA, “Art Borrego".
2004
Guilford Art and Handicraft Center, Guilford, CT. “Perspectives on Art and Craft Juried Exhibition”.
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, N.Y. “Art of the Plate”.
1998
Viridian Artists, New York, N.Y., “9th Annual Juried Exhibition”.
Juried by Lisa Phillips, Curator, Whitney Museum, New York, N.Y.
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. “Rhythm/Gesture/Metaphor”,
Juried by Squeak Carnwath
1997
Artist West, Waltham, MA, “Figures—Life Drawing at Artists West”.
1996
Starr Gallery, Newton, MA, “Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: Contemporary Visions”.
1994
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, “Benefit Auction and Exhibition”.
1993
Solo show, Dana Art Gallery, Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA, “Carol McMahon”.
The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, “Critic’s Choice”.
Curated by Lois Tarlow
Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA, "Artists for Survival”.
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, “Benefit Auction and Exhibition”.
1992
Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA, “The Body Politic”.
Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA, “The Dog Show-Celebrating Man’s Best Friend”.
1991
BVAU, Boston, MA, ”An Education of the Heart”,
Juried by Sue Coe, artist.
1990
Mills Gallery, Boston, MA, “The Cave”.
Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury, MA, “Hanging Around Together”.
Sherman Union Art Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA, “New Works for the 90s”.
1989
Boston City Hall, Boston, MA, “Circa 1990”.
1988
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, “Future Earth”.
1986
Solo show, Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury, MA, “Carol McMahon: Paintings and Drawings”.
Ann Jones Gallery, N.E. Harbor, ME. “Mostly Pastels: Carol McMahon and Debbie Cornell”.
1983
BVAU, Boston, MA, “Invitational”,
Curated by Cary Wassermman.
1978
Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA. “Selections from the BVAU”.
BVAU, Boston, MA, “Worcester Protest Show”.
1977
Salem State College, Salem, MA, “Dialog in Art”.
Concourse Art Gallery, State St. Bank, Boston, MA, “Women Exhibiting in Boston”.
1976
Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, “BVAU: A Selection”.
De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, “Patron’s Choice: Artist’s Under 36”.
PRESS
Cate McQuaid, “Un-Mapping the Air”, Arts Wednesday, The Boston Globe, 2014.
Meredith Cutler, Living in a Material World, Artscope, March/April 2013
Cate McQuaid, “Creative Worlds Within Worlds/ Narratives in Color”, Arts Wednesday, The Boston Globe, 2011
Chris Bergeron, “Two Shows of Members Work Sparkle at the Danforth Museum”, The Metro West Daily News, 2010.
Denise Taylor, “Danforth Showcases Region’s Best”, Globe West Arts, 2009.
James Foritano, “Off the Wall:2008”, Art New England.
Denise Taylor, “Her View is of the Viewers, Globe West Arts, 2008.
Chris Bergeron, “Double Your Pleasure”, The Daily News, 2008.
Chris Bergeron, “Where Art is All in the Family”, The Metrowest Daily News, 2007.
Meredith Goldstein, “Quick Picks-Art Borrego, Boston Globe, 2006.
Michael Gellowasser, :JCC Show Focuses on Jerusalem”, The Jewish Advocate, 1996.
Lois Tarlow, “Profile: Painter Carol McMahon”, Art New England, 1995.
Lois Tarlow, “An Artist Who Looks Primates in the Eye”, The Christian Science Moniter, 1992.
Judith Montminy,”Critic Art Shows Offers Bouquet of Opinions”, The Boston Sunday Globe, 1992.
Diane Baltozer, “Critics Do the Picking in Fine Show at Art Complex”, The Patriot Ledger, 1992.
Shawn Hill, “Horror Show-‘The Body Politic’ at the Levinson Kane Gallery”, Bay Windows, 1992.
Cate McQuaid, “In the Flesh”, The Boston Phoenix, 1992.
Meredith Fife Day, “Gallery Notes-Levinson Kane’s Dog Show”, Newbury Street Guide, 1992.
Beverly Creasey, “An Education of the Heart”, The Allston-Brighton Journal, 1991.
Cate McQuaid, “Cave Drawings, South End News, 1990.
Mary Trainor, “Future Shock”, Worcester Magazine, 1988.
Robert Taylor, Critics Choice: Carol McMahon”, The Boston Globe, 1986.
Robert Taylor, “Woman Artists Show at City Hall”, The Boston Globe, 1977.
Robert Taylor, “DeCordova Exhibity Aims to Boost Young Atists”, The Boston Sunday Globe, 1976.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Gilettte Company
New Britain Museum of American Art
Tufts New England Hospital
EDUCATION
1971–1972
Post-graduate Boston University College of Art
1966
B.F.A., Boston University College of Art
2019
Ro2Downtown Pop Gallery, Dallas TX
Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX, “CHAOS 7”.
2018
Proof Gallery, Boston, MA, “Boston Does Boston XI”.
The Gallery at The Visual & Performing Arts Center, Western Connecticut State UNiversity, Danbury, CT, “Parallel Practices”.
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, “Objectified”.
Kelley Stelling Contemporary, Manchester, NH, “Fast Forward”.
LABspace, Hillsdale, NY, “Spacial Oddities”.
Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX, “CHAOS”.
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, “Double Vision”.
Room 83 Spring Gallery, “tangerine trees and marmalade skies”.
LABspace, Hillsdale, NY, “Big Holiday Show”.
Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA, “Small Teasures”.
2017
Solo show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, "Specimentos".
Schiltkamp Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA, "HOME: Self, Spirit, Place".
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, ""Objectified"
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, "Winter Works".
Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA, "2nd annual Small Treasures".
2016
room83spring, Watertown, MA, "Winter Market at Room".
Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA, "Small Treasures".
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, "Alter Ego".
2015
Barbara Krackow Gallery, Boston, MA, "Annual Aids Benefit Exhibition".
Solo show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, "Off Kilter".
FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA, "Mentoring".
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, "Plus One".
2014
room 83 spring, Watertown, MA. "Un-Mapping the Air".
2013
Solo show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, “Home Front”.
Bromfield Gallery, BOSTON, MA. “Unlikely Pairings”,
Thayer Academy Art Gallery, Braintree, MA. “Take Five”.
2012
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA. “All the Usual Suspects”,
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA. “Alt-Photo”.
2011
Solo show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, “The Age of Un-Reason”.
Sampson Projects, Boston, MA. “Chain Letter Show”,
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, “Community of Artists”,
Juried by Katherine French, Director, Danforth Museum.
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA. “26 Solo Shows”,
2010
New Arts Center, Newton, MA, “Icons and Altars”.
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA. “Under Cover—Gallery Artists”,
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, “Off the Wall”,
Juried by Jen Mergel, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA and
Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator, ICA, Boston, MA.
2009
New Arts Center, Newton, MA, “Icons and Altars”.
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, “Community of Artists”, juried by Danforth Museum staff.
2008
Solo show, New Art Center, Newton, MA, Holtwasser Gallery, New Arts Center, Newton, MA, “Carol McMahon: Wreckages”.
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham,MA, “Off the Wall”.
Juried by Carole Anne Meehan, Curator, ICA, Boston.
New Arts Center, Newton, MA, “Icons and Altars”.
2007
Solo show, Newton Free Library Gallery, Newton, MA, “Carol McMahon: Collage”.
New Art Center, Newton, MA, “Icons and Altars”.
Danforth Museum School Gallery, Framingham, MA, “Collage in the 21st Century”.
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, “Mass Art China Studio: Books and Journals”.
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, “A Community of Artists
Curated by Katherine French, Director, Danforth Museum.
Time Warner Gallery, Lynn Arts, Lynn, MA, “Art as Process-A Survey of Local and National Artists Working in Process”
Curated by Charles B. Goss, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2006
New Art Center, Newton, MA, “Art Borrego".
2004
Guilford Art and Handicraft Center, Guilford, CT. “Perspectives on Art and Craft Juried Exhibition”.
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, N.Y. “Art of the Plate”.
1998
Viridian Artists, New York, N.Y., “9th Annual Juried Exhibition”.
Juried by Lisa Phillips, Curator, Whitney Museum, New York, N.Y.
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. “Rhythm/Gesture/Metaphor”,
Juried by Squeak Carnwath
1997
Artist West, Waltham, MA, “Figures—Life Drawing at Artists West”.
1996
Starr Gallery, Newton, MA, “Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem: Contemporary Visions”.
1994
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, “Benefit Auction and Exhibition”.
1993
Solo show, Dana Art Gallery, Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA, “Carol McMahon”.
The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, “Critic’s Choice”.
Curated by Lois Tarlow
Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA, "Artists for Survival”.
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, “Benefit Auction and Exhibition”.
1992
Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA, “The Body Politic”.
Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA, “The Dog Show-Celebrating Man’s Best Friend”.
1991
BVAU, Boston, MA, ”An Education of the Heart”,
Juried by Sue Coe, artist.
1990
Mills Gallery, Boston, MA, “The Cave”.
Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury, MA, “Hanging Around Together”.
Sherman Union Art Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA, “New Works for the 90s”.
1989
Boston City Hall, Boston, MA, “Circa 1990”.
1988
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, “Future Earth”.
1986
Solo show, Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury, MA, “Carol McMahon: Paintings and Drawings”.
Ann Jones Gallery, N.E. Harbor, ME. “Mostly Pastels: Carol McMahon and Debbie Cornell”.
1983
BVAU, Boston, MA, “Invitational”,
Curated by Cary Wassermman.
1978
Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA. “Selections from the BVAU”.
BVAU, Boston, MA, “Worcester Protest Show”.
1977
Salem State College, Salem, MA, “Dialog in Art”.
Concourse Art Gallery, State St. Bank, Boston, MA, “Women Exhibiting in Boston”.
1976
Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, “BVAU: A Selection”.
De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, “Patron’s Choice: Artist’s Under 36”.
PRESS
Cate McQuaid, “Un-Mapping the Air”, Arts Wednesday, The Boston Globe, 2014.
Meredith Cutler, Living in a Material World, Artscope, March/April 2013
Cate McQuaid, “Creative Worlds Within Worlds/ Narratives in Color”, Arts Wednesday, The Boston Globe, 2011
Chris Bergeron, “Two Shows of Members Work Sparkle at the Danforth Museum”, The Metro West Daily News, 2010.
Denise Taylor, “Danforth Showcases Region’s Best”, Globe West Arts, 2009.
James Foritano, “Off the Wall:2008”, Art New England.
Denise Taylor, “Her View is of the Viewers, Globe West Arts, 2008.
Chris Bergeron, “Double Your Pleasure”, The Daily News, 2008.
Chris Bergeron, “Where Art is All in the Family”, The Metrowest Daily News, 2007.
Meredith Goldstein, “Quick Picks-Art Borrego, Boston Globe, 2006.
Michael Gellowasser, :JCC Show Focuses on Jerusalem”, The Jewish Advocate, 1996.
Lois Tarlow, “Profile: Painter Carol McMahon”, Art New England, 1995.
Lois Tarlow, “An Artist Who Looks Primates in the Eye”, The Christian Science Moniter, 1992.
Judith Montminy,”Critic Art Shows Offers Bouquet of Opinions”, The Boston Sunday Globe, 1992.
Diane Baltozer, “Critics Do the Picking in Fine Show at Art Complex”, The Patriot Ledger, 1992.
Shawn Hill, “Horror Show-‘The Body Politic’ at the Levinson Kane Gallery”, Bay Windows, 1992.
Cate McQuaid, “In the Flesh”, The Boston Phoenix, 1992.
Meredith Fife Day, “Gallery Notes-Levinson Kane’s Dog Show”, Newbury Street Guide, 1992.
Beverly Creasey, “An Education of the Heart”, The Allston-Brighton Journal, 1991.
Cate McQuaid, “Cave Drawings, South End News, 1990.
Mary Trainor, “Future Shock”, Worcester Magazine, 1988.
Robert Taylor, Critics Choice: Carol McMahon”, The Boston Globe, 1986.
Robert Taylor, “Woman Artists Show at City Hall”, The Boston Globe, 1977.
Robert Taylor, “DeCordova Exhibity Aims to Boost Young Atists”, The Boston Sunday Globe, 1976.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Gilettte Company
New Britain Museum of American Art
Tufts New England Hospital
EDUCATION
1971–1972
Post-graduate Boston University College of Art
1966
B.F.A., Boston University College of Art
