Nancy McCarthy is a Boston based artist whose painting evolves from perception and imagination.  Exhibitions include: Fitchburg State University; Harvard University; Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT; Post Office Gallery, Truro, MA; The Abbey, Brooklyn NY; Manifest Drawing and Painting Center, Cincinnati, OH; Simmons College, Boston; Bromfield Gallery, Boston; MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD; First Street Gallery, NY; among others. Awards include: a 2014 residency at The Inside Outside Museum, Beijing, China, a 2009 St. Botolph Foundation Award, Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center and a Ragdale Foundation Fellowship. She teaches at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston.