Daniel MacCarthy

  • After studying History at the University of Sussex, MacCarthy completed the postgraduate Drawing Year at the Royal Drawing School in...
    After studying History at the University of Sussex, MacCarthy completed the postgraduate Drawing Year at the Royal Drawing School in 2011 and has gone on to establish himself as a painter, printmaker and draughtsman. His most recent major presentation, Another Step Towards Troy, opened at the Sidney Nolan Trust in 2026 alongside a programme of painting and plein-air workshops.
  • EDUCATION TURPS - Studio Programme - 2019 - 2020 Royal Drawing School - The Drawing Year- 2009 - 2011 Sussex...

    EDUCATION

    TURPS - Studio Programme - 2019 - 2020

    Royal Drawing School - The Drawing Year-  2009 - 2011

    Sussex University - BA - Modern History - 2005 – 2008

     

    SOLO

    03/2026 - Another Step Towards Troy - (with Sidney Nolan) Sidney Nolan Trust

    09/2025 - Strange Heart Beating - (with Sidney Nolan) JGM Gallery, London

    03/2024 - Keep on Trucking,  Ben Parsons Gallery, curated by Kristian Day

    02/2023 - Ship of Fools, Meakin + Parsons, curated by Kristian Day

    04/2022 - The Peace of Wild Things, The Sidney Nolan Trust,  Wales

    09/21  - Things are in the Saddle - Galera San Soda, Milan, Italy

     

    GROUP

    05/2026 - BorderLands, Meadow Arts at Hay Castle

    05/2026 - Invincible Summer, Alice in HackneyLand

    12/2025 - Wurly, JGM Gallery, London

    10/2025 - Annwfn Gallery, Brecon

    09/2025 - CANOPY - Canopy Collections, 14 Cavendish Sq. London

    10/2025 - the Errant Collaborators,  Mirror, Plymouth University

    09/2025 - Stage II - curated by LLE - Bay Arts, Cardiff

    09/2025 - The Worm Forgives the Plough, BN9 Studios, Newhaven

    05/2024 - L’Esprit des Ancêtres, Villa Daumier,  France

    09/2023 - Full House, Canopy Collections, Cromwell Place, London

    07/2023 - Knowle Hill, SplitGallery, London

    06/2023 - Elepidote, Potager Gardens, Cornwall

    05/2023 - In Bloom, Victoria Law Projects, Chelsea

    03/2023 Paradise Found, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Devon

    02/2023 - Pebble/Shoe, Kingsgate Project Space, curated by LLE

    09/2022 - All the Lives we ever Lived, Curated by Canopy Collections, Cromwell Place

    08/2022 - BEEP painting Biennial, Elysium Gallery, Swansea

    05/2022 - Paintings made recently in Wales, curated by LLE, Bay Art Cardiff

    03/2022 - The Front Room show, D Contemporary, Mayfair

    03/2022 - Royal Watercolour Soc. open, Bankside Gallery, London

    02/2022 - Dream baby Dream, Curated by painttalk, Fitzrovia Gallery

    11/2021   -  A Generous Space, Curated by Matt Buroughs, Hastings Contemporary

    09/2021 - Room Share, curated by BLINK - Safe House, Peckham,

    08/2021 -  A Call Across Rooms, Liliya Gallery, Putney

    07/2021 -  Turps Leavers Show, Thames Side Gallery, Woolwich

     

    RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

    2026 - Versailles Foundation - Giverney Residency, France

    2023 - Royal Drawing School Residency - Tuscany, Italy

    2022 - shortlisted for Contemporary British Painting prize

    2022 - Hafod Estate Residency Award

    2020 -  the Sydney Nolan Trust Resident Artist Award

    11/ 2016 - RDS Pignanio Residency, Tuscany, Italy

    10/ 2015 - HUSK Residency Award – Limehouse

    12/ 2015 - St Pancras church/ Crypt Gallery, Euston

    10/ 2014 - Key holder residency , 1000 Brussels

    06/ 2014 - Dumfries House, Argyl

    04/ 2014 - Anatums Abode, Limhouse

    07/ 2013 - Giadini La Mortella, Island of Iscia, Italy