Education and Professional Activity

Tufts University, B.A. English, 1975

Photographer, New York State Assembly, Albany, NY, 1975–1977

Mark McCarty Photography; advertising, commercial, and editorial assignments, national and international, 1977–2022

Selected Exhibits, Awards, and Publications

1974 – “International Photo Show,” Boston, MA

1976 – “Photo Invitational,” College of St. Rose Gallery, Albany, NY  

1977 – Fisher Gallery, Nantucket, MA

1978 – Los Angeles Center for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

1978 – “New Photographics,” Central Washington U., Ellenburg, WA

1978 – Nikon International Photo Contest; Second Prize

1978 – Workspace Gallery, Albany, NY (one-man)

1978 – “Light Images,” Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Norfolk, VA

1978 – Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY

1979 – Center Galleries, Albany, NY (solo)

1979 – Second Street Gallery, Charottesville, VA

1980 – “Alternatives 1980,” Ohio State University (traveling)

1980 – “1980 Photonational,” Erie Art Center, Erie, PA

1980 – “Benjamin, Galembo, McCarty,” Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY

1980 – “Never-Fail Image,” School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA  

1980 – “Summer Show,” Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME

1981 – “Photography 15,” Penn State University, University Park, PA

1981 – “American Vision,” New York University, NYC (award)

1982 – “The Landscape,” Crealde School of Art, Winter Park, FL

1982 – “Photographer's Fund” grant, Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY

1983 – Rensselaer County Council for the Arts, Troy, NY (solo)

1983 – “Art in the Upstate,” South Gallery, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY

1984 – “Ellis Island — Documentation/Interpretation,” (guest artist, workshop, and exhibit)

1984 – Ilford Cibachrome Grant Competition (first prize)

1984 – “Winners of the Ilford Cibachrome Grant Competition,” Neikrug Gallery, New York, NY

1984 – “Private Eyes/ Personal Visions,” Popular Photography Magazine

1985 – “Capitol Idea,” New York State Museum, Albany, NY 

1985 – “Photographs from the J.P. Getty Museum Selected by Sam Wagstaff,” (traveling)

1985 – “Baby Pictures,” Albany Academy Gallery, Albany, NY (solo)

1986 – “Color Photographs,” Somerset County College, Sommerville, NJ

1986 – “New Developments,” Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

1986 – “Annual Show,” Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME

1988 – “New American Color,” New Mexico State U., Las Cruces, NM (traveling) 

1989 – “Landmark Views,” American Photographer Magazine

1989 – “Ellis Island–Echoes from a Nation's Past,” Aperture Books, publisher

1991 – “In Focus,” Russell Sage College Gallery, Troy, NY

1992 – “Tula, Russia: Photographs by Mark McCarty,” Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY

1995 – “The Eyes Have It,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

1995 – “From Photographers with Love — Kobe Aid Fund,” Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics, Tokyo                     

1996 – “Martin Benjamin & Mark McCarty: 25 Years of Photography,” Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY

1996 – “Mark McCarty, Photographs,” Legends Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

1996 – Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY

1996 – “Mark McCarty, Photographs,” Smith Center for the Arts, Manchester VT

1999 – “Looking at Youth: Photographs by Fitzgerald and McCarty,” Union College, Schenectady, NY

2004 – Artist Grant, The Arts Center of the Capital Region

2004 – Photo District News, “Photo Annual”

2004 – “The Face of Alzheimer’s,” Albany Amtrak Station / The Arts Center of the Capital Region

2005 – Photo District News, “Photo Annual” (award)

2006 – “Photo-Regional Invitational,” Opalka Gallery, Sage Colleges, Albany, NY

2007 – “Slideluck Potshow IX,” Sandbox Studios, New York, NY

2008 – Photo District News, “Photo Annual”

2008 – Mohawk-Hudson Regional, Albany Institute of History & Art, juror prize

2008 – International Photography Awards (IPA), (x2)

2011 – “Telephone Pictures: Photographs by Mark McCarty,” McGreevey Prolab, Albany NY

2011 – International Photography Awards (IPA)

2011 – “Mark McCarty: Skin,” Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY

2016 – “Mark McCarty: Water Pictures,” Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY

2017 – New York State Council on the Arts, individual artist grant

2018 – “Mark McCarty: Cara Mia,” Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY

2018 – “Water” PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT

2019 – “Donna Fitzgerald & Mark McCarty,” Crowell & West Galleries, Union College, Schenectady, NY

2021 – Purchase Prize — Albany Institute of History & Art, Mohawk–Hudson Regional exhibition

2023 – Analog Sparks Annual Awards (Gold & Silver)

2024 – “The Beauty in Madness,” Paris Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2025 – “Why Cape Cod?” Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA 

Permanent Collections

 The Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY

 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

 Immigration Museum, Ellis Island, NY 

 International Center for Photography (ICP), New York, NY