Carmel McCarney

Coastal landscapes inform my practice which is based between studios in Manly and Gerringong on the Australian East Coast. With over 15 years experience exhibiting across city and regional galleries, I explore self as palimpsest - a layered surface bearing visible traces of memory, place and time. My work investigates how natural forces leave marks, paralleling the way experience shapes identity. Through deliberate exploration of materiality, I aim to balance chance with control, finding in nature both a grounding presence and metaphor for accumulation. Currently undertaking my BFA at National Art School, I continue to develop work that honours process, impermanence and the restorative power of the coastal environment.

Exhibitions:

December 2026 - NAS Grad Show, National Art School, Darlinghurst

6-17 Dec 2025 - Opening Group Exhibition, Revolve Gallery, Redfern

8 -14 Jan 2024 - “A Summer by the Sea” Solo Exhibition, Fern Street Gallery

18 Dec ‘23 - 7 Jan ‘24 - Resident Artists’ Group Exhibition, Fern Street Gallery

Sept 2023 - “Spring Perspectives” Group Exhibition, Fern Street Gallery

April 2023 - “Rolling Hills” Solo Exhibition, Fern Street Gallery

April 2023 - Resident Artists’ Group Show, Fern Street Gallery

Dec/Jan 2023 - “Summer Sensations” Group Show, Fern Street Gallery

September 2022 - Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne

June 2022 - Affordable Art Fair, Sydney

April 2022 - Resident Artist Group Show, Fern Street Gallery, Gerringong

Feb 2022 - “Come Away With Me” Solo Exhibition, Fern Street Gallery Gerringong

July 2021 - “Stolen Moments” Solo Exhibition, Fern Street Gallery, Gerringong