Born Philadelphia, PA. Lives and works in West Tisbury, MA
Caroline MacMoran was born in Philadelphia, PA, living there her entire life until moving to the island of Martha’s Vineyard in 2021. She received a MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley University College of Art + Design in 2018, after having a career as a nurse, administrator and psychotherapist for thirty-six years. All her educational degrees prior to her MFA were completed at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. In 2019 she was selected as an Apprentice at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA. Since early 2020, she has been a part of The CritLab—a critique group and seminar led by Patricia Miranda. MacMoran has exhibited her work which includes experimental photography, collage, sculpture, and installations in galleries throughout the United States.
Caroline MacMoran was born in Philadelphia, PA, living there her entire life until moving to the island of Martha’s Vineyard in 2021. She received a MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley University College of Art + Design in 2018, after having a career as a nurse, administrator and psychotherapist for thirty-six years. All her educational degrees prior to her MFA were completed at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. In 2019 she was selected as an Apprentice at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA. Since early 2020, she has been a part of The CritLab—a critique group and seminar led by Patricia Miranda. MacMoran has exhibited her work which includes experimental photography, collage, sculpture, and installations in galleries throughout the United States.
EDUCATION
1982
BSN : University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1985
MSN : University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1999
Ph.D. : University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2018
MFA : Lesley Art + Design, Cambridge, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Rising Up! A Multi-Cultural Celebration of Stitched Fine Art, Featherstone Center for the Arts, Oak Bluffs, MA
2023 A Complexity of Joys: MAPSpace Gallery, Port Chester, NY. Curated by Francine
Weiss and Patricia Miranda
2022 Intimacies: MAPSpace Gallery, Port Chester, NY
Believe in Tomorrow: Main Line Art Center Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Haverford,
PA
215 | 610 Annual Contemporary Exhibition: The Gallery at Delaware County
Community College, Media, PA
2021 Create! Magazine, RISE Online Exhibition
2020 National Prize Show: Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2019 The Fabric Workshop and Museum: Apprentice Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
2018 MFA Thesis Show: Roberts Gallery, Lunder Art Center, Cambridge, MA
2017 Bilocular: VanDernoot Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2016 Dark Room Gallery: Essex Jct., VT
The Artist's Hand: Tilt Gallery: Scottsdale, AZ
Onward Compé ’16 International Photography Competition and Show: Philadelphia, PA
Lightbox Photographic Gallery: Astoria, OR
The Griffin Museum of Photography: Winchester, MA
2015 Tarrant County College Photography Gallery: Fort Worth, TX
Evoke Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2014 MPLS Photo Center: Minneapolis, MN
2013 CS Gallery: Columbus, OH
RESIDENCIES/APPRENTICESHIPS/AWARDS
2019 The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist
7th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Runner-Up
2014 AX3-American Aperture Awards. Winner: Collage
TEACHING
1990-
1994 Instructor: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Volunteer Lecturer/Community Worker: CMC Vellore Hospital, Vellore,
India