Mary McCartney was born in London in 1969.
Her first feature documentary as director, If These Walls Could Sing, was released in December 2022 and was nominated for a Critics Choice Award.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Moment of Affection, Château La Coste, France (2022); The White Horse, The Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (2018); Monochrome Colour, The Wola Museum, Warsaw (2019); From The Print Draw, A Gallery For Fine Photography, New Orleans (2019); Undone, Izzy Gallery, Toronto (2017); Monochrome Colour, De Pury De Pury, London (2014); Developing, The Lowry, Manchester (2013); From Where I Stand, Tres Hombres Art, Halmstad (2012), Contributed, Berlin (2011), Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (2010), Staley-Wise Gallery, New York (2010) and National Portrait Gallery, London (2010).
Other recent group exhibitions include: Real Wild, Palo Gallery, New York (2022); Studio 7 by Cartier, Saatchi Gallery, London (2021); Off Pointe, Somerset House, London (2019) and Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2018); Mother Daughter, Fotografiska, Stockholm (2018) and Gagosian Gallery, New York (2015); Gay Icons, National Portrait Gallery, London (2009); British Style Observed, Natural History Museum, London (2008); Playing Dress Up, Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas (2007).
Her work is held in major private and public collections including: the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the National Portrait Gallery, London; the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Paris.
Selected publications include: Feeding Creativity (Taschen, forthcoming 2023); From Where I Stand (Thames & Hudson, 2019); Paris Nude (HENI, 2019); The White Horse (Rizzoli International Publishing, 2018); Twelfth Night 15.12.13 (HENI, 2016), Monochrome Color (GOST, 2016), From Where I Stand (Thames & Hudson 2010).
