Caroline McAuliffe is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and community organizer. She blends life and art through costume and play to explore the identity-shifting experience of motherhood and its myths. Caroline holds an M.F.A. from Pratt Institute and currently works as an arts educator. Her work has appeared in group shows both nationally and internationally, including the Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, The Children’s Museum of Arts in Manhattan, Kyoto Shibori Museum, Japan, and the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, South Korea. She is a semifinalist of the 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition: Smithsonian Institute, and a 2025 fellow of Saltonstall Residency. She is a member of Mother Creatrix Collective, who serve as a community and organizers, creating platforms that highlight the voices and experiences of artists navigating the complex intersections of motherhood, caregiving, and artistic practice. Caroline currently lives and creates in Brooklyn with her wife, Karen, and child, Salvatore.
Photo credit: David Plakke