Katy McCarthy (she/her) is an artist, filmmaker and educator based in Austin, Texas. She holds a BFA from UC Santa Barbara and an MFA from the Interdisciplinary Studio Arts program at Hunter College in New York. Her short films weave narratives that tell human stories backgrounded by social and environmental themes and have been screened at the Dallas International Film Festival’s Short Film Fest, Cindependent Film Festival (where her films have been awarded best U.S short and Founders Award), Carrboro Film Fest, San Antonio Film Festival, Waco Independent Film Festival, and more. Her video works have been included in group shows at Tiger Strike Asteroid Gallery Los Angeles, Flux Factory, and the Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Museum among other venues. She has been an artist-in-residence at Lighthouse Works, LMCC Governors Island, SOHO20 Residency Lab, Grin City and The Wassaic Project. In 2018 Katy was the inaugural and sole recipient of the St. Elmo Fellowship at UT Austin. In 2021 she received the Austin Film Society short film grant for her short film “The Violinist.” She is an assistant professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio.