About Carly

Carly Machen is an artist and collector based in Little Rock, Arkansas. She received her BA in Media Production and MA in Visual Art from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Coming from a background in commercial photography, she has utilized studio lighting and theatrical elements in her fine art work reflecting on mental health and the surreal.  

Carly is currently teaching photography at the Windgate Center of Art + Design in Little Rock. Her work has been feature in F-stop, FAYN, and Photographer's Forum Magazine. Her work was exhibited in The Woman's View '24 at the SE Center for Photography.