
Dorothy McCray
Artist
American Born 1915 - 2008 Dorothy McCray has been a professional painter for the past 70 years and is a master of both acrylic and oil paintings along with fine art printmaking. Her painting and printmaking styles range from representational to abstract expressionism.
Exhibits
1993
Dorothy McCray 55 Year Retrospective
1992
Labor Day Exhibit
1992
Lithographs from the 50’s
1992
Points of Departure
1991 - 1992
San Vicente Artists Monthly Tour
1991
Labor Day Exhibit
1991
Paper Our Way
1991
Vernissage
1991
Winter Arts Festival
1991
Landscapes and Landscapes
1991
Inconabula
1991
Two Dimension-New Dimension
1990
Winter Arts Festival
1990
New Mexico Contemporary
1990
Two-person Exhibit
1990
Moore, McCray and Sturgen
1990
Limited Editions: The Art of Printmaking
1980 - 1990
Two-person Show
1980 - 1990
Silver City Contemporary Artists Group (several group shows)
1980 - 1990
Wonder Woman Invitational
1980 - 1990
Guest Exhibitor
1966
Biennial Exhibition
1965
16th Annual Watercolor, Print and Drawing Exhibition
1963
Fiesta Show
1961
12th Annual National Print Exhibit
1961
12th Annual National Print Exhibition,
1960
Invitational Exhibit
1960
29th Annual Exhibition
1960
Bradley Print Exhibition
1960
El Paso Sun Carnival Exhibition
1960
American Color Print Society
1959
Southwestern Artists Biennial
1958
5th International Biennial of Contemporary Color Lithographs
1958
Dallas Print Society
1958
National Collection of Fine Arts
1958
Circle Exhibition
1958
Fiesta Show
1958
Biennial of New Mexico Artists
1958
Dallas Print Society
1957
2nd Annual Invitational of New Mexico Art
1957
7th Southwest Exhibition of Prints and Drawings
1957
10th Graphic Arts Exhibition
1956
9th Graphic Arts Exhibition
1956
6th Southwest Exhibition of Prints and Drawings
1956
Society of American Graphic Artists
1956
20th Annual American Graphic Arts Exhibition
1956
Northwest Printmakers
1956
Special Exhibition of Contemporary Watercolors, Prints and Drawings
1956
4th International Biennial of Contemporary Color Lithography
1955
National Print Exhibition
1954
7th Exhibition of Graphic Arts in New Mexico
1953
40th Annual Exhibition
1952
39th Annual Exhibition
1951
38th Annual Exhibition
1950
4th New Mexico Exhibition of Prints and Drawings
1950
37th Annual Exhibition
1950
25th Arizona Art Exhibition
1947
First Biennial Exhibition of Paintings and Prints
1947
16th Annual Six States Show
1943
55th Annual National Association of Women Artists
1942
National Association of Women Artists
1942
Midwestern Artists Exhibition
1941
Exhibition of American Watercolors
1941
Midwestern Artists Exhibition
1941
39th Annual Watercolor and Print Exhibition
1940
20th International Exhibition of Watercolors
1940
International Exhibition of Watercolors
1939
American Watercolors
Awards
2001, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Art
Western New Mexico University
1993, Fifty-five Year Retrospective Exhibition, Francis McCray Gallery,
Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM, the opening exhibit of the Centennial Celebration of the University
1992, Recipient of the New Mexico Governor’s Award of Excellence and Contributions to the Arts
1991, Color Lithograph Par Couer reproduced in Clinton Adams
Printmaking in New Mexico, 1880-1990 (Albuquerque, NM:University of New Mexico Press, 1991)
1983, Honorary Citizen of South Dakota
1982, Western New Mexico University Art Building Named "Dorothy McCray Art Building"
1961, 12th National Print Exhibition
American Federation of Arts, Selected for traveling exhibit
1960,American Color Print Society
Francesca Wood Award for: Pan
1959, Museum of New Mexico
Recognition for: Promenade Fiesta Show
1958, Museum of New Mexico
Award of Merit in Oil: Cryptic Memory
1958, Museum of New Mexico
Invited to Exhibit, Fiesta Show
1958, Dallas Print Society
Selected for inclusion in traveling show,
1957, Museum of New Mexico
Purchase Award: Points of Departure
1956, Museum of New Mexico
Purchase Award: Par Coeur
1956, Museum of New Mexico
Honors in Color Print
1950, Museum of New Mexico
New Mexico Quarterly Award
1942,Kansas City Art Institute
First Award, Midwestern Watercolor Exhibit
1941,Iowa Art Salon Award in Oils
1940,Iowa Art Salon Award in Watercolors
1939,Fine Arts Building Administration, Washington, DC
Purchase Award—Three Watercolors