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.

American artist, Dorothy McCray received her B.A. and M.A. from the State University of Iowa in 1937 and 1939 respectively. She also holds a MFA degree in printmaking from the California College of Arts and Crafts 1956. Dorothy McCray taught fine art at Western New Mexico University from 1948 to 1981. In 1992, Dorothy McCray received the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts as a Painter and Printmaker from New Mexico's Governor Bruce King. Her works have been exhibited and acquired by some of the finest American art museums.

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