Education
2000 - Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont, M.F.A.
1971 - Colorado State University, BFA
1965 - Colorado College Honors Program
Solo Exhibitions
2005 - Irene Delka McCray, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2004 - Telling Fantasies, Pirate, a Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO
2003 - Precious Beyond, Pirate, a Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO
2002 - Indefinite Locations, Pirate, a Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO,
2002 - Imminence, Bas Bleu Theater, Fort Collins, CO,
2001 - Realities, Phillip Steele Gallery, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver,CO
2000 - MFA Thesis Exhibit, T.W. Wood Art Gallery, Vermont College
1997 - Irene Delka McCray, Santa Fe International Academy of Art, Santa Fe, NM
1992 - Santa Fe Actors’ Theat er, Santa Fe, NM
1990 - Boulder Public Library Bridge Gallery, Boulder, CO
1987 - Irene Delka, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
1985 - Irene Delka, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
Invitational
2005 - Allegories in Art, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO
2005 - Figure Painting Invitational, Emmanuel Gallery, University of Colorado/Denver
2005 - Performing Portraits, UMC Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder,
2005 - Director’s Choice, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO
2005 - Anniversary Alumni Exhibit, Pirate, Denver, CO
2004 - Scene Colorado/Sin Colorado, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2004 - Storytellers, Fact or Fiction, UMC Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder
2004 - Lessons in Art, Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
2003 - Members’ Exhibit, Pirate, a Contemporary Artist’s Oasis, Denver, CO,
2003 - Colorado Expo, Pirate Space, Convention Center, Denver, CO,
2003 - Life, Death , and In-between, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
2003 - Mini Retrospective, Art Students League of Denver, CO
2003 - Greenwood Village Annual, Littleton, CO, (award)
2001 - Reality+ Imagination, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
2002 - Two Painters, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2002 - Members’ Exhibit, Pirate, a Contemporary Artist’s Oasis, Denver, CO
2002 - Rocky Mountain Biennial, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
2001 - The Figure in American Art, 1950 - 2000, Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
2001 - The Dream Mill, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO
2000 - Working Drawings, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
1999 - Group Exhibit, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
1999 - Bay Arts, San Mateo Arts Council, Belmont, CA
1999 - Art is Figurative, ACI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1999 - Heaven and Earth, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA (award)
1999 - Arts on Fire, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, (award)
1998 - Spanning the Bay, Oakland Center for the Arts, Oakland, CA
1998 - Sacred Arts, La Galleria of the Sacred Stone, Santa Fe, NM
1997 - Ladies of the Night, Dreamworks, Guadeloupe Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1996 - Southwest 96, Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
1996 - Death & Transformation, Guadeloupe Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1995 - Quartet, Nuar Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
1996 - Erotica, Copeland-Rutherford, Santa Fe, NM
1996 - Women’s Work, Santa Fe Community College, NM
1996 - Departures and Disclosures, David Rettig Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1995 - The Figure, Waxlander Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1992 - Arizona Visionary Alternative, Phoenix, AZ
1990 - Gallery Artists, Payton-Rule, Denver, CO
1990 - Figuration: Mind & Body by Women Artists, YMCA and University of CO @ Denver
1990 - Contemporary Mythology: The Story Retold, Gallery of Contemporary Art University of CO/CO Springs
1990 - Intimac y, Boulder Artists’ Gallery, Boulder, CO
1990 - Colorado Show, Arnesen Gallery, Vail, CO
1990 - Intimacy, Colorado College Symposium on Intimacy, CO Springs
1988-89 - Significant Colorado Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC; Toured CO - Arvada Center for the
Arts, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Sangra de Cristo Art Center, Canon City Fine Arts
1988 - Colorado Contemporary Collection, Denver Art Museum, CO
1988 - 14 de Colorado, Trajecta Gallery, Terassa, Spain
1988 - Exhibition ‘88, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, (award)
1988 - New Art Examined, William Engle Gallery, Indianapolis, ID
1988 - Arts ‘88,Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, CO
1987 - Exhibition ‘87, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1987 - Art Barn, The Human Element, Denver Alternative Building, Denver, CO
1987 - Arts `87, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, CO
1986 - National Annual, San Bernardino County Museu m, Redlands, CA
1987 - The Colorado Drawing Show, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
1987 - The Human Animal, Alpha Gallery, Denver, CO
1986 - Light, Matter, Spirit, Emmanuel Gallery, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO
1986 - Communications, Mountain Bell, Denver, CO
1985 - Own Your Own, Sangra de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO, (award)
1984 - Arts ‘84, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, CO
1984 - Drawing Show, Grant Street Art Center, Denver, CO
1983 - Colorado Springs Biennial, CO Springs Fine Arts Center, CO, (award)
1983 - Male-Female, The Human Figure, Donald Batman Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1982 - Draw ‘82, Boulder Center for Visual Arts, (award)
1981 - Arts ‘81, Boulder Center for Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
1981 - Colorado Springs Biennial, CO Springs Fine Arts Center, CO Springs, CO
1979 - Colorado Women in the Arts, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
Collections
Denver Art Museum
Faculty Exhibits
2005, 2004,2003, 2002, 2001 - Phillip Steele Gallery, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
2004 - Front Range Community College, Westminster, CO
1996 - Santa Fe International Academy of Art, Santa Fe, NM
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 - Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
Publications
2004 - Daily Camera, Stories Retold, by J. Gluckstern, Boulder, CO
2004, 2003 - Westword, Reviews by Michael Paglia, Denver, CO
1996 - THE magazine, Women Artists on the Day of the Dead, Death and Transformation, by Diane Armitage, Santa Fe, NM
1997 - Pasatiempo, McCray’s Nudes Reveal Primal State of Touch, by Gussie Fountleroy, Santa Fe
1997 - Pasatiempo, Images From Her Unconscious, by Dottie Indyke, Santa Fe, NM
1997 - Journal North, Dreams on Canvas, by Wesley Pulkka, Santa Fe, NM
1996 - Pasatiempo, McCray embraces the crone, by Emily Van Cleve, Santa Fe, NM
1989 - Art Times, NMWA, by Joanne L. Schweik, New York, NY
1988 - Sunday Herald, Sensu al Works, by Irene Lagorio, Pacific Grove, CA
1988 - Pacific Grove Monarch, PG Art Center, by Paul Wolf, Pacific Grove, CA
1986 - New Art Examiner, TH Lauria, Chicago, IL
1986 - Denver Post, Bell’s art show, by Jane Fudge
1985 - Rocky Mountain News, Uneasy Eden Worth Pondering, by Irene Clurman, Denver, CO
1985 - Audience Magazine, Mythic Realities, by TH Lauria, Boulder, CO
1983 - Kansas City Forum, Male/Female:The Human Figure, by Garry Noland, Kansas City, MO
1982 - Boulder Daily Camera, “Virtuosity”, by Jose Arguelles, Boulder, CO
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