CV
Born: Bridgeport, Connecticut
Resides: Erie, Pennsylvania
Other places I’ve called home:
Portland, Maine
Sudbury, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
1991-1993
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Master of Fine Arts, Painting.
1983-1987
Maine College of Art (formerly Portland School of Art), Portland, Maine. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, with Honors, 1988.
RESIDENCIES
2019 Soaring Gardens, Laceyville, Pennsylvania
1989 Vermont Studio School, Johnson, Vermont
VISITING ARTIST
October 22, 2019 Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland
October 17, 2019 Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
October 14, 2019 Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
EXHIBITIONS
2018
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 9th Annual TAPPED.
Weyers-Sampson Gallery, Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania, Truths and Fictions: Paintings and Drawings by Terry McKelvey.
2017
(as coordinator and co-curator) Crary Art Gallery, Warren, Pennsylvania, A Legacy of Observation: A Juried Exhibition of 34 Past and Current Students from Edinboro University's BFA, MA, and MFA Painting Program.
2015-2016
Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania, Assembled Visions.
2013
Greenhut Galleries, Portland, Maine, Go Figure!, invitational group exhibition.
2012
Fawick Gallery, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, Picture Plane, group exhibition.
2011
Crary Art Gallery, Warren, Pennsylvania, Edinboro Eight.
2010
Thiel College Art Gallery, 8 Regional Painters.
Link Art Gallery, Kent State University, Trumbull, Mindfulness and Observation, solo exhibition.
Crary Art Gallery, Warren, Pennsylvania, From the Studio: Paintings by Terry McKelvey, solo exhibition.
2009
Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania, 86th Annual Spring Show.
2008
Greenhut Galleries, Portland, Maine, Painters Who Teach, curated by Peggy Golden and Bruce Brown.
2007
Erie Art Museum, 8.
Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, PA, October Evenings, 33rd annual juried exhibition.
2006
Erie Art Museum, 83rd Annual Spring Show, juror Joyce Scott.
2004
SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, It’s A Wonderful Life: Psychodrama in Contemporary Painting, invitational exhibit co-curated by Joanne Cohen and Julie Langsam.
2003
Erie Art Museum, 80th Annual Spring Show, juror James Yood.
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland, Contact, Art faculty exchange exhibition.
2002
Elements Gallery, Rockland, Maine, Fear of Heights, solo exhibition.
McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, Five Summer Projects, solo exhibition.
2001
Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania, 78th Annual Spring Show, juror Fred Wilson.
2000
Erie Art Museum Frame Shop Gallery, Erie, Pennsylvania, Recent Paintings, solo exhibition (December 2000-January 2001).
Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine, Present Tense, solo exhibition.
1999
Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, Pennsylvania, October Evenings, 25th annual juried exhibition.
Erie Art Museum, 76th Annual Spring Show, juror Mary Jane Jacob.
Robert Clements Gallery, Portland, Maine, Recent Work, solo exhibition.
1998
Elements Gallery, Two Summers, group show.
Robert Clements Gallery, (P)review, selected gallery artists.
Maine Coast Artists, After Dark, invitational group show.
Maine Coast Artists, 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Best of Show award.
Elements Gallery, Paintings and Drawings, solo exhibition.
Robert Clements Gallery, mezzanine space: gallery artists.
Robert Clements Gallery, Hearts on Fire, invitational group show.
1997
Stewart Center Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Art and Design faculty exhibition.
1995
Maine Coast Artists, Self Imaginings, invitational group show.
1994
Baxter Gallery, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine, Alumni exhibition.
Maine Coast Artists, 16th Annual Juried Exhibition.
Portland Performing Arts Center, Portland, Maine (one person show).
HONORS
1998 Best of Show, 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists gallery.
PUBLICATIONS
Editor, Shoptalk: A Journal of Artist Interviews by MFA Candidates, volume 7 (Edinboro University, 2016)
Editor, Shoptalk: A Journal of Artist Interviews by MFA Candidates, volume 6 (Edinboro University, 2013)
Editor, Shoptalk: A Journal of Artist Interviews by MFA Candidates, volume 5 (Edinboro University, 2010)
Editor, Shoptalk: A Journal of Artist Interviews by MFA Candidates, volume 4 (Edinboro University, 2007)
Editor, Shoptalk: A Journal of Artist Interviews by MFA Candidates, volume 3 (Edinboro University, 2004)
It’s A Wonderful Life, exhibition catalog, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio. (2004)
Editor, Shoptalk, volume 2 (Edinboro University, 2003)
Editor, Shoptalk (Edinboro University, 2002)
H20:Y2K Karo 2000 Desk Calendar (images and text), published by Karo Graflk und Verlag, Basel, Switzerland. (2000)
REVIEWS/ARTICLES
2011
The Warren Observer, exhibition review, “8 Regional Painters”
2007
The Erie Times-News, August 30, 8 Great Artists: Edinboro Professors display exemplary contemporary art, by Karen Rene Merkle.
2004
Cleveland Free Times, March 31, Perchance to Dream; The art of dark imaginings at SPACES, by Lyz Bly.
2001
The Erie Times-News, 11 January, Naked Power; Recent paintings by Terry McKelvey cause our reviewer to reconsider the nude..., by John Edwards.
2000
The Camden Herald, 25 May, Up Tight: McKelvey illuminates youthful tensions, by David Grima.
Maine Times, 3 February, Nine From the Nineties: Who Are the Important New Artists?, by Edgar Allen Beam.
1999
Art New England, volume 20 number 4, June/July issue, Robert Clements Gallery/Portland review, by Ken Greenleaf.
Casco Bay Weekly (Maine), 4 March, Using the self to tell a story, by Pat Sims.
1998
Art New England, volume 19 number 5, August /September issue, Elements Gallery/Rockland review, by Ken Greenleaf.
Maine Sunday Telegram, 31 May, McKelvey's paintings tell tales that inspire fear, wonder, by Ken Greenleaf.
Maine Sunday Telegram, 22 March, Two artists take it out of context, by Ken Greenleaf.
Maine Sunday Telegram, 22 February, 'Hearts' smolders at Clements..., by Phil Isaacson.
1995
Maine Sunday Telegram, 27 August, Three-in-one show explores mysteries of human relations, by Donna Gold.
TEACHING
1998-present
PennWest University, Edinboro Campus, Department of Art, Professor of Art (Painting, Drawing, 2D Foundations, Graduate Program).
1997-1998
Maine College of Art, Instructor of Painting and Drawing, Continuing Studies program.
1996-1997
Purdue University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing, Division of Art and Design.
1996
Maine College of Art, Instructor of Drawing, Continuing Studies Program.
1996
University of Maine at Augusta, Thomaston Campus, Lecturer of Painting.
1995
Maine College of Art, Interim Instructor of Drawing.
1991-1993
Cornell University, Teaching Assistant in Painting, Drawing, and Design, Department of Art.
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