Biography
2007
Odd Thoughts, One Man Show, Amorviejo
Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
8x8 Show, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Santa Fe,
NM
Mixed (5 person show), Sandy Carson Fine Art, Denver, CO
Odds and Ends, One Man Show, Showcase of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Plaza, Santa Fe, NM
Group Show, Showcase of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2006
8x8 Show, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Santa Fe,
NM
Global Trekking, Cichon Fine Art, Taos, NM
Scattered, One Man Show, Showcase of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Plaza, Santa Fe, NM * Best Mixed Media
Group Show, Showcase of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2005
Small Gems, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
Sacred Spaces, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Group Show, Gabriels Gallery, Pojoaque, NM
Group Show, Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernaillo, NM
Book Arts, Gallery ZIPP, Glorieta, NM
Looking Backwards, Borders, Santa Fe, NM
Collage Show, Gallery ZIPP, Glorieta, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Plaza, Santa Fe, NM * Best
Mixed Media
La Cienega Art Tour, La Cienega, NM
8x8 Show, Center for Contemporary
Art (CCA), Santa Fe, NM
2004
Small Works Show,
Heart O’Fire, Corrales, NM
Animal, Mineral, Mystical, Gallery ZIPP, Glorieta,
NM
Knocking on the Inside Out, Borders, Santa Fe,NM
Lost Thoughts, Starbucks, Santa Fe,NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Santa Fe Plaza, Santa Fe, NM
La Cienega Art Tour, La Cienega, NM
8x8 Show, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Santa Fe, NM
2003
Sea-Worthy II, Unv. of Northern Michigan, Marquette, MI
Dress Her Up, Sweeney Center, Santa Fe, NM
Faces, Johnson’s Gallery, Madrid, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Plaza, Santa Fe,
NM
8x8 Show, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Santa Fe, NM
2002
Journey, Segreto Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Ravens in Winter, Guadalupe Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Bella Figura II, Segreto Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Plaza, Santa Fe, NM
Box Show, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2001
In the Time of Short Days & Long Nights, Guadalupe Fine
Arts, Santa Fe, NM
The Shoe Show, Segreto Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Los Objetos de la Cultura, El Museo Cultural
de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Novellas, one man show, Segreto Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Studio Tour, Our Place, Home & Garden TV
The Print Show, Segreto Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Bella Figura, Segreto Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Foca Artists, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Art & Science, Los Alamos County Library, Los Alamos,
NM
2000
Wonderous Things...Some with Wings,
Guadalupe Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
The Cup Show, Segreto Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Altared States, One Man Show, Segreto Gallery, Santa Fe,
NM
Faces of Women, Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
Inside the Heart, Outside the Home,
Sanctuario de Guadalupe, Santa Fe, NM
Foca Artists, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Faculty Art Show, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
1999
Show of Hands, Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
The Cup Show, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Beneath the Surface, Sanctuario de Guadalupe, Santa
Fe, NM
Ancient Cultures, Modern Myths, Galleria
Sacred Stone, Santa Fe, NM
Modern Vision, Benedictine Monastery, Pecos, NM
Faces of Women, Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM • best
dimensional
Foca Artists, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Faculty Art Show, Santa Fe Community College, Santa
Fe, NM
1998
Plugged In, Sandra Humphries Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
El futuro, State Capitol Rotunda, Santa Fe, NM
Foca Artists, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Beneath the Temple, One Man Show,Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe,
NM
Faces of Women, Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM• honorable
mention
Secrets & Dreams, Sanctuario de Guadalupe, Santa Fe, NM
Artists & Friends, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
1997
Guadalupe 111: 12 X 12, Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Madonna, Modern Matriach, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
PANTHEON, Hotel Plaza Real, Santa Fe, NM
Stigmata, One Man Show, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Faces of Women, Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM • best of show
Adorned/Revealed, One Man Show, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe,
NM
Boxed In, One Man Show, The Rep, Little Rock, AK
Artists & Friends, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
1996
Hate,The Bond House, Espanola, NM • award of merit
Girls Night Out, Rios Fine Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
Mind Over Matter, Two Person Show, Timbuktu, Costa Mesa, CA
All Media ’95, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Artists & Friends, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Earlier years available upon request
Articles
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Pasatiempo, July 27, 2007
Darlene Olivia McElroy knows light...Each work is suffused with light in
many shades, from the pearly shimmer of the sun through clouds and cool
evening greens.—Craig Smith
Gallery Wise , Pasatiempo, June 1, 2007
Darlene Olivia McElroy's mixed-media collages in Odds and Ends have the multicolored
look of foreign currency.—Robert Benziker