2024

Flowers, Fruit & Vegetables, Kitchen Angels, Santa Fe, NM

6x6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

Santa Fe Studio Tour, Santa Fe, NM

Toys & Joys Show. Online Invitational

Mascaras y Mas, Calliope Gallery, Madrid, NM

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2023

50 and Over, Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Abrazo, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR

Women in Art, Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Faces & Places, Eula Mae Edwards Museum, Clovis, NM

Mascaras (masked/unmasked), two person show, Rio Bravo    Gallery, Truth or Consequences, NM

6x6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

Stick Together With Kyiv, KYIV COLLAGE COLLECTIVE and Project Paper Nation's international project, Ukraine

6x6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

Santa Fe Studio Tour, Santa Fe, NM

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2022

Santa Fe Artists Emergency Relief Fund Show, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

6x6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

Humaine Mystic, Solo Show, Calliope Gallery, Madrid, NM

Arte de Descartes XXII, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM

Gallery Artists Show, Rio Bravo Gallery, Truth or Consequences, NM

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2021

Group Show, Rio Bravo Gallery, Truth or Consequences, NM

Rio Bravo Gallery Artist Show, SFCC Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

First Place, illustrations, Santa Fe Reporter

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2020

Cast of Characters, Solo Show, Rio Bravo Gallery, Truth or Consequences, NM

Common Ground (juried online show), New Mexico Art League

September 13 - “One World”, (Not) Sheep Gallery, Columbus, OH
September 17 - October 31 - “The Masks We Wear”, (Not) Sheep Gallery, Columbus, OH

First Place, illustrations, Santa Fe Reporter

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2019

Longer Table, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Arte de Descartes, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM
Rain/Reign, (Not) Sheep Gallery, Columbus, OH
Calliope Gallery, NM Shrine Pilgrimage, Madrid, NM

Hat Ranch Gallery, NM Shrine Pilgrimage, Lone Bute, NM
Art.i.fact, NM Shrine Pilgrimage, Santa Fe, NM

Dia de Los Muertos , El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

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2018
Christmas Group Show, (Not) Sheep Gallery, Columbus, OH
Exxquisite Corpse, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Noche de Muertos, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe NM
Art Feast, Santa Fe, NM
Cloth, Paper, Scissors, guest artist/author

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2017
Opera, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Studio Tour, Santa Fe, NM
Noche de Muertos, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe NM

Artist Emergency Fund Card Show, Santa Fe, NM

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2016
Acrylic Artist (spring), featured artist
Cheap Joe's Art Stuff 2016 Reference Catalog gallery section, juried publication
Incite 4, juried publication
Artist Emergency Fund Card Show, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Studio Tour, Santa Fe, NM

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2015
Incite 3, juried publication
Artist Emergency Fund Card Show, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Studio Tour, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Los Colores Special Award, Santa Fe, NM

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2014
End of Days, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Incarnate, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Talk to Me: Art as Narrative, two person show, Eula Mae Edwards Museum, Clovis, NM
Used, ZIPP Gallery, Glorieta, NM
Masquerade, Fuller Lodge Art Gallery, Los Alamos, NM

Santa Fe Studio Tour, Santa Fe, NM
Artist Emergency Fund Card Show, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Los Colores Special Award, Santa Fe, NM

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2013
Santa Fe Studio Tour, Santa Fe, NM
Artist Emergency Fund Card Show, Santa Fe, NM
8x8 Show, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Santa Fe, NM Contemporary Hispanic Market, Los Colores Special Award, Santa Fe, NM
President’s Scholarship, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO
Outside the Vault, Community Bank, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Studio Tour, Santa Fe, NM
25 Show, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Contemporary Hispanic Market, Santa Fe, NM

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2012
Es Mejor Saber, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Summer Show, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH
Steampunk, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH
Santa Fe Studio Tour, Santa Fe, NM
Artist Emergency Fund Card Show, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Best Mixed Media, Santa Fe, NM

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2011
Huera or Not, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Studio Tour (Fall & Summer), Santa Fe, NM
Squared, Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
8x8 Show, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Santa Fe, NM

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2010
Holiday Show, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Studio Tour (Fall & Summer), Santa Fe, NM
Salon des Artistes, Newport Beach, CA
Waste/Not, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Studio Tour (Summer), Santa Fe, NM
Hot Monkey Love, Jennie Cooley Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Best of Show, Santa Fe, NM

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2009
Forever Friends, Back Street Bistro, Santa Fe, NM
Canyon Road Comes to Albuquerque, The Factory, Albuquerque, NM
Santa Fe Studio Tour, Santa Fe, NM
Holiday Show, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
8x8 Show, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Santa Fe, NM
Art Expo, Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM
Scary, Jennie Cooley Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Comfort Food, Jennie Cooley Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Plaza, Santa Fe, NM

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2008
Explorations in the Garden of Good & Evil - Shrine Exhibition, Owens Dewey Fine Art., Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
8x8 Show, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Santa Fe, NM
Artists Gone Berzerk, Santa Fe, NM
Re-New, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Fruit, the Feminine and Whatever, Artistas de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Plaza, Santa Fe, NM

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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
La Cienega Art Tour, La Cienega, NM

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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, Best Mixed Media, Santa Fe, NM
Group Show, Showcase of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
La Cienega Art Tour, La Cienega, NM

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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, Bernalillo,
NM Book Arts, Gallery ZIPP, Glorieta, NM
Looking Backwards, Borders, Santa Fe, NM
Collage Show, Gallery ZIPP, Glorieta, NM
Contemporary Hispanic Market, Best Mixed Media, Santa Fe, NM
La Cienega Art Tour, La Cienega, NM
8x8 Show, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Santa Fe, NM

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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

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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 La Cienega Art Tour, La Cienega, NM

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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

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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

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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

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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, Best Dimensional, Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM *best dimensional
Foca Artists, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Faculty Art Show, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM

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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, Honorable Mention, Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
Secrets & Dreams, Sanctuario de Guadalupe, Santa Fe, NM Artists & Friends, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

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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, Best of Show, Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
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

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1996
Hate, Award of Merit, 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

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[Earlier years available upon request]

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Articles (selected)

Contemporary Hispanic Market, Pasatiempo, July 27, 2012
Featured Artist, Cloth, Paper, Scissors, November/December, 2012
Darlene Olivia McElroy, Los Alamos Monitor, July 2007 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 Odds and Ends have the multicolored look of foreign currency.—Robert Benziker

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Collections (selected)

Santa Fe Community College
Christus St. Vincent Hospital
Pecos Benedictine Monastery
Hoag Hospital
Sandy Besser
PJ and Bob Cardinalli
Mark Burton
Max Lehman
Laurie Mika
Pat Chapman
Barbara Ingram
Michael and Mimi McGarrity
Mona Lee Nesseth
Patricia Pearce

Danny & Louise Rubin