CRITICS
“McReynolds is astounding. His work abounds in unique, oblique inventions ” – Walter Hopps, Curator of 20th Century Art, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian
“McReynolds is a veteran traveler through inner space whose visionary art is defined by spiritual qualities and the artist’s dazzling technical skill” – Dorothy Burkhart, San Jose Mercury News
“A master draughtsman!” – Marilyn Hagberg, San Diego Magazine
“Cliff McReynolds is arguably the best of the California ‘MAGIC REALISTS’.” – David Tannous, Washington Star
“McReynolds’ style is simply impeccable.” – Fran Preisman, Art Week
“Sheer visual virtuosity!” – James Auer, Milwaukee Journal
“Fragments of history in Cliff McReynolds’ paintings come together in a disparate, often incongruous and witty patchwork.” – Stephen Prokopoff, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
“McReynolds is a visionary lyricist of immense power, imagination and invectiveness. He may be San Diego’s own William Blake!” – Richard Reilly, San Diego Union
“The paintings that McReynolds has created in the last decade are beautiful, powerful and sophisticated. In viewing their sharp, striking contrast to his earlier work, we are witness to a transformation so complete that it must necessarily have few parallels in the world of art.” – Thomas Burke, Publisher, Pomegranate Press
EXHIBITIONS
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA (one person show), 1959
Sander Gallery, San Diego, CA (two person show), 1963
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA (one person Show), 1967
San Diego City College, San Diego, CA (one person show), 1971
“California-Hawaii Biennial,” San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, 1972 (1st prize award), 1974, 1978
“Drawing U.S.A.,” Minnesota Museum of art, Minneapolis, MN, and Traveling, 1975-77
Visions Near and Far,” Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA, 1975
“Cliff McReynolds: Revelation Art,” Gallery Rebecca Cooper, Washington, D.C. (one person show), 1976-77
“Alternative Realities,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Il (five person show), 1976
“Mindscapes: Five California Artists,lt Oshkosh Museum, Oshkosh Museum, 1976
“California Painting and Sculpture-The Modern Era,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 1976
“Drawings of the Seventies,” Chicago, IL, 1977
“Fourth Triennial-India,” New Delhi, India, 1978; Tokyo, Japan, 1979, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA, 1979
“Focus: Cliff McReynolds,” San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA (one person show), 1980
“Visionary Art,” Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 1981
Gallery Rebecca Cooper, New York, MY (one person show), 1981
Illuminarium, Mill Valley, CA (three person show), 1982
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (one person show), 1983
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 1985
Acevedo Gallery, San Diego, CA (three person show), 1985
Feigen Gallery, Chicago, IL (one person show), 1986
Southwestern College Invitational, Chula Vista, CA 1987
Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA (four person show) 1987
Biola University, La Mirada, CA (one person show), 1988
Venice Arts Festival, Venice, CA, 1988 Sushi Gallery, San Diego, CA 1988
“Fra Elskov Til Gud,” Sandvika Administration of Culture, Oslo, Norway, 1988
CIVA Exhibit, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, 1989
“Works on Paper,” Messiah College,. Grantham, PA and Traveling, 1991-93
Calhoun Gallery, San Diego, CA (three person show), 1991
Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA, 1992
SDTYAE, Yokohama, Japan and Traveling, 1992-93
“Veiled Images,” Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX and Traveling, 1994
“Social Engagements,” Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1995
“Animals are Us”, Intersection Gallery, San Diego, CA (one person show), 1996
Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA 2013 (first prize)