Merrill Mahaffey
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A veritable icon of new American west painting, Merrill Mahaffey has sustained more than five decades as a nationally recognized painter known for paintings of realism steeped in modernism. Not an armchair traveller, he has explored the landscape as a mountain climber, backpacker, fisherman, and skier. His works are exhibited at some of the nation’s most respected art institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the American Collection of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
His paintings are collected in numerous public and corporate collections nationwide and he continues to be an influence to young artists. He was honored by the Arizona Historic Society as a Historymaker in 2019.
Mahaffey holds a Bachelor’s degree from Sacramento State University and a Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State University.
Shemer Art Center – Phoenix 2018
Lewallen Galleries – Santa Fe 2017-18
Booth Western Art Museum - Atlanta Georgia 2016
Buffalo Bill MUSEUM - Cody, Wyoming 2016
West Select - Phoenix Art Museum - 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015(Best of Show)
Tempe Center for the Arts - 2012
Phoenix International Airport - Centennial Event - 2012
Phoenix Art Museum - West Select - 2011. 2012
Grand Canyon National Park - 2011/12
Booth Western Art Museum - Cartersville, Georgia - 2011
Chandler Center for the Arts - Retrospective - 2010
Museum of Northern Arizona - Retrospective - 2008
Duley - Jones Gallery - Scottsdale
Gerald Peters Gallery - Santa Fe
Vanier Galleries - Scottsdale
Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe
Palm Springs Desert Museum - Palm Springs, California
Suzanne Brown Galleries - Scottsdale
Mesa Southwest Museum - Mesa, Arizona
Foothills Art Center - Golden, Colorado
Eiteljorg Museum Invitational - Indianapolis
Rockwell Museum - Corning, New York
William Sawyer Gallery - San Francisco
New York Academy of Art - New York City
Denver Museum of Natural History
Scottsdale Center for the Arts
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
First Western States Biennial - National Gallery - Washington, D.C.
San Francisco Art Museum
Denver Art Museum
Vice-President's Residence - Southwest Museum Loan Collection - Washington, D.C.
Fishbach Gallery- New York City
Sherry French Gallery - New York City
University of Utah
Tucson Art Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Grand Canyon National Park Collection
Phoenix Art Museum
Tucson Art Museum
Museum of American Art - Smithsonian
Phillip Morris Collection
IBM Corporation
Security Pacific Bank
Atlantic Richfield Corporation
Colorado State Legislature
Southwest Forest Industries
Arizona Supreme Court
EXXON
Robert Redford
United Energy Resources
Valley National Bank
Hughes Aircraft
Phillips Petroleum Corporation
Guiness Beer
Phoenix International Airport
Phelps Dodge
University of Utah Museum
Arizona State University
United Airlines
U S West
Federal Courthouse - Denver
Denver Art Museum
Sandra Day O'Connor
Federal District Court - Denver
Chandler Fine Arts Center - Chandler, Arizona
Colorado State Legislature - Denver
Phoenix International Airport
Artist-in-Residence - Rocky Mountain National Park
Arizona Historical Society – History Maker 2019
Mesa State College
Sacramento State University - BA - 1959
California College of Arts and Crafts
Arizona State University - MFA - 1966
