• 1952 M.F.A., University of Iowa
• 1950 B.A., University of Minnesota

• 1959-1991 California State University
• 1979 Wake Forest University, Artist in Residence
• 1979 North Carolina School of the Arts, Artist in Residence
• 1957-1959 Blackburn College
• 1956-1957 University of Hawaii
• 1955-1956 Oberlin College

• 2008 “Irv Marcus, Works on Paper,” Charlotte & Philip Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
• 2007 Hanes Art Gallery, Scales Fine Arts Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
• 2007 "Message Encoded," works on paper, James Kaneko Gallery, American River College, Sacramento, CA
• 2006 Shipley Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
• 2005 “Romance and Disaster,” Sacramento State Library Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 2003 Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 2001 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2000 “Irv Marcus, Paintings and Drawings,” Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1999 “Irv Marcus, Paintings and Drawings,” Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1998 “The Oakland Series 1980-85,” Encina Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1995 “Irv Marcus, Paintings,” Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1993 “Irv Marcus, New Paintings and Drawings,” John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
• 1993 “Irv Marcus, New Paintings and Drawings,” Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1991 “Paintings and Drawings,” Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1988 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• 1987 “Irv Marcus, Paintings,” Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1986 “Irving Marcus - Paintings and Drawings,” Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis,
• 1985 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1983 Vollum Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR
• 1982 “Irv Marcus, More Work in Color,” Artist Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1980 Irv Marcus, New Paintings,” Zara Galley, San Francisco, CA
• 1979 “Irv Marcus,” Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC
  • (Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation)
• 1978 “Irv Marcus, Paintings and Drawings,” Vedra Gallery, San Jose, CA
• 1978 “Paintings and Drawings, Irv Marcus,” Artspace, Open Ring, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• 1976 Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA
• 1976 “Irv Marcus,” Zara Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1974 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• 1972 “Irv Marcus, Paintings,” Wenger Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1972 “Irving Marcus,” Redding Art Center & Museum, Redding, CA
• 1972 Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA
• 1970 Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA
• 1968 Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA
• 1965 Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA
• 1961 Feingarten Gallery, Carmel, CA
• 1960 Feingarten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1959 Martin Schweig Gallery, St. Louis, MO
• 1957 George Hall Gallery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
• 1955 Westgate Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Group Exhibitions: Partial List

• 2007 "California in Connecticut:” The Joanne and William Rees Collection, New Britain, CT
• 2007 The Johnson Collection, Brisbane City Art Gallery, Brisbane, CA
• 2007 "Curtain Call,” Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 2004 "The Three Graces,” Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 2003 “Visual Conversations - Ogden, Marcus Feese” Solomon Dubnick Gallery, SAC, CA
• 2002 "The Pilot Hill Collection of Contemporary Art," of Contemporary Art” Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
  • Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
  • South Texas institute for the Arts, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
• 2003 "New Acquisitions," Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
• 2003 South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, TX
• 2002 “A Horse is a Horse,” Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 2002 Osceola Gallery, Emeryville, CA
• 2001 “Jim Albertson, Irv Marcus” Joseph Chowning Gallery, SF, CA
• 2001 10th Anniversary Celebration; Looking Beyond, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1999 “Pictures at an Exhibition” “Selected recent Acquisitions” Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UCD, Davis,
• 1999 Holiday Exhibition, Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1997 Celebrating 50 Years of Achievement: CSUS Faculty and Alumni Artists, Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1996 “Realms of the Unreal, Alternative Landscapes,” American River College Gallery, SAC, CA
• 1991 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1990 “Selections:” Gallery Artists, Kathryn Sermas Gallery, New York, NY
• 1990 “Northern California Figuration,” Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
• 1990 “California A-Z and Return”, Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio
• 1988 “Sacramento-Davis Influence II,” Judith Weintruab Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1987 “Works on Paper,” Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1987 “New Works on Paper,” Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1987 “Vertigo: The Poetics of Dislocation ” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
• 1986 “California Artists” City Gallery, Kobe, Japan
• 1985 “Drawing ’85,” Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1985 “Sacramento/Davis Interface, ” Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
• 1985 “Seven Artists in California,” Gallery Takano, Tokyo, Japan
• 1984 “Four Artists,” Gallery Takano, Tokyo, Japan
• 1983 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1983 “The Impolite Figure/New Figurative Painting in the Bay Area ” Bannam Place Exhibition, S F, CA
• 1983 “Interface” University of Pacific, Stockton, CA
• 1982 “California Connections, the Early 1970s,” Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
• 1982 “Colton Cowtown ’82,” Alta Galleries, Sacramento, CA
• 1981 “Welcome to the Candy Store,” Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• 1980 "The Candy Store," de Saisset Art Museum, University of Santa Clara, CA
• 1980 Still Life-The Figure, Artist’s Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1979 Contemporary Art from the Crocker Art Museum, Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA
• 1978 “Faces,” Artist’s Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1977 “Irving Marcus, Jack Ogden,” Church Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
• 1976 A Decade of Acquisitions, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• 1975 “Animal Imagery,” Hayward State University, Hayward, CA
• 1973 “Delta,” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
• 1972 Kaiser Center, Oakland, CA
• 1972 “Sacramento Sampler,” Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
  • Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
  • Brazilian Tour, Brazil
• 1972 “The Sacramento Valley,” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
• 1969 Northern California Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
• 1969 San Francisco Art Institute, Touring Exhibition
• 1969 Feingarten Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 1967 Feingarten Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 1966 Ruth Rippon and Irv Marcus, Sacramento State College, Sacramento, CA
• 1965 “Invitational Exhibition” Crocker Art Gallery,  Sacramento, CA
• 1965 Feingarten Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 1965 Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA
• 1964-65 “Printmaking 64” Ten Touring Exhibitions, Sponsored by San Francisco Art Institute, San Fran CA
• 1964-65 “Six Touring Exhibitions” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
• 1964 “Art Bank” San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA.
• 1963“Group Show” Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles, Ca.
• 1963 California Palace of the Legion of Honor, SF, CA
• 1963 “Drawings by Keith Boyle, Irving Marcus” Barrios Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1963 Northern Californian, Invitational, San Francisco, CA
• 1963 Belmonte Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1963 San Francisco Art institute, San Francisco, CA
• 1963 “25 Years of the Artists Contemporary Gallery” Crocker Art Gallery, Kingsley Annual, Sacramento, CA
• 1963 Redding Museum, Redding, CA
• 1963 Los Angles County, Museum, Group Show, LA, CA
• 1963 La Jolla Museum, San Diego, CA
• 1963 Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA
• 1963 California State University, Riverside, CA
• 1962 “The Studio Faculty of CSUS” Artists Cooperative Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
• 1962 Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1961 Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1960 “79th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
• 1960 “35th Annual Exhibition, Kingsley Art Club” Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1960 Northern California Art Association, Annual Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1960 Feingarten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1959 “Northern California Arts 6th Annual Exhibition” Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
• 1959 Annual Exhibition, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
• 1958“12th North Mississippi Valley Artists Exhibit” Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Ill
• 1958 64th Annual Exhibition, Denver Museum, Denver, CO
• 1958 Annual Regional Exhibition, St. Louis City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
• 1958 St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
• 1958 “Artists of Central Illinois” Decatur Art Center, Decatur, Il
• 1957 “41st Local Artists Exhibition” Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
• 1957 “16th  Missouri Exhibition” City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
• 1956 Luz Museum, Manila
• 1956 Allen Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
• 1956 Northrup Gallery, University of Minneapolis, MN 1956 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Regional Exhibition, MN
• 1956 20th Exhibition, the Society of Washington Printmakers, National Museum, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
• 1956 “14th Annual Exhibition of Prints” Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• 1955 National Print Exhibition, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• 1955 National Print Exhibition, Philadelphia Print Club
• 1955 Bi-Annual Exhibition, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
• 1952 “The Midwest Exhibition” Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NB
• 1952 “58th Annual Exhibition of Western Art” Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
• 1952 Second Biennial Exhibition of Prints and Drawings” Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
• 1952 “37th Annual Local Artists Exhibition” Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
• 1952 “Iowa Artists 4th Annual Exhibition” Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
• 1952 “American Watercolors, Drawings and Prints” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
• 1952 National Print Annual, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
• 1952 “Exhibition Momentum” Werner Bookstore Galleries, Chicago, Ill

• San Jose Museum of Art
• Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forst University, Winston, Salem, NC
• Tree of Life Foundation, Winston Salem
• American River College, Sacramento, CA
• Allen Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
• Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
• Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
• Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
• Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
• Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
• New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
• University of North Carolina Charlotte, NC
• Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA
• Reed College, Portland, OR
• Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
• Schnitzer Collection, Portland, Oregon

• 2008 Contrasting Moods, Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, 2008
• 2007 7he Golden Touch, Judy Birke, 2007. New Britian Museum of American Art
• 2003 Sacramento Bee, Victoria Dalkey,
• 1999 Art in America, Irving Marcus, Mark Van Proyen, October
• 1999 Artweek, Profile, Irving Marcus: The Defiant Modernist, Kimi Julian
• 1998 Sacramento Bee, Victoria Dalkey,
• 1987 Kenneth, Baker, “Bed, Pastels Highlight Group Show,” San Francisco, Chronicle, Oct. 30
• 1987 Panel of Bay Area artists and critics reflecting on Vertigo, Moderated by Scott Newkirk
• 1987 Mark Durant,The Art of Dislocation, Art Week, Oct 17
• 1987 Art Notes, KVIE TV, Produced five minute program, Irving Marcus, Sacramento, CA
• 1987 Mark Van Proyen, Art Week, Vol. 16, No. 36, Allegorical Phantoms
• 1986 Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, Review of U.C. Davis Show
• 1986 Del McColm, Weekend, Review of U.C. Davis Show
• 1986 Colleen Whitten, Revue, Irving Marcus: An Exciting Approach to Social Criticism, Davis, CA
• 1982 Sacramento Bee, May 13, Victoria Dalkey
• 1980 San Francisco Chronicle, Sep. 26, Thomas Albright
• 1980 Sacramento Bee, March 22, May 7, September 25
• 1980 Sacramento Union, May 2
• 1978 San Jose Mercury, June 2
• 1978 Sacramento Bee, March 1
• 1978 Art Week, January 28
• 1979 John Fitz Gibbon, “The Work of Irving Marcus,” KPFA Radio, Critique delivered, Berkeley, CA, January 21
• 1979 San Francisco Chronicle, January 18
• 1976 Art News, May
• 1976 San Francisco Chronicle, March 25
• 1976 John Fitz Gibbon, “Irving Marcus: A Way With Mayhem,” Currant, February-April
• 1973 San Francisco Chronicle, November
• 1972 Manchete (Rio de Janeiro), October
• 1972 Sacramento Bee, May 14, May 2, April 9
• 1970 Los Angeles Times, April 6
• 1969 Art News, January 1969 Art News, September
• 1966 Art Forum, April,
• 1965 Art Forum, May
• 1965 Art Forum, March
• 1964 Art Forum, August
• 1964 Art Forum, May
• 1963 Art Forum, May
• 1963 Sacramento Bee, May 12, April 21
• 1963 San Francisco Examiner, January 1
• 1960 San Francisco Chronicle, December 14
• 1960 San Francisco Examiner, December 11
• 1960 Sacramento Union , December 6
• 1960 San Francisco Call-Bulletin, December 1
• 1960 Art In America, Spring
• 1958 St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 7, May 8
• 1958 St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 23
• 1957 Honolulu Advertiser, January 5, January 0
• 1955 Minneapolis Star, May 29
• 1954 Minneapolis Star, November 27
• 1952 Minneapolis Star