Born:        1965, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Resides:    Erie, Pennsylvania

1991-1993
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Master of Fine Arts, Painting.

1989
Vermont Studio School, Johnson, Vermont. Residency, Painting.

1983-1987
Maine College of Art (formerly Portland School of Art), Portland, Maine. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, with Honors, 1988.

2011

• Crary Art Gallery, Warren, Pennsylvania, Edinboro Eight
  

2010

• Thiel College Art Gallery, 8 Regional Painters
  
• Link Art Gallery, Kent State University, Trumbull, Mindfulness and Observation, solo exhibition.
• Crary Art Gallery, Warren, Pennsylvania, From the Studio: Paintings by Terry McKelvey, solo exhibition.

2009

• Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania, 86th Annual Spring Show.

2008

• Greenhut Galleries, Portland, Maine, Painters Who Teach, curated by Peggy Golden and Bruce Brown.

2007

• Erie Art Museum, 8.
• Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, PA, October Evenings, 33rd annual juried exhibition.

2006

• Erie Art Museum, 83rd Annual Spring Show, juror Joyce Scott.

2004

• SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, It’s A Wonderful Life: Psychodrama in Contemporary Painting, invitational exhibit co-curated by Joanne Cohen and Julie Langsam.

2003

• Erie Art Museum, 80th Annual Spring Show, juror James Yood.
• Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland, Contact, Art faculty exchange exhibition.

2002

• Elements Gallery, Rockland, Maine, Fear of Heights, solo exhibition.
• McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, Five Summer Projects, solo exhibition.

2001

• Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania, 78th Annual Spring Show, juror Fred Wilson.

2000

• Erie Art Museum Frame Shop Gallery, Erie, Pennsylvania, Recent Paintings, solo exhibition (December 2000-January 2001).
• Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine, Present Tense, solo exhibition.

1999

• Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, Pennsylvania, October Evenings, 25th annual juried exhibition.
• Erie Art Museum, 76th Annual Spring Show, juror Mary Jane Jacob.
• Robert Clements Gallery, Portland, Maine, Recent Work, solo exhibition.

1998

• Elements Gallery, Two Summers, group show.
• Robert Clements Gallery, (P)review, selected gallery artists.
• Maine Coast Artists, After Dark, invitational group show.
• Maine Coast Artists, 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Best of Show award.
• Elements Gallery, Paintings and Drawings, solo exhibition.
• Robert Clements Gallery, mezzanine space: gallery artists.
• Robert Clements Gallery, Hearts on Fire, invitational group show.

1997

• Stewart Center Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Art and Design faculty exhibition.

1995

• Maine Coast Artists, Self Imaginings, invitational group show.

1994

• Baxter Gallery, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine, Alumni exhibition.
• Maine Coast Artists, 16th Annual Juried Exhibition.
• Portland Performing Arts Center, Portland, Maine (one person show).

1998     Best of Show, 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists gallery. 

2007

• The Erie Times-News, August 30, 8 Great Artists: Edinboro Professors display exemplary contemporary art, by Karen Rene Merkle.

2004

• Cleveland Free Times, March 31, Perchance to Dream; The art of dark imaginings at SPACES, by Lyz Bly.                        

2001

• The Erie Times-News, 11 January, Naked Power; Recent paintings by Terry McKelvey cause our reviewer to reconsider the nude..., by John Edwards.

2000

• The Camden Herald, 25 May, Up Tight: McKelvey illuminates youthful tensions, by David Grima.
• Maine Times, 3 February, Nine From the Nineties: Who Are the Important New Artists?, by Edgar Allen Beam.

1999

• Art New England, volume 20 number 4, June/July issue, Robert Clements Gallery/Portland review, by Ken Greenleaf.
• Casco Bay Weekly (Maine), 4 March, Using the self to tell a story, by Pat Sims.          

1998

• Art New England, volume 19 number 5, August /September issue, Elements Gallery/Rockland review, by Ken Greenleaf.
• Maine Sunday Telegram, 31 May, McKelvey's paintings tell tales that inspire fear, wonder, by Ken Greenleaf.
• Maine Sunday Telegram, 22 March, Two artists take it out of context, by Ken Greenleaf.
• Maine Sunday Telegram, 22 February, 'Hearts' smolders at Clements..., by Phil Isaacson.

1995

• Maine Sunday Telegram, 27 August, Three-in-one show explores mysteries of human  relations, by Donna Gold.

1998-present
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Department of Art, Associate Professor of Art.

1997-1998
Maine College of Art, Instructor of Painting and Drawing, Continuing Studies program.

1996-1997
Purdue University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing, Division of Art and Design.

1996
Maine College of Art, Instructor of Drawing, Continuing Studies Program.

1996
University of Maine at Augusta, Thomaston Campus, Lecturer of Painting.

1995
Maine College of Art, Interim Instructor of Drawing.

1991-1993
Cornell University, Teaching Assistant in Painting, Drawing, and Design, Department of Art.