VIRGINIA WARD MILLS (American, 1930-2010)
Most of my oil paintings
have been inspired by the Cape. I often express a particular mood or kind
of day: sunny but cold; cloudy but warm; the always changing salt marsh; the
harsh beauty of raw winter; or, a pot of geraniums on a hot, sunny patio.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Graduate Study: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; Elmira College, NY; Ithaca
College, NY.
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 Outer Cape Paintings: Virginia Ward Mills
& E. Andrew Mills, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, MA.
1986-07 Two Person show, Mills Studio, Wellfleet, MA.
1969-05 Solo or two-person biennial show, Oakroom Artists Gallery, Schenectady,
NY (bi-annual).
2003 Schenectady Civic Playhouse, Schenectady, NY.
1996 Two Person Show, NHS Gallery, Niskayuna High
School, Schenectady, NY.
1990 Unitarian Society, Schenectady, NY.
1988 Solo Show, Schenectady County Public Library,
Schenectady, NY.
1986 Bellevue Hospital (mom) summer
1985 Syracuse University Alumni Show, Colonie Library Gallery, Colonie, NY.
1982 Art Works Gallery, Seneca Falls, NY.
1980 Unitarian Society, Schenectady, NY.
1979 Solo Show, Schenectady County Library Gallery,
Schenectady, NY.
1978-90 Solo Show, Schenectady Civic Playhouse, Schenectady, NY. (Several
times)
1975 Solo Show, Schenectady County Library Gallery,
Schenectady, NY.
1974 Molloy College Gallery, Garden City, NY.
1974 Elwood Museum, Amsterdam,
1969 Inaugural Museum Exhibition, Schenectady Museum,
Schenectady, NY.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 50th Anniversary Show of the Oakroom
Artist Members, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY.
2006 Oakroom Artists 50th Anniversary
Show, Oakroom Artists Gallery, First Unitarian Society,
Schenectady, NY.
2004 Invitational Group Show, Grosvenor Gallery,
State University of New York at Cobleskill, NY.
2004 Oakroom Artists Exhibition, Schenectady Museum,
Schenectady, NY.
2001 Oakroom Artists Group Show, Canajoharie Library
Gallery, Canajoharie, NY.
2001 Oakroom Artists Show, Oakroom Artists Gallery,
First Unitarian Society, Schenectady, NY.
2000-01 Cove Gallery, Wellfleet, MA.
2001 Oakroom Artists Show, Oakroom Artists Gallery,
First Unitarian Society, Schenectady, NY.
1998 Oakroom Artists Group Show,
Canajoharie Library Gallery, Canajoharie, NY.
1991-99 Member Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable,
MA.
1997 Oakroom Artists Exhibition, Krasdale Art
Gallery, White Plains, NY.
1997 Mills, Mills, Skudera, and Mills, GE Research
and Development Center Gallery, Niskayuna, NY.
1996 Selections From Area Collections, Gibson
Gallery, State University of New York at Potsdam, NY.
1996 Visual Arts Gallery, Adirondack Community
College, Glens Falls, NY.
1995 Early Works, Provincetown Art Association,
Provincetown, MA.
1992 Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA.
1987, 88 Oakroom Artists Show, Temple Gates of Heaven, Schenectady,
NY.
1987 Rice Gallery, Albany Institute Of History &
Art, Albany, NY.
1986 Tricentennial Invitational, Center Galleries,
Albany NY.
1984 New York State Art Teachers Association Exhibition,
Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY.
1984 Syracuse University Alumni Invitational Exhibition,
Colonie Public Library, Colonie, NY.
1984 Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY.
1982-84 Gallery 400, Schenectady Arts Council, Schenectady, NY.
1983 Regional Exhibition, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady,
NY.
1983 THE Exhibition, Towards Humanizing Education
Conference, Catskills, NY.
1980 E. Andrew Mills, Virginia Ward Mils, and Dan Mills,
Schenectady Civic Playhouse, NY.
1976 Grosvenor Gallery, State University of New York
at Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY.
1976 Four Person Show, Albany Center Galleries,
Albany, NY.
SELECTED JURIED SHOWS
At institutions including:
Canajoharie Art Gallery, Canajoharie, NY.
Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA.
Chautauqua Art Association Gallery, Chautauqua, NY.
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY.
Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA.
Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY.
Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY.
COLLECTIONS
Ginnie's paintings are in many private collections throughout the US and also in Switzerland.