Kathie Milligan
Tel: (203)322-5511
E-mail: Swyzzer@aol.com
Website: www.kathiemilligan.com
Education
1973 BS – Studio Art, Skidmore College
1974 – 2004 School of Visual Arts, NY
Camden Arts Center, London, England
Marylebone Institute, London, England
Workingman’s College, London, England
Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT
Art New England, Bennington, VT
1993 – 2005 Private Seminar with Yale Professor Robert Reed
2007 MFA – Painting, New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
2008 – 2019 Art New England, Bennington, VT
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Beaux Arts Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Mayor’s Gallery, Stamford, CT
Greenwich Art Society Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Gallery 23, Darien, CT
Miwa-Alex Studio Gallery, New York, NY
Garden Café, Greenwich, CT
Action Arts Gallery, Old Greenwich, CT
New York Studio School, New York, NY
Greenwich High School Media Center, Greenwich, CT
E.C. Potter Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Audubon Center, Greenwich, CT
Garden Café, Greenwich, CT
Selected Juried and Group Exhibitions
2015 “For the Birds” Carriage Barn Arts Center
2011 – 2016 Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2009 – 2011 Greenwich Historical Society
2009 – Artworks Darien, Darien, CT
2008, 2011, 2014, 2017 Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford, CT
2007 – New York Studio School “MFA Thesis Exhibition”
2007, 2008 Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
2005, 2006 New York Studio School
2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015-2019 Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2004 Gertrude White Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2004, 2007 – 2019 “Greenwich Art Society Faculty Show”, Greenwich, CT
2003 “Faber Biren National Color Award Exhibition”, Stamford, CT
2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012-2019 Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2003, 2008, 2012, 2018 Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
2003, 2004 “Spirituality in the Arts”, Greenwich, CT
2002 “Interior/Exterior”, Garden Education Center, Greenwich, CT
2000 – 2004 “The Art of the Birdhouse”, Westport, CT
1999 – 2017 “Art to the Avenue” Greenwich, CT
1998, 2000 “New Art Annual”, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
1994 Bush-Holly House, Greenwich, CT
1994 Greenwich Arts Center Gallery, Greenwich, CT
1993 “Connecticut Art Competition”, Stamford, CT
1991 “The Nature Center Art Benefit”, Westport, CT
1990, 1993, 1994 Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich, CT
1989 Camden Arts Center, London, England
Selected Awards
2019- Art Society of Old Greenwich, Second Prize Oil Painting
2018- Art Society of Old Greenwich, First Prize Oil Painting
2016 – Art Society of Old Greenwich, Third Prize Oil Painting
2015 – Art Society of Old Greenwich, First Prize Drawing
2015 – Art Society of Old Greenwich, Third Prize Oil Painting
2008 – Art Society of Old Greenwich, First Prize Oil Painting
2007 – Letty Militana Award, Greenwich Art Society
2006 – Art Society of Old Greenwich, Second Prize Oil Painting
2005 – Art Society of Old Greenwich, Second Prize Drawing
2003 – Stone Studio Award, Greenwich Art Society
2000 – Art Society of Old Greenwich, First Prize Oil Painting
1999 – Art Society of Old Greenwich, Second Prize Oil Painting
1993 – Edgar A. Whitney Award for Watercolor, Greenwich Art Society
1992, 1993 – “Pink Tent Festival”, Stamford, CT., Second Prize Watercolor
1992 – Art Society of Old Greenwich, Second Prize, Watercolor
1991 – Mr. John I. Howell Award, Greenwich Art Society
1990 – Art Society of Old Greenwich, First Prize Watercolor
1990 – Chesebrough-Pond’s Inc. Award, Greenwich Art Society
Artist Grants and Residencies
Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency Grant
Nov. 23 – Dec. 19, 2008
American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist
June 29 – July 13, 2009
Teaching Experience
2011 – 2017 Bartlett Arboretum – Drawing, Watercolor Painting
2013 – 2017 Greenwich Art Society – Transcription Class
Understanding the Masters
2010 – 2017 Greenwich Art Society – Teen Drawing
2012 – 2017 Greenwich Art Society – Drawing Into Painting
2012 Bruce Museum – Children’s Art Class
2008 – 2012 Greenwich Art Society- Intermediate Drawing
2007 – 2017 Greenwich Art Society – Young Artists in the
Studio
2007 – 2017 Stamford Continuing Education – Oil and Acrylic
Painting
2007 – 2012 Lapham Community Center, New Canaan- Drawing
2008 – 2009 Action Art Gallery- Beginning Drawing
2007 – 2009 Darien Continuing Education- Beginning Drawing
and Beyond
2007 – 2008 Greenwich Art Society- Drawing Fundamentals
2008 – 2012 Private Tuition- Drawing, Oil Painting
Spring 2007 Bush-Holley House- Oil Painting Workshop
Summer 2004- 2006 Greenwich Art Society- Outdoor Sketch
2003 – 2004 Greenwich Art Society- Monoprint
Artist Statement
My artwork involves the many facets of landscape and how it relates to my life, interests and surroundings. I’ve painted in all seasons, recording patterns of land and water at my feet and rhythms of branches rising majestically above my head. I cross the line between representation and abstraction, employing the interaction of shapes and the use of color, light and rhythm to convey my feelings about the forces of nature and how they relate to me. I find excitement in the power of rebirth; of nature’s magical ability to create new life and renewed hope. We, the gardeners, are a conduit of this rebirth and I paint myself and other tillers to celebrate this magnificent orchestration.
I received my MFA in painting in spring, 2007 from the New York Studio School in Manhattan and my undergraduate degree in studio art is from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. I’ve lived in both the United States and London., England and have shown work internationally. I am a multi-media artist concentrating on drawing and painting. Presently my time is divided between teaching and landscape painting.