Dr. Carmen Vila New York and Florida Artist

Dr. Carmen Vila

Having spent a lifetime studying, painting, and teaching art and art history, VILA's work has earned the praise of her peers and won awards in the United States and abroad.
[See honors and Exhibitions below].

She is consistently noted in Marquis Who's Who in American Education and in Marquis Who's Who in American Women, "limited to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their own fields of endeavor and contributed significantly in the betterment of contemporary society."

VILA has been involved with the arts for more than half a century. Beyond her Masters and Doctoral degrees from Columbia University, she studied at the University of Mexico and the University of Madrid, the College of Arts and Crafts in California, The Art Students League in NYC, Fairfield University in Connecticut and painted with Raul Anguiano, the last of the Mexican muralists.

2010	Exhibits at Wachovia Bank, Daytona Beach, FL
2001–2008	Members Choice Painting Award from Palette & Brush Club
1998—2009	Exhibits at Artist Workshop, Daytona Art League, Sun Trust Banks, First Union and Wachovia Banks
1998	Exhibit at Picture This Gallery, Westport, CT
1998	Exhibit at Daytona Shores Gallery, Daytona Beach, FL
1998	Exhibit at First Union Banks
1997	Exhibit at Union Trust Bank, Daytona Beach, FL
1997	Exhibit at Artist Workshop, New Smyrna, FL
1996	Exhibit at First Trust Bank, Norwalk, CT
1996	Exhibit at Sun Trust Bank, Daytona Beach, FL
1995 - present	Listed in Marquis Who's Who in American Education and Marquis Who's Who in American Women
1995	Exhibit at Picture This Gallery, Westport, CT
1995	Exhibit at First Fidelity Bank, Norwalk, CT
1994	Painting Award for "Blaze of Summer" from Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
1992	Teaching Award for "Meritorious Service to the Children of Eastchester"
1981 - present	VILA Program for arts education in schools and libraries in U.S. and abroad
1977	Exhibit at New York Gallery, New York, NY
1975 - present	VILA paintings and etchings in private and corporate collections
1966	Exhibit at Scarsdale Gallery, Scarsdale, NY
1964	Painting Award from Eastchester Women's Club, Eastchester, New York
1963	Painting Award from Westchester County Art Teachers Exhibit, Eastchester, NY
1962	Co-Exhibit with Alton Tobey, Charles Kingham, Ray Crosby, Molly Guion at Bonnie Briar Country Club, Scarsdale, NY
1961	Premio Mayor de Arte from The University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
1958 - present	Student work exhibited in the U.S. and abroad (NBW Banks, Lord and Taylor, Bonwit Teller; abroad in Europe and Japan)
1954	Premio del Instituto Cultural de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela

VILA paintings are in prized collections of leading corporations and private residences. Like her idol, Georgia O’Keeffe, she has been selective about who may purchase a VILA original.

Honors and Exhibitions

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