WILMA PARKER
www.wilmaparker.com (Painting the Navy)
EDUCATION:
Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A., 1963
School of The Art Institute of Chicago, M.F.A., 1966
EXHIBITIONS:
2015
People in the Navy, Solo, Gallery 44, Portland, ME/ Vieques, P.R.
2013
USS Hornet Museum Ship, Homecoming Poster
Best of Naval Art, Naval War College, Newport, RI
2012
National Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL, Juried, Painting donated
2011
Painting the Navy, solo show, Rhode Island School of Design, Painting Department
Painting donated, Permanent collection, RISD Museum
2010
Painting the Navy, Naval War College, August-November
Painting donated, Permanent collection, Navy War College, Newport, Rhode Island
2009
Rauschenberg Tribute, curated (Guggenheim), Museum of the Gulf Coast,TX
2006
Amsterdam/Whitney Gallery, NYC
Arnold Gallery, Newport, RI
Salmagundi Club, NYC
2004
National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL
Salmagundi Club, NYC
2003
Arnold Gallery, Newport, RI
Cohasset Historical Society, Cohasset, MA
Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery, Oakland, CA
2002
Mystic International, Mystic, CT
USS Hornet, Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA
Arnold Gallery, Newport, RI
2001
American Society of Marine Artists, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, MA
Riverfront Arts Center, Wilmington, DE
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
USS Coast Guard 20th Anniversary Show, Salmagundi Club, NYC
2000
Artist-in-Residence, USS Hornet, Alameda, CA 1997-2006
Ventura County Maritime Museum
Coast Guard Art Exhibition 2000, Salmagundi Club, NYC
Longboat Key Center for the Arts
Ventura County Maritime Musuem, ASMA Show, Western Division
1999
Arnold Gallery, Newport, RI
Coos Art Musuem, Coos Bay, OR
Los Angeles Maritime Musuem, The Art of the Sail
1998
Arnold Gallery, Newport, RI
Los Angeles Maritime Museum, Art and Sail Training Show
Newport Harbor Nautical Museum, A Brush with the Sea
1997
Together We Win, Invitational, Rotunda, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
ASMA 11th Annual Exhibit, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Cat. Repro.
Cummer Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
1996
Naval Air Station, Alameda Aviation Museum, Alameda, CA
NAS Alameda, Officer’s Club, Purchase, Legacy Painting
Maritime and Yachting Museum, Stuart, FL,
International Society of Marine Painters, (juried)
Salmagundi Club, NYC Navy League/COGAP Reception for George Gray. All paintings collection of COCAP.
National Musuem of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL
San Diego Maritime Museum, American Society, San Diego, CA
Coast Guard Island, San Francisco, CA, unveiling of Steady Jump! at American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE)
1995
Distinguished Women Marine Artists, Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT
National Musuem of Aviation, Pensacola, FL
Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, (Solo)
NAS Alameda, Officer’s Club, Preserving The Legacy
Salmagundi Club, NYC, A Decade of Coast Guard
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
US Coast Guard Exhibition, South Battery Club, Governer’s Island, NYC
Juried to travel. Award presented by Admiral J.W. Kime, USCG
15th Annual USCG Exhibition, Federal Hall National Memorial, NYC
1994
Fleet Week Ball-St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, CA (Solo)
United States Coast Guard COGAP ’94 Exhibition
South Battery Club, Governer’s Island, NYC, (juried, to travel)
Mid-Atlantic Maritime Museum, (Invitational, ASMA)
National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL. First Annual Exhibit, (juried).
Nautilus Memorial, Groton, CT (Solo)
1993
Nautilus Museum, Groton, CT
MUSEUMS:
Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Naval War College Museum, Newport, RI
Musuem of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, TX
Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Yergeau Musee d’ Art International, Montreal, Canada
De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, AZ
Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, TX
National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington DC
Nautilus Memorial, Groton, CT
Custom House Maritime Museum, Newbury Port, MA
COLLECTIONS, SELECTED:
Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design
Naval War College, Newport, RI
National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL
US Coast Guard, Washington D.C.
Officer’s Club, Lamorre Base, CA
Capt. Dodge, USN, RET and Capt. Kathy Dodge. USN, RET, Mountain Ranch, CA
Mr. Ernest Tedeshi, Rear Admiral, (Ret), San Diego, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hileman, Commander, USN RET, Newport, RI
Mr. Chuck Warner, Foster City, CA
Rear Admiral Bill Center, Commander, Naval Base Seattle
Ms. Marion Bruce, Vice President, US Navy League Oakland Council, Oakland, CA
Mr. Paul Kent, President, Navy League of the US, Oakland Council, Oakland, CA
Mr. Thomas B. Crowley Jr., Crowley Maritime Corp., Oakland, CA
ARCHIVE:
Oakland Museum, California Artist Archive, Oakland, CA
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Archive, Washington, D.C.
PUBLICATIONS:
Naval War College Review, Winter 2011, Volume 64, Number 1
A Gallery of Marine Art, Jerry McClish, Rockport Publishers, 1998
Contemporary American Marine Art, University of Washington Press, 1997
MAJOR COMMISIONED WORK:
Homecoming, NAS Alameda, 44” x 128”, Alameda, CA
Launch of the Springfield, City of Springfield
Violet Sea, United States Navy, Groton, CT
Summer Sailing, IBM Corporate Headquarters, New York, NY
DONATIONS:
Coast Guard Art Collection (COGAP) Washington, D.C., ongoing
Naval War College, Newport, RI
Museum of The Rhode Island School of Design
Museum of the Gulf Coast, TX
National Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida
MEMBER:
Salmagundi Club, New York
American Society of Marine Artists
Coast Guard Art Program, (COGAP)
Tailhook Association