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Surrounded by paintings, artist Sam Colburn (left) greets artist Virginia Conroy and her husband, cartoonist Eldon Dedini (from left) at exhibit opening

Virginia was a member of the Carmel Art Association.

Born: 1922 New York City, New York

1931 To los Angeles; 1950 to the Monterey Peninsula

Education: 1942-44 - Chouinard Art Institute, los Angeles 1958 - San Francisco Art Institute, Summer Session

1970-1973 - Carmel Graphics Studio #4, Sunset Center, Carmel

Solo Exhibitions:

1953 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara

1961 Brunn Gallery, San Francisco

1966 Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey

1968 Hartnell College, Salinas

1980 Monterey Conference Center, Monterey

1981 Pat Carey Gallery, Women's Caucus, San Francisco

1982 Carmel Art Association Gallery, Carmel

1990 Carmel Art Association Gallery; Color Intaglio & Monotypes

Group Exhibitions Include:

1949 los Angeles County Museum of Art, Centennial Exhibition

1954 Pennsylvania Academy Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania

1959-1967 San Francisco Museum of Art Annual Exhibitions

1963-1968 San Francisco Art Inst., Traveling Shows (F. Martin, Curator)

1962 Seattle Worlds Fair, "Artists look at Peace"

1963 DeYoung Museum of Art, San Francisco

1964 Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco

1960-80 Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Annual Exhibition

1987 Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Winners Show

Pacific Grove Art Center 3rd, Biennial; (M. Tuchman, Judge) Monterey County Open Studios, Monterey

Pacific Grove Art Center - Monterey Pen. Art Foundation

1989 1994

Awards Include:

1963 San Francisco Museum of Art, Recommended for Purchase

1966 Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1st; One Person Show

1975 Monterey County Art Annual, 1 st & Best in Show (F. Martin, Judge)

1979 Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Watercolor Annual, 1 st

Collections Include: Private collections: San Francisco; Seattle; Dallas; Santa Fe; Montevideo, Uruguay. Permanent collections: Monterey Peninsula Mus of Art

Teaching: 1983-1985 1979-1989

All Saints Day School, Carmel; Instructor, Acrylics, Summer Sessions Carmel Sunset Cultural Center, Carmel; Instructor, Etching

Bibliography: Aug. 1969: San Francisco Chronicle, Alfred Frankenstein, "Artists As They See Themselves;" July, 1980: Monterey Peninsula Herald, Irene lagorio, "New Conroy Work Demands Contemplation;" July, 1981: Monterey Peninsula Herald, Irene Lagorio, "Watercolors Tell Stories of People;" March, 1984: Monterey Life Magazine, Peter Nabokov, "Art and The Artist, Virginia Conroy"