Renee McKay

Background

McKay, Renee was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Daughter of Frederick Garvin and Mildred Gladys (Higgins) Smith.

Education

Bachelor, McGill University, 1941.

Career

Teacher art Peck School, Morristown, New Jersey, 1955-1956. One woman shows: Pen and Brush Club, New York City, 1957, Cosmopolitan Club, New York City, 1958. Group shows include: Weyhe Gallery, New York City, 1978, Newark Museum, 1955, 59, Montclair (New Jersey) Museum, 1955-1958, National Association Women Artists, National Academy Galleries, 1954-1978, New York World"s Fair, 1964-1965, Audubon Artists, New York City, 1955-1962, 74-79, New York Society Women Artists, 1979-1980, Provincetown (Massachusetts) Art Association and Museum, 1975-1979.

Traveling shows in France, Belgium, Italy, Scotland, Canada, Japan.

Represented in permanent collections: Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, Connecticut, Norfolk (Virginia) Museum, Butler Institute American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, Lydia Drake Library, Pembroke, Massachusetts, many private collections.

Achievements

• Renee McKay has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Association Women Artists (Second vice president 1969-1970, advisory board 1974-1976), Audubon Artists (president 1979, director oils 1986-1988), Artist Equity (director 1977-1979, vice president 1979-1981), New York Society Women Artists, Pen and Brush, National Society Painters in Casein and Acrylic Michael Jackson Kaplan prize 1984, National Arts. Club: Cosmopolitan.

Connections

Married KennethGardiner McKay, July 25, 1942. Children: Margaret Craig, Kenneth Gardiner.

Father:

Frederick Garvin Smith

Mother:

Mildred Gladys (Higgins) Smith

Spouse:

KennethGardiner McKay

child:

Kenneth Gardiner McKay

child:

Margaret Craig McKay