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Born in 1949 in Ann Arbor, MI, USA


1971, BFA, University of Michigan



"ON BASEBALL:
As an artist and former ball player in my youth, I've made a bond with baseball. What fascinated me as a boy were the picture cards of ball players from Brooklyn, New York, Chicago and Cincinnati posed against the advertising backdrops of their ballparks.

I built my own imaginary ballpark from my erector set and pasted my own advertisements on the walls. Years later, I have taken this same passion to my painting - searching for the feel of those faraway places and to hope that one day I might visit them.

ON GOLF:
I have always be partial to games that involve a club striking an object. I love baseball and ice hockey, which I follow actively as a fan. However, it is golf that I play. Golf is a game for life, a solitary and social game, a game of honor. It is an ancient game with a history and myth. A game that involves landscape and nature which makes it such a pleasure to paint."

Vincent Scilla, March 2000

  • Solo Exhibitions
  • 1997: Turnstile, New York, NY

  • 1992: Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT

  • 1991: Union Square Gallery, New York, NY

  • 1988: Union Square Gallery, New York, NY

  • Group Exhibitions
  • 2000:
  • Viva El Beisbol Yogi Berra Museum Montclair State University, NJ

  • Spectra Digital Arts, New York, NY,

  • 1998:
  • Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY

  • Turnstile Gallery, New York, NY

  • 1996: Gallery 53, Cooperstown, NY Stealing Home

  • 1995:
  • Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, The American Pastime in Paint

  • Gallery 53, Cooperstown, NY, Touching All Bases

  • 1994: Safeco Corporation, Seattle, Washington, Glories of the Game

  • 1993: Avery Fisher Hall Lincoln Center, New York, NY

  • 1992: Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY

  • 1990: Sports and Entertainment Gallery,Venice, CA

  • 1989: Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY, Grand Slam

  • 1987:New York State Museum, Albany, NY, Diamonds are Forever…Artists and Writers on Baseball, International Tour

  • 1984: Contempary Museum of Art, Ibiza, Spain Postal Art


  • Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY

  • U.S.G.A. Golf House, Far Hills, NJ

  • The Atlanta Braves Baseball Club, Atlanta, Georgia

  • U.S. Sports Academy , Daphne, Alabama

  • Brown Brothers & Harriman , New York, NY

  • Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design , New York, NY

  • Stephen Millman, Pratts Island, CT

  • Steven Ralbovsky, New York, NY

  • San Diego Padres Baseball Club , San Diego, CA

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    Selection of paintings from Vincent Scilla

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  • 1973, Ann Arbor Film Festival Award, Ann Arbor, MI

  • 1970, Flint Annual Award, Flint Art Institute, Flint, MI


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  • Baseball Postcard Box and Golf Postcard Box Stewart. Tabori and Chang, NYC 2001.

  • Baseball: The National Pastime in Art and Literature Time-Life Books, VA, 2001.

  • Treasury of Baseball. Publications International, 1994.

  • "Play Ball: The Art of the Big Game Has Never Been More Popular." Arts & Antiques . May 1994.

  • Baseball: A Treasury of Art and Literature. Hugh Lauter Levin, 1993.

  • Baseball Glory Dreams. American Heritage, 1993.

  • Baseball. Fawcett Columbine, 1990.