Ina Millman

Ina Millman (born c. 1954) is a South African artist and a well-established art teacher based in Kilber Park, South Africa.[1] She paints in many different styles, including watercolours, oils, acrylics and pastels. Ina’s work can be viewed at exclusive galleries in South Africa. She has also exhibited as far afield as the Del Bello Gallery in Toronto, Canada and her paintings are on display in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Early life

Ina Millman was born around 1954 in Mondeor, South Africa.[1] She attended Mondeor Primary, Fakkel Hoërskool, and earned a BA degree at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education in 1974. She studied psychology at North-West University.[1]

Career

Whilst teaching at St. John Bosco College and later at Hill High, she attended every workshop and Art Week possible. She further studied art at the Johannesburg College of Education under Glynnis Jepp and Dorothy Momberg.

She was appointed organizer of an annual art exhibition/fundraiser at St. Martin’s Prep School for a number of years, coordinating up to twenty exhibiting artists at each function. Whilst still teaching, she studied and practiced pottery under Master Potter Anneli Jarm for seven years.

Ina Millman has been working with Art Canvas Factory since 2019 developing their watercolour canvas. She has been selling various art pieces on Art Canvas Factory canvas, developed for watercolour paints.

Exhibitions

1986 to 1988 saw her first exhibitions in Walkerville where she sold both paintings and pottery attracting a number of awards, at the annual show, for her paintings. She also participated in numerous group exhibitions with the Watercolour Society and Brush and Chisel Club at exhibitions at Norscot Manner, Rosebank, and Bryanston. She had a successful exhibition at the Coetzee Roux Gallery in Melville in August 2000.

Hard work led to her first solo exhibition held at Yapanis Gallery in July 2006, where she exhibited 70 paintings. An estimated 300 people were entertained by the late Patrick Mynhardt at the opening, and nine paintings were sold during the evening. 15 more were sold during the next two weeks.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ina Millman celebrated artist and inspiring art teacher in Kibler Park". Southern Courier. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
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