Lot 90 - Terry Ekasala - Ghost Gathering
Acrylic on Paper
2022
A6 (15x10cm) Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
ARTIST INFO
About
Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, Terry Ekasala graduated from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 1983, she set up her first studio at the Clay Hotel and Youth Hostel on Espanola Way in Miami Beach, a broken down palace of art deco dreams. Ekasala became a member of the Artifacts Art Group, which staged weekly events at Miami’s Fire and Ice nightclub. She was also part of a group of graffiti artists whose work on abandoned buildings was featured in the Miami Herald and as background in major advertising campaigns.
In 1987, Ekasala moved to Paris and eventually set up a studio in Belleville, the colorful 20th Arrondissement at La Forge where she was part of a diverse artistic community that organized the first artist squat or reclaimed studio space to become legal in Paris. During this time, her style underwent numerous changes, moving from figurative to abstract, and she exhibited widely in Paris, Berlin, and New York.
In 2001, Ekasala moved to Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. In Vermont, she has exhibited work at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury, Hall Art Foundation in Reading, and the Burlington Center for the Arts (BAC). She has also shown work at the Metalstone Gallery in New York City, Matter & Light in Boston, and in 2019, the Piermarq Gallery in Sydney, Australia.
Ekasala’s work is in numerous private collections. She resides with her family in East Burke, Vermont and creates large and small abstract paintings in what she calls her dream studio looking out over a nearby mountainside.
Education
1980/1983 | Associates Degree in Advertising
Art Institute of Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Select Exhibitions/Awards
2021 May 15 - Aug 22 | Solo Exhibition,
Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vermont
2019 May 9 | Two-person exhibition, Pendulum
Piermarq Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
2019 March 8- April 26 | Group show, Looking North
Vermont Arts Council Spotlight Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont
2018-2019 Dec 1- Feb 15 | Juried group show, 4th Annual Arts Connect
Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
2018 May 12 - Nov 25 | Group show, Made In Vermont
Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vermont
2017 Aug - Sep | Two-person exhibition
The Gallery at WREN, Bethlehem, New Hampshire
2017 June 2 - July 13 | Solo show, Speak Up
Matter & Light Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2017 Jan 6 - Feb 6 2017 | Group show, Gala Season Review
The Gallery at WREN, Bethlehem, New Hampshire
2017 Jan 14 - Mar 12 | Juried group show, 2nd Annual Arts Connect
Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
2016 April 25 - May 2nd | Artist residency, Vermont Artist Week
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, Vermont
2015/16 Nov-Jan 2016 | Juried group show, Catamount Arts Juried Members Show
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
2015 Nov | Group show, Process/Result
337 Project Space, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2015 Jan 5-11 | Group show, New Work City
Momenta Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014, Sep 24-28 | Group show, Second Family
Rivington Street Gallery, New York, New York
2014 Feb/Mar | Solo show, Inside Out
New City Galerie, Burlington, Vermont
2012 Feb | Solo show
Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
2006 Oct/Nov | Group show, Annual Holiday Benefit Party
Aidan Savoy Gallery, New York, New York
2004 July | Solo show
Catamount Arts, Saint Johnsbury Vermont
2003 Sept/Oct | Solo show
Metalstone Gallery, New York, New York
2000 May | Solo show
Dactyl Foundation, New York, New York
1998 Nov/Jan | Group show, Le Paris Des Quartiers
Hotel de Ville, Paris, France
1995 Feb | Solo show
Bjorn Olafs, Paris 75001
1994 Jul/Aug | Group show, L’ Egaliser La Culture
Kunstmesse im Kunsthof, Berlin, Germany
1994 Mar/Apr | Group show, Belleville Belleville
Espace Belleville, Paris, France
1993 Sept | Group show
Salon d’Art Contemporain, St Gervais, France
1993 Jan | Group show, Europe’ Art sans Frontiere
Paris, France
1992/2000 | Group show, Portes Ouverts de Belleville
La Forge, Paris, France
1991 May | Solo show
Galerie Klam, Paris, France
1986 Group show
Joy Moose Gallery, Miami, Florida
1985/1987 | Collective expositions, Member of “Artifacts”
Miami, Florida
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