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Terry Ekasala Laundry, 2022 Acrylic on Paper Signed on Verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) 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 199