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Terry Ekasala received her education at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale before spending several decades in Paris, eventually returing to live and work in East Burke, VT in 2001. She was awarded the Vermont Prize in 2023, a prestigious recognition for which she was selected by Chrissie Iles, the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator at The Whitney Museum of American Art. About Ekasala’s work, Iles has written, “In Terry Ekasala’s abstract paintings, perceivable subjects – figures, landscapes, interiors, objects – are evoked, yet never fully revealed. This ambiguity of form, rendered through a deep understanding of the narrative and haptic power of translucently rendered color, suspends the image somewhere between abstract composition and storytelling, creating interior, psychological spaces evoking memory and place.”