Esther Garcia Eder was born in Buenos Aires. She studied painting as a young woman under renowned Argentine painter Emilio Petorutti. At 24 she moved to the United States, married and raised seven children. She returned to painting full time in 1980 and since then has painted from her studios in Boston and Vinalhaven, ME. Her work has been exhibited in the U.S. and France. For more information on the artist, her exhibitions and collectors, click below.

Education

Four years of private study with Emilio Perorutti,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
CUNY, Bachelor of Fine Arts

New York University, French Literature
Art Student's League, New York Ciry, Individual Study

Camden Art Institute, London, England.
Two year painting and life drawing

Selected Exhibitions
2007

Solo show, Constellation Claire de Villaret Gallery, Paris France
Art Walk, SOWA Boston, MA
Four person show, Landscape Gallery, 170 Damariscotta Maine

2006

Opening Group Show, Red Dot Gallery Boston, MA
Got Art Group Show, Holliston.,MA

2005

Flying to Argentina, Solo show, Center for Latino
Arts,Boston MA
Monoprint Group Show, Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
Solo Show, Thayer Academy, Braintree, MA.

2004

Group Show, Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
Group Show, Nan Mulford Gallery, Rockland, ME
Inaugural Show, Center for Latin American Art, Boston, MA

2003

"Fourth International Biennial of Contemporary Art," Florence, Italy
"Drawing Project," Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
"New Work," New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME

2002

"Inaugural," Gallery G., Boston, MA
"Latin American Artists," Fleet BAnk Headquarters, Boston, MA
"Site Specific," The Red Barn, Vinalhaven, ME
"Three Painters," Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME

2001 "Magic Realism II," Musee Adzak, Paris, France
"Work on Paper," Upstairs at Johnson,s Gallery, Boston, MA
"Three Painters," Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
2000 "Inside and Out" Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
"Two Painters" Massachusetts College of Art
(Esther Garcia Eder and Michael Eder featured on "The Connection" National Public Radio)
1999 "Maine Landscape," G. Watson Gallery, Stonington, ME
"Vinalhaven Landscape," Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME

"Work on Paper" Upstairs at Johnson's Gallery, Boston, MA
"Form & Content," Hunter Insitute, Cambridge, MA
1998 "Joyous Visions," Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
"Watercolor and Prints," Upstairs at Johnson's Gallery, Boston, MA
"Island Painters," Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
1997 "Colors of the Spirit," Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 Group Show, Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
Group Show, Between the Mews Gallery, Rockland, MA
1995

Solo Exhibition, Galerie Esclaramonde, Labaule, France
Solo Exhibition Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
Group Show, Galerie Esclaramonde, Labaule, France
Group Show, Lehman Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1994

"Reflejos," USES, Group Show, Boston, MA
Solo exhibitionm Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
Vinalhaven Press Print Show, Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME


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