About Terra

Terra is a classical artist who uses traditional media to create her artwork. She paints, draws, etches, and sculpts.
Her work is a reminder of the beauty both inside and outside us and a celebration of Nature’s magic. Terra chooses to show us light instead of darkness, beauty instead of hideousness, focusing our attention towards positive energy to elicit change.
She portrays the human spirit in Nature in order to reveal Nature’s spirit in humans.
Terra’s look at the world invites us to slow down and connect with nature and humanity’s past, nourishing the deeper parts of ourselves.

 

Biography

Terra is an American painter based in Malta.

At seven years old, Terra took her first painting class.  She continued taking private lessons.  Each of Terra’s private teachers where important to her education and artistic growth: Sandy Prat, Javier Ramos, Margaret Meade, Dorthy Benson, and Dimitar Kruschev, and the Gallerist Shirley Medlin.

They all gave her a head start for when she finally entered the Academic setting.  At the age of 18 she went to study full time in Florence where she stayed for five and a half years. In Florence Terra attended three different academies, starting at the Angel Academy of Art, later graduated from the Painting Program at Florence Academy of Art, and also the Drawing Program at the Russian Academy of Art in Florence.

Terra works both as a painter and as a teacher. She enjoys sharing the world of painting and drawing with her students. She taught many private lessons and worked at the Barcelona Academy of Art as a teacher for three years.

She has shown in many galleries, including group shows, open studios, and solo exhibitions.
She had her first gallery showing when she was 13 years old at the Medlin Art Gallery in Leesburg, Virginia.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Exhibitions (* solo shows)

2018

  • “Bestiarum Vocabulum”, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT, USA. Group Show.
  • “Holiday Show”, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT, USA. Group Show.
  • “Aetna. Discussioni in Pittura sul Vulcano”, Oz Galleria d’Arte, Nicolosi CT, Italy. Group Show.

2017

  • “Holiday Show”, Radius Gallery, Missoula, Mt., Group Show
  • “Side by Side”, 709 Gallery, Missoula, Mt., Dual show

2016

  • “Married Landscapes”, OZ Galleria d’Arte, Catania, Italy, Dual show

2016

  • Russian Academy of Art, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, Italy, Group Show.

2015

  • Barcelona Academy of Art Exhibition, MEAM, Barcelona, Spain, Group Show
  • Barcelona Academy of Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, Group Show

2014

  • Medlin Art Gallery, Leesburg, Virginia, USA, Solo Show
  • Barcelona Academy of Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, Group Show

2012

  • Medlin Art Gallery, Leesburg, Virginia, USA, Solo Show

2010

  • Old House Vineyards, Culpepper, Virginia, USA, Solo Show
  • “Annigoni’s Legacy”, Villa Bardini, Florence, Italy, Group Show
  • “In the Shadow of Giants”, Art Space Herndon, Virginia, USA, Trio Show

2009

  • Open Studio Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings, Herndon, Virginia, USA, Solo Show
  • “Painting &Beyond”, USGS Center, Fairfax, Virginia, USA, Group Show

Bibliography

  • Southwest Artist Magazine, “21 Under 31: Young Artists to Watch in 2013”, 2013.
  • American Artist Drawing Magazine Spring / Summer issue, 2012.
  • American Artist Drawing magazine Summer Issue, Cover Competition, “Mrs. Moncrief After Henry Raeburn”, 2011.
  • American Artist Drawing Magazine Summer Issue, “Giulio”, 2010.
  • Elan Magazine, “Rising Star”, Jan. 2010.

Awards & Honors

  • Scholarship to Hudson River Valley Fellowship via Grand Central Academy, 2013
  • Second Prize. ARC Monetary Scholarship, The Art Renewal Center, Port Reading, NJ. Juried by Fred Ross and Dr. Vern Swanson, 2011.
  • First Prize. ARC Monetary Scholarship, The Art Renewal Center, Port Reading, NJ. Juried by Patricia Watwood, Peter Trippi, Fred Ross, 2010.
  • Honorable Mention. Utrecht Art Supplies Competition, 2011. Juried by Nelson Shanks, “American Artist” Editors and Utrecht Art Supplies Resident Artist.
  • First Prize. Figurative Expo at Infinity Art Gallery, 2011. Juried by Alberto Piedra Fernández, Marcella Gillenwater, Edward L. Rubin.
  • Honorable Mention. Expressions Portrait Competition, Art Space Herndon, 2009.
  • Best of Show. PAINT&BEYOND, League of Reston Artists, 2009.
  • Scholarship. League of Reston Artists, 2008.
  • Honorable Mention. TEEN EXHIBITION, Vienna Art Society, 2005.

Teaching

  • Co-Founder and Teacher, The Missoula Fine Art Studio, Missoula, USA, 2018 – current.
  • Basics of Classical Figure Drawing, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, USA, Fall 2017.
  • Ecorchée Course, La Salle-Universidad Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain, Fall 2016.
  • Figure Painting Workshop Instructor, Barcelona Academy of Art, Barcelona,
    Spain, Summer 2015.
  • Ecorchée Instructor, Barcelona Academy of Art, Barcelona, Spain, 2014-2015.
  • Painting & Drawing Instructor, Barcelona Academy of Art, Barcelona, Spain, 2013-2016.
  • Anatomy Instructor, Barcelona Academy of Art, Barcelona, Spain, 2013-2016.
  • Still Life Painting Workshop, with Maurilio Giacomo Milone, House of Random Precision, Catania, Italy, Summer 2014.
  • Private Tutoring, 2012-2016.
  • Student Teacher, Angel Academy, Florence, Italy, 2009-2010.
  • Portrait Workshop, Ajijic, Mexico, 2009.

Education

  • Portrait Drawing Workshop, Vilborg, Switzerland, under Sergey Chubirko, 2014.
  • Russian Academy of Art, under Aleksey Bakhtin and Sergey Trepak, Florence, Italy, 2012-13.
  • Anatomical Course, Ecorchée, under Jason Sullivan, Grand Central Academy of Art, New York, 2012.
  • Florence Academy of Art, graduated under Daniel Graves, Florence, Italy 2010-2011.
  • Angel Academy of Art, graduated under John Michael Angel, Florence, Italy, 2008-2010.