

Esther Garcia Eder
Boston, MA
About the Artist
Esther was born in Buenos Aires Argentina, and studied painting as a young woman under renowned Argentine painter "Emilio Petorutti":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Pettoruti. At 24 she moved to the United States, married, and raised seven children. She returned to painting full time in 1980 and since then she has lived and worked in Boston for many years, and has studios in Boston and Vinalhaven Maine.
Esther has shown and continues to show her work in France, Maine, and Boston. Esther participated in the 2003 Florence Biennale and her work is in the collections of the Rose Museum…
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Esther was born in Buenos Aires Argentina, and studied painting as a young woman under renowned Argentine painter "Emilio Petorutti":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Pettoruti. At 24 she moved to the United States, married, and raised seven children. She returned to painting full time in 1980 and since then she has lived and worked in Boston for many years, and has studios in Boston and Vinalhaven Maine.
Esther has shown and continues to show her work in France, Maine, and Boston. Esther participated in the 2003 Florence Biennale and her work is in the collections of the Rose Museum at Brandeis University, at the Morrison Library Print Collection at UC Berkeley in Berkeley California, The Print Collection at the Boston Public Library, and the Art Institute Collection in Savannah, Georgia. Esther is represented in many private collections in the United States, Argentina and Europe. Her most recent exhibitions have been in the Inter American Cultural Center (Villa Victoria) in Boston, at the Gallerie Claire de Villaret in Paris and at the New Era Gallery in Maine.
Artist’s Work







Selected Exhibitions
- Arts Walk SOWA | SOWA Open Studios
Boston, MA, 2010 - New Era Gallery
Vinalhaven, ME, 2010 - Site Specific, Art Installation event. Plexi Sail Living Seascape
Vinalhaven, ME, 2009 - "Southern Star" Solo show, paintings and works on plexi. Latin American Cultural Center, IBA
Boston, MA, 2009
Press and Accolades
- Citation for contribution to Latin American Arts from the Governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee
2011 - Grant, First Night Boston
1989, 1990, 1991
Education
- CUNY, B.A. in Fine Arts
New York, NY,1984 - Camden Art Institute, 2 year painting and life drawing program
Camden, UK,1974 - NYU, French Literature
New York, NY