Ann Ekstrom was born in Fort Worth in 1953. Her talented mother, Beth Lea Clardy, instilled a devotion to art at an early age. Ekstrom earned a B.FA. from Texas Christian University. She received additional art training at the University of Texas at Austin and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Ekstrom's passion for art is seen in a deep body of work that ranges from printmaking to watercolor painting to highly detailed, large-scale oils. Her 72-foot painting, Hints of a Life, is permanently installed at Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus. Paintings by her are included in corporate and private collections across North Texas. Ekstrom is a popular Fort Worth lecturer and has been featured in the Kimbell Art Museum's The Artist's Eye. In addition to studio work, Ekstrom has served as a painting instructor for Texas Christian University's Extended Education program and teaches in her studio near the TCU campus. She has been chosen by the office of Fort Worth Public Art to design a project at North Z. Boaz Park for the Bomber Heights neighborhood. Ekstrom is a long-time promoter of Art in the Metroplex, and a former steering committee member of EASL (Emergency Artists' Support League). She has served on the Exhibition Advisory Panel of the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. Artspace 111 in Fort Worth represents her. She recently had a show at the Grace Museum in Abilene and has an upcoming show at the Martin Museum of Art on the Baylor campus in Waco.
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ANN EKSTROM, American (b. 1953)
EDUCATION:
The School of the Fort Worth Art Center Museum
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Texas Christian University, BFA, 1980
The University of Texas at Austin
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2013
Fort Worth Community Art Center Tenth Annual Invitational Exhibition
Suitable Subjects Grace Museum, Abilene TX Group Exhibition
"Like" Group exhibition Artspace 111 Fort Worth, TX
Velveasl invitational auction benefitting EASL
Selection Committee Fort Worth Public Art Handley Historic District
Monoprint Workshop for Fort Worth Women's Club
Juror for Main Street Arts Festival prizes for 2013 fair
Visiting Artist for Baylor University Art Department Spring Semester
Ongoing studio classes at 3200 Greene Ave.
2012
Work exhibited at Dallas Art Fair by Artspace 111 Gallery
Ongoing exhibition of work at Artspace 111
Juror for Main Street Arts Festival- artist selection for 2013 festival
2 Day workshop for Sid Richardson Museum Education Dept.
1 day monoprint workshop for Fort Worth ISD Art teachers in my studio
2011
Solo Exhibitions Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Conversations, Situations and Meditations Fort Worth Community Art Center Satellite Gallery
Work exhibited at Dallas Art Fair by Artspace 111 Gallery
Artspace FWADA Spring Gallery Night and Fall Gallery Night
Ongoing exhibition of work at Artspace 111
Juror for Main Street Arts Festival -prizes
Juror for Fort Worth Stock Show Art Contest
Juror for Abilene ISD Young Masters Competition
2010
"Preservation is the Art of the City" group exhibition by Historic Fort Worth, inc.
Bill and Gail Landreth Award in honor of Gene Owens
Fort Worth Public Art project at Z. Boaz Park for "Bomber Heights" neighborhood
Work exhibited at Dallas Art Fair by Artspace 111 Gallery
Artspace 111 Fort Worth FWADA Spring Gallery Night
Ongoing exhibition of work at Artspace 111
2010
"Full Bloom: The paintings of Ann Ekstrom with prints by her mother Beth Lea Clardy" The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX
Work exhibited in Dallas Art Fair by Artspace 111
Artspace 111 Fort Worth FWADA Spring Gallery Night
Ongoing exhibition of work at Artspace 111
Fort Worth Public Art project at Z. Boaz Park for "Bomber Heights" neighborhood
Preservation is the Art of the City Award in honor of Gene Owens for "TCU-Continuity and Change" Fort Worth Community Art Center
2009
Featured Artist for "Preservation is the Art of the City" group exhibition by Historic Fort Worth, Inc. Fort Worth Community Art Center
Work exhibited at Dallas Art Fair by Artspace111
Art in the Metroplex Juror: David Pagel "Dresden"
Curated exhibition Landers Machine Shop Gallery Spring Arts Goggle, Juror Main Street Arts Festival Fort Worth
"Selections" Artspace111 Gallery Artists FWADA Spring Gallery Night, Fort Worth Community Art Center
Gallery talk at Baylor University, Waco
2008
""WORTHwhile" Artspace 111 group exhibition
Friends of EASL Invitational co-curator and exhibitor
Art in the Metroplex Claud M. Vance Memorial Prize Juror: Eleanor Hartney
"Across a Crowded Room" Ann Ekstrom and Nancy Lamb Two Person Exhibition, Curated by Scott Barker Fort Worth Community Art Center
Artspace 111 Fall Gallery Night group exhibition
Group Show Fourth Street Gallery Lampasas, TX
Co-chair EASL" Art Heist" fundraiser Artspace 111
Selected for Project Fort Worth Public Art
Juror 2009 Main Street Arts Festival
2007
Fort Worth Public Art Design Charrette South Rosedale
Cherry Spring Festival "Texas Five" works exhibited
David Dike Gallery Shows
Artists against Aids Fort Worth Community Art Center
Exchange Nine Group Exhibition Spring Gallery night Fort Worth Community Art Center
Preservation is the Art of the City Historic Fort Worth, Inc. FWCAC
"Texas Five" Museum for East Texas Culture Palestine, TX
2006
Various "Texas Five" shows at David Dike Gallery, Dallas
9" x 12" group exhibition Fort Worth Community Art Center
2005
"MONOPRINT" The Gallery Fort Worth, Texas
"Animals and? Marigold Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico
"EAP COMMITIEE" group exhibition Fort Worth Community Art Center
"PRESERVATION IS THE ART OF THE CIlY' invitational exhibition
George Grammer prize Fort Worth Public Library Gallery
2004
"REALIlY BITES" group exhibition Artspacell1 Fort Worth, Texas
"THE MENTOR & HIS PROTEGE'S" group exhibition Carillon Gallery, Tarrant County College
SMALL WORKS" group exhibition The Gallery Fort Worth, Texas
'THE FLOWER IN ART' group exhibition Gallery206 Granbury, Texas
2003
"EXCHANGE NINE" Group Exhibition Fort Worth Public Library Gallery
"25" Group exhibition Carol Henderson Gallery Fort Worth, Texas
2002
Chrysanthemum Project Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Lecture Series for the Docents of the Sid Richardson Museum
2001
"OUT OF THE DUSlY DRAWER" one person exhibition, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, Texas
"CONTEMPORARY REALISM" group exhibition, Carol Henderson Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
"GROUP SHOW" So Hyun Gallery, NY, NY
Group Exhibition, Upstate Art Gallery, Phonecia, NY
Teacher for ''Young Artist Workshop Series" Kimbell Museum of Art
2000
"EXCHANGE NINE" group exhibition, Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center
"Nuts and Bolts and Magic" Gallery talk in" The Artist's Eye" lecture series, Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth, Texas
1999
"ART IN THE METROPLEX", Juror: Clint Wilhour
Monoprint show at SE campus
1998
"EXCHANGE NINE" group exhibition, Contemporary Art Center of Fort Worth
"MONOPRINTS-BETH LEA CLARDY & ANN EKSTROM,” Gainsco Building Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
"CURRENTS IN CONTEMPORARY ART", Fort Worth International Center
Permanent Installation of "Hints of a Life: Remembering my Father"
Tarrant County Junior College - Southeast Campus Library, Arlington, Texas
Staff Choice for "Best Artist" in the 1998 "Best of the West-o-Plex" issue of The Fort Worth Weekly
1997
"THE UNBROKEN LINE- 100 YEARS OF FELLOWSHIP" juried exhibition
The Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1996
"HINTS OF A LIFE- REMEMBERING MY FATHER, " Site Specific installation, Solo Exhibition, Carillon Gallery, Tarrant County Junior College-South Campus, Fort Worth, Texas
"ART IN THE METROPLEX," Juror: Luis Jimenez, Brown-Lupton Gallery, Texas Christian University
"DEFINING TERRITORY, " Three person exhibition, Haggar Gallery University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
"THREE TEXAS REALISTS", Three Person Exhibition, Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, Breckenridge, Texas
"TEN PLUS ONE", Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas
Group Exhibitions, Carol Henderson/Artenergies Galleries
"LIMITED ENGAGEMENT AND AVAILABILITY", Participant, Performance
Work by Ed Blackburn performed at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Ed Blackburn, Linda Blackburn, Jim Malone, Ann Ekstrom, Brian Fridge
1995
"ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL-ART AND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM" Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
"ANN EKSTROM -RECENT WORK", Solo Exhibition, Carol Henderson Gallery Fort Worth, Texas
"TEN TEXAS PRINTMAKERS", curated by Wade Wilson; University of Maryland- Eastern Shores, Princess Anne, Maryland;
Valmora Ranch Gallery, Valmora, New Mexico
"RELATIVE TALENT" , Beth Lea Clardy, Robert Ekstrom, Denise Rabalais Ekstrom, Gwen Clardy Sylvester, Ann Clardy Ekstrom
North Texas Health Science Center Atrium Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1994
"PROCESS 2llit TRANSITION - WORKS BY VERA BARNETT AND ANN EKSTROM", Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas
BRECKENRIDGE FINE ARTS CENTER NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION Juror: Joe Bohler, First Place Award, Breckenridge, Texas
Group Exhibitions at Artenergies Gallery
Completed Mural at 8.0 Restaurant, Sundance Square, Fort Worth, Texas
1993
TEMPLETON ART CENTER 15TH ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP COMPETITION
Juror: Mark Thistlethwaite, First Place Award
"FOR MEMBERS ONLY", Arlington Museum of Art, Juror: Annegrith Nill,
"Top Banana Award", Arlington, Texas
"THIRD ANNUAL COMPETITION" CAAA Metroplex Chapter, Juror Ed Blackburn, First Place Award for Watercolor, Best of Show Award
"AN EXHIBITION OF FORT WORTH ARTIST'S & COMPANY" Tarrant County Junior College Northwest Campus, Fort Worth, Texas
Group exhibitions at Artenergies Gallery
1992
"WATERCOLORS AND PASTELS", three person exhibition, Templeton Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
"URBAN FLOCK", The Blue Door Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
TEMPLETON ART CENTER FACULTY SHOW
"SECOND ANNUAL MEMBERS JURIED EXHIBITION", Southwest Society of Watercolor Artists, Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas
"CHRISTMAS AT ARTENERGIES" Artenergies Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1991
TEMPLETON ART CENTER FACULTY SHOW
1989
"A ONE PERSON EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY ANN EKSTROM” Tarrant County Junior College Northwest Campus, Fort Worth, Texas
"WOMEN OF WORTH", Tarrant County Arts Alliance
1988
"FIRST ANNUAL TEN COUNTY ART EXHIBITION", Juror: Eugene Binder Best of Show Award, TOC NW Campus
1986
"FAVORITE PLACES, FAVORITE THINGS", Three Person Show Art Corner Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
"ART IN THE METROPLEX", Moudy Gallery, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
POSITIONS HELD:
Steering Committee Member of EASL (The Emergency Artist's Support League)
Faculty, Extended Education, TCU
Fort Worth Community Art Center Exhibition Advisory Panel