Education
2009 Wesleyan University, Bachelor of Arts
2005 Durham School of the Arts
Exhibitions
2009 “Untitled”, Sumi-e painting exhibited at the Durham Arts Council, Durham NC, in the Guild Members show.
2009 Sumi-e painting exhibit at the Usdan University Center at Wesleyan University.
Work Experience
2009-Present Art instructor, Safe Passage/ Camino Seguro, Guatemala City.
2008-2009 Gallery Monitor at the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University.
2007-2008 Art teacher for children ages 5-20 at Safe Passage/ Camino Seguro in Guatemala City. Facilitated an art program fostering hope, health, education, self-sufficiency, self-esteem and confidence.
2008 Exhibit Designer and Coordinator for “Las Sillas de Esperanza” (Chairs of Hope), part of the “Exposición Colectiva: el arte con rostro de mujer” at Museo Ixchel in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2008 Event Organizer and Fundraiser for “Chairs of Hope” (“Las Sillas de Esperanza”), at Escuela Sevilla in Antigua, Guatemala.
Summer, 2007 Assistant, custom framing and signage at Fisher Graphic Arts in Durham, North Carolina.
Background Information
Wright-Eakes was born in Durham, N.C. She immersed herself in arts instruction daily throughout her formative years. Her talents spanned drawing, painting, photography, jewelry and bookmaking.
Later study under master woodblock printer and sumi-e painter Keiji Shinohara allowed Wright-Eakes the opportunity to bring her range of skills and passion into focus. She extended the boundaries of sumi-e into modern abstract landscapes, finding satisfaction in the limitless expression and spontaneity allowed by the movement of ink. Wright-Eakes incorporates drawing, painting, college and other media to develop her unique style of sumi-e painting.
Wright-Eakes currently lives and works in Guatemala City.