ABOUT BRITT ZAIST
Britt Zaist was born and raised on Long Island, N.Y. Her grandparents were successful Italian and Spanish immigrants. After living on a sailboat for 3 years, cruising the Inland Waterway, making crossings to the Bahamas with her first husband, they hit dry land and moved to New York City. There she studied at the Art Students´ League Of New York and became a Life Member.
That marriage took her to Raleigh, N.C., where she was active in several art groups. In 1992, she and her second husband, Henry Vermillion moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. They and friends established Galeria Izamal (which became the fourth gallery in town), and Britt managed it for 29 years until its closure in 2021.
She is well known for her gestural ink drawings and sumptuous abstractions in colored permanent ink.
Britt and Henry now open their home gallery and studios to the public.
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:
USA:
North Carolina: Artspace (Raleigh)
Wake Visual Arts Association (Raleigh)
Arizona: Adelante (Scottsdale).
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
USA:
A. Montague Collection
Artspace; City Art Works
Durham Art Guild
Fine Line Gallery
Goldsboro Arts Council
Horizon Gallery
NC Nature Artists
NC State
NC Watercolor Society
Raleigh Fine Arts Society
Raleigh Little Theater
Rocky Mountain Arts Center
Sertoma Arts Center
Thalassa Blue Gallery
Wilson Artists Association
Wake Visual Arts Association
Mexico:
(Mexico City) Aura Galerias
(San Miguel de Allende) Galeria Izamal
(Monterrey) Galeria Quirigua
(Leon) Galeria los Toldos; Museo de la Ciudad de Léon
(Mexico City) Companion Animal Pfizer Conference (only invited artist at a conference of 300 veterinarians)
MEMBERSHIPS:
Artspace, Artist
Art Students League of New York City, Life Member
American Watercolor Society, Associate
Wake Visual Arts Association, Artist
COLLECTIONS:
USA:
North Carolina: ARC/Wake
Associated Brokers
Branch Banking and Trust Co.
Burroughs Wellcome, Inc.
Freudenberg Spunweb Co.
Glaxo, Inc.
Guild Master Graphics, Inc.
Haijai, Inc.
Henley Paper Co.
Howard, From Stallings & Hutson, P.A.
I.B.M.
Jerry Turner & Associates
Konica Mfg., USA, Inc.
News & Observer Publishing Co.
NCNB; Sarried Ltd.
Tennessee
Knoxville Tennessee Airport
Mexico:
Museo de la Ciudad de Léon.
STUDIED WITH:
Mario Cooper, AWS, NA; Dale Meyers, AWS, NA; Maxine Masterfield, AWS;
Gustav Rehberger; Francis Cunningham; Alex Powers; Glen R. Bradshaw;
Joe Cox; Carrie Brown & Ruth Ogle.
EDUCATION:
1964-66: Russel Sage College, NY (Fine Arts major, Business Science minor)
1982-84: Art Students League of New York