Ed Trask, after growing up in Loudoun County VA. left his rural existence,, moved to Richmond VA. and enrolled into the Virginia Commonwealth University’s painting program. While in school he spent every waking hour playing music in the mid 80’s Richmond punk scene and painting. By his third year in school, after many attempts to get gallery attention, he decided to make the many dilapidated buildings surrounding his school his gallery. Paintings were painted directly on buildings, or done on boards and screwed onto the buildings illegally until the city was covered. In 1992 Ed graduated with a painting degree and moved to Washington D.C. where he started touring with Dischord records band the Holy Rollers, and continued to paint illegal murals all over the world while on tour. Three years later he moved back to Richmond to join the band Kepone and continue painting murals while touring . While the demand for his paintings started to grow, he figured he should start a gallery and make a go at mural and sign work. Since then the work has never stopped flowing in, and Ed’s paintings and murals have been collected into many permanent collections including , G.E. Capitol One, Fortune Magazine, N.B.C. Philip Morris, Media General, VCU , Mars and Play inc. Ed now plays in the bands AVAIL , Heks Orkest, and Corntooth .He continues to paint murals and canvasses , creates collaborative projects , works as a corporate creative consultant. and organizes community mural projects around the world. Ed has gallery shows nationwide and has his studio in Richmond Virginia where he lives with his beautiful wife and two children….