Originally from Vauxhall, New Jersey, Bevadine Zoma Terrell came to Washington, D.C. in 1969 to attend Howard University. She received the B.F.A. in 1973 and M.F.A. with a focus in Sculpture in 1983. In 1993 she received the EdD in Educational Administration from Nova Southeastern University in 1993.
She began her 35-year education career as an Art educator in D.C. Public schools and advanced in her career to the position of Assistant Principal and Principal. After retirement in 2008, she participated in numerous administrative and teaching opportunities: Served for five years as a Camp Director for The Langston Terrace Dwellings Public Housing Project in Northeast Washington, D.C. and as an Art Teacher at The Bishop Walker School for Boys which is located in Southeast, Washington, D.C. Throughout her collegiate and professional career her concentration has been on education, young people and Art.
Presently Bevadine is redirecting her time and artistic abilities to creating a new mixed-media art series. Using memories of people, places and events from her life as her inspiration, she has created a series called "My Coloured Girls". These artworks embody and project spiritual energy, peace, love, happiness, life's memory vignettes, harmony, emotions and feelings, power, calmness, purpose, strength and history. Each "Coloured Girl" has an accompanying written mini vignette. One of her "Coloured Girls" was featured on the cover of the November issue of "East of The River "Magazine titled "Zoma's Butterfly in honor of my 98-year-old mother.