Carol Prusa

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Carol Prusa
Born1956
Chicago, Illinois, US
OccupationVisual artist

Carol Prusa (1956, Chicago, IL) is an American multidisciplinary visual artist and college professor. [1] Prusa is currently a professor of Drawing and Painting at Florida Atlantic University. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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In 2024, she was nominated for the 2024 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art from the Orlando Museum of Art. [6]

Early life and Education

Carol Prusa was a science student when she decided to take drawing classes. She received her BS in Biocommunication from the University of Illinois. [7] She later went to pursue an MFA in Painting and Drawing from Drake University. [8] [9]

After graduation, Prusa took an adjunct art professor position at Iowa State University in 1986, and spent twelve years working at this institution. [10] She moved to South Florida in 1999 for a tenure track position at Florida Atlantic University. [11]

Work

Carol Prusa's work delves into scientific disciplines such as astrophysics and mathematics to comment on human relations and interactions. [12] [13] Her artistic production involves painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, fiberglass, and silverpoint technics. [14] [15]

In 2020, she presented the solo exhibition Carol Prusa: Dark Light at Boca Raton Museum of Art, about her ongoing interest in the space, the universe and cosmic events such as eclipses and other stellar phenomena manifested through two dimensional and sculptural objects. [16] [17] In 2018, the solo show Dark Energy, was on view at Endicott College, Massachusetts, about the artist's interest in the 2017 eclipse. [18]

In 2009, the one-person show Silver Linings: Delicate Drawings by Carol Prusa, took place at Polk Art Museum at Florida Southern College, an affiliate of the Smithsonian. [19] In 2007, the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville presented Coherent Structures: Recent Silverpoint Paintings by Carol Prusa. [20] The York College of Pennsylvania presented the two person exhibition Andi Steele and Carol Prusa at York College Gallery in 2007. [21]

Artworks in collections (selection)

Awards and Recognition

Prusa won prestigious awards and receive support for several artist-in-residence programs such as the Brown University Foundation Fellowship and the Kohler Artist in Industry residence at John Michael Kohler Arts Center. [23] [7]

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  8. ↑ MCINTOSH, MONIQUE (2020-03-24). "When A Former Science Student Turns To Art And Sets Her Sights On The Stars". Luxe Interiors + Design. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
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