“作為一位藝術家的理解，去點出人們永遠試探找出萬物起源的問題，我將這些瞭解生命的渴望嵌入作品中。”— Carol Prusa 卡蘿・普魯莎
Carol Prusa holds a Master of Fine Arts from Drake University, where she specialized in painting. She is known for her meticulous silverpoint technique, an ancient and refined grayscale technique with the silver stylus, and the use of unexpected materials from sculpted resin and fiberglass to metal leaf and LED large-scale installations. Through this precise and sophisticated method, she explores the astronomic origin of life as well as the philosophy of cosmology in her silverpoint work. Carol Prusa received a SECAC Artistic Achievement Award in 2017 and awarded for 2020 Manifest Prize. Her works have been highly regarded in historical books on Silverpoint feature. Prusa participated in 2015-2016 Miami Biennale and had exhibited in many museums and important institutions including the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Boca Raton Museum, Louisiana Museum of Art and Science, etc. Her work included in excellent public and private collections, including the Perez Museum of Art, The Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), Telfair Art Museum (Savannah), Spencer Museum of Art, and the Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz Collection.
受到文藝復興圓頂教堂繪畫的啟發，Carol Prusa 開始埋首銀針筆繪畫研究，以機械紋理低調洗練的灰階，展現自成一格的創作風格。早期以半弧形體，後逐漸展現360度球體功力，近期轉向平面畫作以及大型裝置，跳脫以往球體裝置，開創新平面風格，卻仍為觀者營造無限的視覺感。深受宇宙學、自然科學所啟發，為宇宙萬物間的「未知」所著迷，也融合她於90年代所研究的俄羅斯東正教與藏傳佛教的藝術傳統。美國知名攝影師Bruce Weber 曾於展覽刊物中稱許藝術家Carol Prusa 為「當今銀針筆界最具創新力的藝術家之一」，她將古老的銀針筆技法，結合雕刻樹脂、玻璃纖維、金屬箔甚至是LED燈等當代媒材，根據其複雜程度與規模，一件作品可能需耗費數千小時才得以完成。
Carol Prusa 作品，現正於台北·仁愛「Mental Space 精神空間」群展展出中。
「Mental Space 精神空間」群展
■ 展期：2021.7.27 – 2021.9.30
■ 地點：
Bluerider ART, 台北·仁愛
Tue.-Sat. 9am-6pm
10F., No. 25-1, Sec. 4, Renai Rd., Taipei
