（USA, b. 1956）
卡蘿‧普魯莎 Carol Prusa (美國, b.1956)畢業於美國德雷克大學(Drake University)藝術碩士，主修繪畫，現居住與創作於美國北卡羅來納州。 普魯莎傳承文藝復興時期的銀針筆繪畫技法，鑽研天文物理學，詮釋宇宙演化的混沌相互作用，經由銀針筆的精密與洗煉灰階，以大規模銀線描繪，獨樹一格地融入雕塑形式，表達宇宙奇異之美創作聞名。 獲得SECAC藝術成就獎。 作品受邀備受國際尊崇的美國藝術與文學學會(American Academy of Arts and Letters)邀請展，創作收錄於多本銀針筆歷史書冊，並獲全美十數間美術館永久收藏，包括邁阿密佩雷斯美術館(Perez Museum of Art, Miami)，紐約美術與設計博物館（Museum of Arts and Design, New York)，特爾費爾藝術博物館（Telfair Museums）、弗朗西·古德和大衛·霍爾維茨收藏，以及藝術與科學博物館（Museum of Arts and Sciences）等，並於多個包括博卡拉頓藝術博物館(Boca Raton Museum of Art)，西棕櫚灘博物館等舉辦大型個展。
科學藝術。 普魯莎Prusa自述，「我尋求傳達看不見但能感受到的振動，包括億萬年前的迴聲。像科學家一樣，我尋找解釋我們所處位置的新方法，並實現對世界的最完整理解 。」十歲從「大爆炸」理論驚奇開始，普魯莎Prusa熱衷學習微生物學、病理學，數學和天體物理學，思考事物為何如此複雜和令人不知所措，但我們的呼吸卻感覺自然、簡單和平靜？她向科學尋求答案，然而科學並沒有完全的答案，她發現透過隱喻和詩歌結合藝術與視覺的美更能得到滿足，將科學和藝術視為找到自己在宇宙位置的一種方式。 普魯莎Prusa最近的研究，包括天文宇宙生成以及生命起源演變理論，其中「奇異吸引子」(Strange Attractors，在數學中吸引子是一組狀態，動態系統趨向於演化，如果吸引子具有分形結構並且是混沌的，物理學則稱為奇異吸引子），以及「弗里德曼方程式」（Friedmann Equations，在一般相對論的框架內，描述宇宙的均勻和各向同性模型中空間擴展的一組方程式 ），利用二者互動對比進行藝術性轉換。與弗里德曼方程式不同，她的作品充滿了希望和可能性，弗里德曼方程式雖是美麗的，但對普魯莎Prusa來說並不完整，因為它們沒有解釋生命與如何存在，她的創作試圖將活在這些理念矩陣中是什麼感覺，帶著歡愉的呼吸將其視覺化，在看似隨機事件的混亂中，需要來到身邊的人事最終會來到，與有些人的相遇像詩般地運作，就像奇異吸引子一樣，生活是奇異、驚訝、複雜、美麗、混亂、不隨機卻具有韌性，混沌的交互作用。
銀針筆(Silverpoint)興盛於文藝復興時期，這個古老的技法因描繪細膩的特性而受達文西(Leonardo da Vinci)、拉斐爾(Raffaello Santi)等大師所喜愛。 文藝復興時期切尼諾・切尼尼(Cennino Cennini)所編著的繪畫技術論著《藝術之書》(Il Libro dell’Arte)中也提及，中世紀的畫室學徒必須精通銀針筆以後，才能著手學習油畫，可見此技法之高超。 受文藝復興圓頂教堂繪畫的啟發，普魯莎Prusa 開始埋首銀針筆繪畫研究，融合了對天文、自然科學，以及宇宙間神秘未知的著迷，普魯莎Prusa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燈光等當代媒介，使我們得以想像宇宙初始的混沌，根據創作複雜程度與規模，一件作品可能需耗費數千小時才得以完成。早期以半弧形體，後逐漸展現360度球體功力，近期轉向平面畫作創新。無盡的想像其實皆經精密計算及佈局，每件作品象徵已知與未知的交觸面，平衡與反复的圖形陳述宇宙運轉的邏輯。 美國藝評家Margherita Dessanay評論，「卡蘿・普魯莎Carol Prusa 使用藝術來研究宇宙的無限奇蹟，也在她的當代作品為宇宙能量創造了新視野。」「未知」雖然讓人卻步，卻也同時使人期待，普魯莎Prusa的銀針筆繪畫詮釋宇宙演化核心的混沌相互作用，宇宙間無形的力量，也得以呈現在我們眼前。
2024年藍騎士藝術Bluerider ART上海·外灘重磅新展「卡蘿‧普魯莎：奇異吸引子」（Carol Prusa：Strange Attractors）-中國首個展，呈現多達15件從半球體到平面全新創作 。 挑高展廳中一幅長達九公尺捲軸畫《奇異吸引子》提到一個人體的脈輪，或是流向所有外在的能量線。在捲軸的另一面，藝術家作詩談論活著的感覺，以及宇宙的弗里德曼方程式，來傳達宇宙演化中的混沌交互，人類存在的敬畏，她尋求給薄薄的空間以形式，喚起黑暗物質既包圍又連結在一起，生活於這奇異之美中的歡愉感。 另一組《未知》是一系列四幅作品，描述了第一次引發我們存在可能性的奇異點《破裂世界》，到原子和分子的出現，這是對所有可能性的挑戰，結果導致了生命 《粒子沒有目的》，以及我們所在的本地星系和銀河系的開放《繁衍濃縮管》在局部星系中的位置，第四幅《概率的解聚》是未來，暗示著擴張後，我們可能會反彈並在另一次大爆炸中回彈，或者不會…。 普魯莎Prusa將這些優雅的科學方程式與自己的寫作繪畫結合，這項創作是對藝術家核心理念 「萬物理論」的貢獻。 另最新手工一本手風琴形式折疊於絲綢精裝內的藝術書《奇異吸引子》，拉開為長達2米的捲軸，當懸掛於牆面上時，優美如詩般的藝術圖騰為觀眾建立了一座進入她世界的橋樑，向世人展示在爭議的宇宙觀念中，在呼吸和作畫時所感受到的與所有人的美麗和相互聯繫，正如瑪麗·奧利弗Mary Oliver在《上游》(Upstream)中美麗地寫道，「藝術的關注點在邊緣，以及如何將邊緣之外的無形，轉化為有形形式。」(Its (arts) concern is the edge, and the making of a form out of the formlessness that is beyond the edge.)
Carol Prusa “Silver Linings” Solo Exhibition, Polk Museum of Art, Florida
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Education
1985 Master of Fine Arts, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
1980 Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois Medical Center, Urbana, Illinois
Academic Employment
2021- Professor Emeritus
1999-2021 Florida AtlanPc University, Boca Raton, Florida, Professor Visual Arts
1986-1998 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Assistant Professor Visual Arts
Selected Solo and Curated Exhibitions
2025 Strange Attractors, Bluerider ART, London, UK
2024 Strange Attractors, Bluerider ART, Shanghai, China
2024 Southeast Contemporary,Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon, GA
2024 Golden Invitational, Golden Foundation, New Berlin, New York
2024 Florida Prize, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
2024 Disrupting the Grid, Gentler International Drawing Space, Red Hook, New York
2023 Homeland Universe, Bluerider ART, London
2023 Bookbound, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
2022 Porous Boundaires, the Schmidt Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2022 Body Parts, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
2021 Mental Space, Bluerider ART, Shanghai
2021 Tenacity, 5-person exhibition, Chautauqua Institution, New York
2021 Unknowing, Ann Norton Sculpture Garden and Museum, Palm Beach
2020 Many Moons, Manifest Prize solo exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2020 Spooky Action, Bluerider ART Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2020 Ossuary, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), Milwaukee, WI
2019 DarkLight, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, USA
2019 Scale the Wall, presented large-scale projection installation “Folded Worlds” in a three person show at the Sonshan Creative and Cultural park, Taipei, Taiwan – sponsored by Bluerider ART
2018 Carol Prusa – Silverpoint Drawing, Bluerider ART Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 Dark Energy, Endicott College, Massachusetts, USA
2018 The Future of Craft Part I, Museum of Arts and Design, Columbus Circle, NYC
2018 FLAT???, Kentler International Drawing Space, Red Hook, NYC
2018 Feminine, Alan Avery Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2018 Silver Lining; Contemporary Works in Silverpoint, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Mississippi, USA
2017 Liminal Worlds, Messiah College, Pennsylvania, USA
2017 Voids, Walls, Clusters, Filaments, Le Salon Vert, Geneva, Switzerland
2017 Thin Spaces, Art Center Sarasota, Florida, USA
2017 Glasstress, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, USA
2017 Looking Back, Cornell Art Museum, Florida, USA
2016 Infinite Cosmos, Bluerider ART Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 Cornell Art Museum, Florida, USA
2016 All Florida Invitational, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, USA
2016 Destinesia, Stephen Romano Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2016 Worlds, Bascomb Museum, Western North Carolina, USA
2015 Overflow, Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2015 University of North Carolina, North Carolina, USA
2015 Unfathomable, Alan Avery Gallery, Georgia, USA
2015 Metalpoint, Morris Graves Museum, USA
2015 Illuminations (Curated by Adriana Herrera), Miami Biennale, Miami, Florida, USA
2015 Invitational Exhibition, American Academy, New York, USA
2015 Crossing the Lines, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, New York, USA
2015 Art in the Natural World and Cultured Settings (Curated by Bernice Steinbaum), Miami, USA
2014 Silver Universe, Bluerider ART Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Entanglement, Sarasota Art Center, Florida, USA
2014 Fearful Symmetry, Florida Atlantic University, Zadok Gallery, Miami, USA
2014 Mixed Matrix, Tinney Contemporary, Tennessee, USA
2014 Collectors and their Collections, Jewish Museum, Miami, USA
2014 Kohler 40th Anniversary Artist in Industry Exhibition, Kohler Art Center, Wisconsin, USA
2014 Selected Artists, Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Florida, USA
2013 Emergent Worlds, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Wyoming, USA
2013 Liminal Worlds, York College, Pennsylvania, USA
2013 Curator Selections, Hunter Museum of American Art, Tennessee, USA
2013 GRAM Selects, Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Michigan, USA
2012 Emergent Worlds, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Michigan, USA
2012 Optic Nerve, Kohler Art Center, Wisconsin, USA
2012 Non-equilibrium, University of Arkansas, Arkansas, USA
2012 Empire of Things, University Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas, USA
2012 Modern and Contemporary Art from the Telfair, Telfair Art Museum, Jepson Center’s Steward Gallery, Georgia, USA
2012 Woman to Woman, Bakehouse Art Center, Miami, USA
2011 Believe it or Not, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Florida, USA
2010 Between Here and There: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection (Curated by Peter Boswell, Senior Curator), Miami Art Museum, Miami, USA
2010 Cosmic Fabric, EO Art Lab, Connecticut, USA
2009 Successive Approximations, University of Maine Museum of Art, Maine, USA
2009 Silver Linings, Polk Museum of Art, Florida, USA
2008 Spooky Action, Finestra Artspace, Chicago, USA
2007 Coherent Structures, Museum of Contemporary Art, Florida, USA
Public Collections
Arkansas Arts Center, Arkansas, USA
Appalachian State University, Catherine Smith Gallery, North Carolina, USA
Bienes Center for the Literary Art, Broward County Library, Florida, USA
Central Missouri State University, President’s Gallery, Missouri, USA
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Missouri, USA
Drake University, Harmon Fine Arts Center, Iowa, USA
Emaar Hospitality Group, Dubai, UAE
Evansville Museum of Art and Science, Indiana, USA
Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA
Hunter Museum of American Art, Tennessee, USA
Iowa State University, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Iowa, USA
Iowa State University, Margaret Sloss Women’s Center, Iowa, USA
Iowa State University, Memorial Union, Iowa, USA
Kohler Art Center, Wisconsin, USA
Kohler Company, Wisconsin, USA
Messiah College, Pennsylvania, USA
Miami Art Museum, Florida, USA
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, USA
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Florida, USA
Polk Museum of Art, Florida, USA
Telfair Museum, Savannah, Georgia, USA
University of Florida – Public Art, Wellness Center, Florida, USA
University of Florida – Public Art, NIMET Nanotechnology, USA
University of Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas, USA
University of Oregon Special Collections, University Library, Oregon, USA
University of Wyoming Museum of Art, Wyoming, USA
U.S. Embassy, Managua, Nicaragua
Wartburg College, Iowa, USA
Noted Private Collections
Agnes Gund Foundation
Francie Bishop Good Collection/Girl’s Club
Time Equities Inc – Francis Greenberger Collection
Selected Honors
2024 Arts AVL – Buncombe County ArPst Support Grant ($3000)
2023 Golden FoundaPon ArPst Residency, New York
2020 Selected through peer review (20 panelists) for the Manifest Prize ($5000 award and solo show at non-profit Manifest Gallery
in CincinnaP “to reward, showcase….the most excepPonal artwork being made today”
2020 Selected for Scientific Delirium Madness; a month-long residency, public and academic forums, published blogs and articles in
LEONARDO/ISAST’s journal published by MIT Press. This unique residency is a collaborative initiative of Leonardo/The
International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST) and Djerassi Resident Artists Program (6 artists and 6
scientists)
2019 Edwards Distinguished Professor in the Arts, Visiting Artist, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
2019 Vermont Studio Program, Invited Visiting Artist (Dec. 2019)
2018 Nomination for USA Artist Fellowship
2017 Awarded SECAC Artistic Achievement Award at 2017 national conference, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2017 Nomination for USA Artist Fellowship
2016 Artist residency in glass at Berengo Foundation, Murano, Italy
2015 Nominated and selected for American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational (Received purchase award for museum
collection), New York, USA
2015 Vermont Studio Program, Invited Visiting Artist/Lecturer
2014 State of Florida Artist Fellowship
2014 Southeastern College Art Conference Artist Fellowship
2013 Art OMI International Artist Residency, New York, USA
2013 Vermont Studio Program, Visiting Artist
2012 Ubertalli Award for Outstanding Artist, Palm Beach County
2012 Kohler Artist in Industry residency
2011 Scholar of the Year at the Professor rank, Florida Atlantic University
2008 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists
2008 State of Florida Artist Fellowship
2007 Howard Foundation Fellowship, Brown University, National project award
2007 Included in: Miami Contemporary Artists, ed., Paul Clemence and Julie Davidow Foreword by Elisa Turner, Schiffer Publishing
Ltd., 2007; 288 pp.
2007 Art In State Buildings Program – public art contract for the Nanotechology Building, University of Florida – Gainesville
2005 University Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, FAU
2004 SECAC Artist Fellowship Award, Southeastern College Art Conference
2003 Teacher of the Year, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, FAU
2003 University Researcher of the Year, Assistant Professor Level, FAU
2003 Corporeal – Triennial Exhibition of German and American Artists curated by and exhibited at the American Museum of Arts and
Design, NYC and the Museum of Angewandte Kunst – Frankfurt
2002 State of Florida Artist Fellowship2002 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists
BOCA：美國佛羅里達博卡拉頓藝術博物館呈現「卡蘿．普魯莎：黑暗之光」- Boca Magazine：Down to a Science
- Luxe Magazine Article：Cosmic LIGHT
- THE Art Economist
- SECAC Review：Carol Prusa
