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]
In 2024, she was nominated for the 2024 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art from the Orlando Museum of Art.[6]
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]
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 LightatBoca 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.[disambiguation needed][18]
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]
