Carol Prusa
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
1985, Master of Fine Arts
Major: Painting, Minor: Drawing
University of Illinois Medical Center, Urbana, Illinois
1980, Bachelor of Science
Major: Biocommunication Arts, Emphasis: Medical Illustration
Academic Employment
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Associate Professor, 2003-current
Assistant Professor, Tenure track Fall 1999-current
Department of Art, Dorothy Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1986-1998
Department of Art and Design, College of Design
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
Assistant Professor, Non-tenure track, Summers, 1986-1990
Department of Fine Art, College of Arts and Sciences
University of Illinois Medical Center, Urbana, Illinois
Clinical Instructor in Biocommunication Arts, 1981-1983
College of Associated Health Professions
Selected Honors
2005 Art In State Buildings Program – public art contract for
College of Nursing Building, Florida Atlantic University
2005 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois
Residency, National Juried Application
2005 University Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award
Florida Atlantic University
2004 SECAC Fellowship Award, Southeastern College Art Conference
2004 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Residency, International Juried application
2004 Awarded website through Southern Artist Registry
2002 Researcher of the Year Assistant Professor Level
Florida Atlantic University
2003 Teacher of the Year, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
2002 Florida State Artist Grant, State-wide juried application
2002 Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale
Painting, Fertile Uncanny, 48” x 84” placed in the permanent
collection
2002 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media
Artists
Regional Juried Application
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Selected Honors, cont.
2001 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois
Residency, National Juried Application
1999 Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Natl. Juried
Residency as Associate Artist - Selected by Master Artist, Alison Saar
1998 Faculty Award for Extraordinary Performance
College of Design Award, Iowa State University
1998 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois
Residency
National Juried Application
1997 Open Studio-The Arts Online Program
Minneapolis Telecommunications Network and Intermedia Arts
Regional Juried Application
1997 Commission
Dean’s Portrait
College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Iowa State University
1997 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois
Residency
National Juried Application
1996 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois
Residency
National Juried Application
1995 Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Residency as Associate Artist - Selected by Master Artist, David Salle
National Juried Application
1994 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois
Residency
National Juried Application
1993 Commissioned painting
President's Gallery
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
1993 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois
Residency
National Juried Application
1990 Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Residency as Associate Artist
Selected by Master Artist, Jack Beal, National Juried Application
1983-5 Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, Graduate Fellowship
Selected Awards (1995-current)
2004 All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition (second place)
Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2004 South Florida Soho Juried Exhibition, (Best-in-show)
Broadway Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale
(juror: Irvin Lippman, Director, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art)
2003 Halpert Biennial (Best-In-Show Director's Award)
Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State Univ., Boone, North Carolina
2003 All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition (Best-in-show)
Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
Carol G. Prusa
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Selected Awards cont.,
2003 Hollywood All Media Juried Biennial (Best-in-Show)
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
2003 Greater Midwest International, XVIII (Top three award)
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
2002 All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition
Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida (Award of Distinction)
2002 Art Encounters 2002 (Bonnie Clearwater, Juror)
The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida (honorable mention)
2001 Question of Faith (Eleanor Heartney, Juror)
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
2001 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition (Bernice Steinbaum, Juror)
Artists Unlimited Gallery, Tampa, Florida (Third Place)
2001 Places to Rest (Juror’s Award)
Fine Arts Gallery, Broward Community College, Davie, Florida
2000 59th Annual Juried Exhibition (Award of Distinction)
Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Utah
2000 Northern National (Benefactor Award)
Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
2000 Beyond the Fringe (Award of Distinction)
Lowe Art Museum, Miami
2000 Juried Exhibition (Second Place)
Anne Norton Sculpture Garden and Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida
2000 Art 2000 – A Multi-Media Biennial Juried Event (Best-in-Show)
Nathan D. Rosen Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
1999 49th Annual Quad-State ; Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri (Best-in-Show)
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois
1999 Bi-State Annual - Illinois and Iowa (Honorable Mention)
Davenport Art Museum, Iowa, Regional Juried
1998 Florida National Combined Talent s (Award of Honor)
Florida State University, National Juried
1998 Spiva Biennial (Third Place Award)
Spiva Center for the Arts, Joslin, Missouri, National Juried
1998 Iowa Artists in Time and Spaces (First Place)
Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa, Regional Juried
1998 6-State Annual Juried Exhibition (Painting Award)
Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Regional Juried
1998 Women Collectively (Honorable Mention)
621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, National Juried
1998 33rd Annual Area Show (Painting Award)
Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa
Carol G. Prusa
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Selected Awards cont.,
1997 16th Annual Hoyt National (Merit Award)
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, Penn., National Juried
1997 56th Annual National (Award of Honor)
Braithwaite Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah, National
Juried
1995 The Halpert Biennial (Directors Award, First Place)
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, National Juried
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (1994-current)
One Person Exhibitions
2005 Silverpoint Painting, Carol Prusa
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Arkansas
2005 RecentWork, Carol Prusa
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2004 RecentWork, Carol Prusa
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida
2004 RecentWork, Carol Prusa
Dominican University, Chicago, Illinois
2004 RecentWork, Carol Prusa
J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida
2003 New Work, Carol Prusa
Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, Florida
2003 New Work, Carol Prusa
Miami-Dade Community College, Kendall, Florida
2002 Recent Work; Carol Prusa
Palm Beach Community College, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
2002 Recent Work; Carol Prusa
Coral Springs Art Museum, Coral Spring, Florida
1999 Selections
Wartburg College, Dubuque, Iowa
1999 Cuts, Snarls, and Snags:Installation, performance, exhibition
Waterloo Art Museum, Iowa
1999 Carol Prusa
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
1998 Lines
Iowa Wesleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa
1998 Artspaces -Installation
Iowa City, Iowa
1998 Cuts, Snarls, and Snags-Installation
Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1997 Spit, Spittle, and Spew
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
1997 Divine Iconoclasm, Catherine Smith Gallery
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Carol G. Prusa
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Several Person Exhibition
2005 New Life (three person exhibition)
Gallery 621, Tallahassee, Florida
2004 Drawing Now
ArmoryArt Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2004 FAU South
Living Room Building, Design District, Miami Beach, Florida
2003 Out of Nature
South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida
2003 International Award Winners – Three-person exhibition
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
2002 Quatre Femmes (four-person)
Gallery Yes, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1998 Three Artists
Peng Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1997 Recent Work
Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota
1996 Accumulations (two-person)
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee
1996 Selections 1993-1995, Carol Prusa, Ingrid Lilligren
Harmon Fine Arts Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
1996 Entanglements: Carol Prusa, Ingrid Lilligren
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
International Juried
2003 Greater Midwest International, XVIII
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
2001 Greater Midwest International, XVI
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
2000 Greater Midwest International, XV
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
1998 First International
Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1997 Greater Midwest International, XII
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
1996 Third Annual Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition
(five paintings)
Rodger LaPelle, Fedulov, Pentimenti and Medici Galleries, Philadelphia
(Juror: Judith Stein, Curator of Pennsylvania Academy of Art)
1995 Second Annual Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition
(four paintings)
Pentimenti, Rodger LaPelle and Fedulov Gallery, Philadelphia
(Juror: Patrick Murphy, Director, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia)
1994 International All Media Exhibition
Clara Kott Von Storch Gallery, Dexter, Michigan
1992 8th Annual Greater Midwest International
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
Carol G. Prusa
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National Juried
2005 Hollywood All Media Juried Biennial (juried by Nick Cindric, Rocket
Projects)
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Forida
2004 Hollywood All Media Juried Biennial
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Forida
2003 Halpert Biennial (Best-In-Show Director's Award)
Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State Univ., Boone, North Carolina
2003 Hollywood All Media Juried Biennial (Best-in-Show)
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Forida
2002 Combined Talents
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
2002 Art 2002 – A Multi-Media Biennial Juried Event
Nathan D. Rosen Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2001 63rd Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Painters
Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
2001 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition (Bernice Steinbaum, Juror)
Artists Unlimited Gallery, Tampa, Florida
2001 Twenty-fourth Competition and Exhibition
80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, NYC, NY
2001 Question of Faith (Eleanor Heartney, Juror)
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
2001 Figurative Works
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2001 Halpert Biennial
Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State Univ., Boone, North Carolina
2001 Places to Rest
Fine Arts Gallery, Broward Community College, Davie, Florida
2001 59th Annual Juried Exhibition
Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Utah
2000 Northern National
Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin (Juror: Betsy Damon)
2000 CrossCurrents: Triennial Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, Mississippi
2000 Art 2000 – A Multi-Media Biennial Juried Event (Best-in-Show)
Nathan D. Rosen Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
1999 ANA 28
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
1999 Fiber Focus 99
Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Illinois
1999 Halpert Biennial
Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State Univ., Boone, North Carolina
1998 Florida National
Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
1998 Spiva Biennial
Spiva Center for the Arts, Joslin, Missouri
Carol G. Prusa
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National Juried cont.,
1998 Florida National
Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida
1998 Cedar City 57th Annual Exhibition
Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
1998 Passionate obsessions (18” installations)
Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
1998 3rd Annual National Juried Exhibition
Chuck Levitan Gallery, New York, New York (Juror: Audrey Flack)
1998 22nd National Juried Exhibition
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska
1998 Women Collectively
621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
1997 16th Annual Hoyt National
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, Pennsylvania
1997 Hunger - National Juried Exhibition
Artspace, Lima Ohio (Juror: Judy Chicago)
1997 National Juried Exhibition
Helios Gallery, Ashland, Oregon
1997 First National Juried Exhibition-CrossCurrents
The Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, Mississippi
1997 First National Juried Exhibition
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1997 Scene/Unseen
Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico (Juror: Lucy Lippard)
1997 5th Annual Juried Salon
River Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1997 Divine Visions
The Art Network, North Lindenhurst, New York
1997 Cedar City 56th Annual Exhibition
Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
1997 Images of the Virgin (two paintings)
Galeria Tonatzin, San Juan Bautista, California
(Juror: Elinor Gadon, author of The Once and Future Goddess)
1997 Art and Religion
Villenova University Art Gallery, Villenova University, Villenova, Pennsylvania
1997 Art and Religion
Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1997 Gaiasphere (four paintings)
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
1997 Hoyt National
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, Pennsylvania
Carol G. Prusa
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National Juried cont.,
1996 8th Annual National Art Competition
Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, Missouri (Juror: Alice
Aycock)
1996 Secrecy: Containment and Catharsis
Mariboe Gallery, R.L. Swig Arts Center, Peddie School, Hightstown, New Jersey
1996 55th Annual Cedar City Art Exhibition
Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
1996 Transforming Tradition - W.C.A. National Show, Bromfield Gallery,
Boston Massachusetts
(Jurors: M.C. Pons, artist, S.F. Sterling, Curator of Modern and Contemporary
Art
at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and E.Tasai, Dir. of the Whitney
Museum in Stanford, Conn.)
1995 8th Annual ARTstravaganza
Hunter Musem of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
(Juror: Annette Carlozzi, Visual Arts Producer, Cultural Olympiad, Atlanta)
1995 The Halpert Biennial
Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, N. Carolina
1995 North American Works
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
(Jurors: Conrad Atkinson, Margaret Harrison-British Feminist Movement)
1995 Women's Caucus for the Arts National Juried Exhibition
Art Space Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
1994 Global Issues-Global Concerns, 14th Annual
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
(Juror: Lita Albuquerque)
1994 Visual Voices
University of West Florida Art Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
(Juror: Hollis Sigler, Prof. Art, Columbia College)
1994 Still Life: Redefined
Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
1994 Point of view...a women's world
The Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994 Positive Images of Diversity,
Margaret Fort Trahern Gallery,Austin Peay State Univ., Clarksville, Tenn.
1994 The Art of Birth
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1994 Through The Eyes of Women
The Examiner Magazine, Sea Cliff Gallery, Sea Cliff, New York
1994 Child Beloved
Visions Gallery, Albany, New York
1994 Death and Spirituality
Gallery 451, Rockford, Illinois
1993 Issues of Oppression
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
(Juror: Miriam Schapiro)
Carol G. Prusa
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National Juried cont.,
1993 Annual Juried Exhibition
Sea Cliff Gallery, Sea Cliff, New York
(Juror: Helen Harrison, art critic, New York Times)
1993 7th Annual Women in the Visual Arts Exhibition
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Regional Juried
2005 Southeast College Art Conference Juried Exhibition
Little Rock, Arkansas (juror: Laura Heon, Curator MassMoCa)
2005 All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition
Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2004 SECAC Juried Exhibition
Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, Florida
2004 All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition (second place)
Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2004 South Florida Soho Juried Exhibition, (Best-in-show)
Broadway Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale
(juror: Irvin Lippman, Director, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art)
2003 All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition (Best-in-show)
Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2002 Miami Art Exchange, The Living Room, Basel-Miami
Design District, Miami, Florida
2002 43rd Hortt Memorial Competition
Carone Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2002 All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition (honorable mention)
Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2002 Showtel, All Florida Artists installation exhibition
Hotel Biba, West Palm Beach, Florida
2002 Art encounter All Florida Artists exhibition
Von Liebig Art Center, Naples Florida (honorable mention)
2002 IGFA; Imagination to spark Global Attention to Fix the environment
through Arts
IGFA Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2002 Small Works
Wave Gallery, Key West, Florida
2002 Impressions
Bonnet House, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2001 Miami Art Exchange, The Living Room,
Design District, Miami, Florida
2001 Florida Artists’ Book Prize Competition, Bienes Center for the
Literary Arts
Broward County Library, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2000 Beyond the Fringe-traveling exhibition
-Lowe Art Museum, Miami
-Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg
-Mount Dora Center of the Arts, Mt. Dora
-Ormond Beach Memorial Museum, Ormond Beach
-Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville
-LeMoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee
Carol G. Prusa
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Regional cont.,
2000 Juried Exhibition (Second Place)
Anne Norton Sculpture Garden and Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida
1999 Hortt (Juror: Dan Cameron)
Fort Lauderdale Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1999 49th Annual Quad-State; Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri (Best-in-Show)
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois
1999 50th Bi-State; Illinois and Iowa (Honorable Mention)
Davenport Art Museum, Davenport, Illinois
1999 Iowa Artist Annual (an installation with video)
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1998 Personal Sightings III (six-state regional)
Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1998 Iowa Connections Show, (2 multi-panel installations)
Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
(Juror: Bernice Steinbaum, Steinbaum-Krauss Gallery, NYC)
1998 33rd Annual Area Show,
Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa
1998 Art Show 10
Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1997 Iowa Artist Annual(an installation with video)
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1997 Bi-State Competitive
Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa
1997 Art Show 9
The Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1997 Personal Sightings II (two paintings)
Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1997 Central Iowa Women’s Caucus for the Arts (four paintings)
Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1997 Art Show 9
Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1997 Iowa Artist Annual (an installation)
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1997 Personal Sightings II (two paintings)
Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1996 46th Spiva Annual Competition
George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri
1996 Iowa Artists 1996
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1995 Art Nouveau
Waterloo Museum of Art, Waterloo, Iowa
1995 Art Show 7
Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Carol G. Prusa
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Regional juried cont.,
1994 52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Eleven State Regional
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City Iowa
1994 ARC Regional Eight State Juried Exhibition
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
(Juror: Beryl Wright, Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago)
1994 44th Annual Quad-State Exhibition
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois
1994 Bad Girls Midwest
Dana College, Blair, Nebraska
1994 Art Show 6
Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1994 Bad Girls Midwest
St. Mary's College, Omaha, Nebraska
Invited
2005 Co-dependent (curated exhibition for Basel-Miami, Design05)
Living Room Building, Design District, Miami, Florida
2005 Complement (curated exhibition for Basel-Miami)
South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida
2005 A Little Sweet Basil/Gallery Artists Exhibition
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2005 Edge/Visual Aids project
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
2005 Locust Projects Benefit and Exhibition
Design District, Miami
2005 Gallery Artists Summer Exhibition
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2005 FAU Faculty Exhibition
Dorothy Schmidt Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
2004 For the Birds (traveling exhibition)
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2004 South Florida Fiber Artists Invited Juried exhibition
JCC Gallery, Miami, Florida
2003 Ragdale Associates Exhibition
Ragdale Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
2003 FAU Faculty Exhibition
Dorothy Schmidt Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
2003 Von Liebig Invited Award Winners
Von Liebig Art Center, Naples Florida
2002 Invitational
Cheryl Hazan Arts Gallery, New York. New York
2002 Mirror Mirror on the Wall, All Florida Artists exhibition
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2002 South Florida Consortium Fellowship Exhibition – Part II
Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Carol G. Prusa
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Invited cont.,
2002 South Florida Consortium Fellowship Exhibition – Part I
Key West Museum of Art, Key West, Florida
2001 FAU Faculty Exhibition
Dorothy Schmidt Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
2001 Small Objects
Eutopia, Miami, Florida
2001 2+3 Invitational
Yes Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
2000 Multi-media Invitational
Queen of Arts Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
1999 FAU Faculty Exhibition
Dorothy Schmidt Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
1999 Family Resiliency Show (18" installation)
Brunnier Museum, Ames, Iowa
1999 Associate's Exhibition
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
1998 20th Anniversary Show
Brunnier Museum, Ames, Iowa
1998 Intermedia Arts Online
Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997 Contemporary Art and Religious Tradition (four paintings)
CSPA, Legion Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1996 ADA: Women and Information Technology
Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1996 Octagon Satellite Show - One Person Exhibition
Story City, Iowa
1996 Barje - Selection of Drawings
Fisher Theatre, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1995 Land of the Gentle Giants
Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Des Moines, Iowa
1995 The World's Women On-Line
U.N. World Conference on Women, Bejing, China
1995 Associate's Exhibition
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
1994 The Body Politic
The Len C. Everett Gallery, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois
Performance
2003 Hotel Biba 2003
Performance: From Our Belly
West Palm Beach, Florida
1999 Cuts, Snarls, and Snags - Part II
Waterloo Art Museum, Waterloo, Iowa
One-person multi-media performance
1999 Hair Line
Waterloo Art Museum, Waterloo, Iowa
One-person performance
Carol G. Prusa
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Performance cont.,
1999 Officium
City Auditorium, Ames, Iowa
Collaborative work with Valerie Williams Co-Motion Dance Theatre
Four-person performance
1999 Officium
Oscaloosa Community Center, Oscaloosa, Iowa
Collaborative work with Valerie Williams Co-Motion Dance Theatre
Four-person performance
1999 Officium
Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa
Collaborative work with Valerie Williams Co-Motion Dance Theatre
Four-person performance
1998 Hair Cuts
Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Five one-person gallery performances
1998 Cuts, Snarls, and Snags
Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
One-person performance
1998 Grind, Sift, and Serve; And My Mother Before Me
CSPS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
One-person performance
1997 Belly Breath Bed
College of Design, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
One-person performance
1996 Officium
City Auditorium, Ames, Iowa
Collaborative work with Valerie Williams Co-Motion Dance Theatre
Four-person performance
1995 On Center/Reframe
Performance video produced by Carol Prusa and Valerie Williams,
Commissioned by Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University,
for the exhibition, The Loess Hills: Land of the Gentle Giants
1994 Lecture: The Function and Anatomy of Breasts
Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
One-person multimedia performance
1994 Untitled
City Auditorium, Ames, Iowa
Collaborative work with the Valerie Williams Co-Motion Dance Theatre
Carol G. Prusa
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Public Collections
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art
Sedalia, Missouri
What Connects Us Now?. 48 x 84”
Arkansas Arts Center
Little Rock Arkansas
Weep Holes, 48” x 84”
Art Museum
Fort Lauderdale
Fertile Uncanny, 48 x 72”
Wartburg College
Dubuque, Iowa
Expectant, Mother Tongue, Suckle
College of Family and Consumer Sciences
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Dean Beverly Crabtree, dry pigments, acrylic emulsion, 36” x 24”
Catherine Smith Gallery
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Mother, Daughter and ..., egg tempera and gold leaf on panel, 14 "
x 29"
President's Gallery
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
Margaret Sloss Women's Center
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Janine, charcoal on paper, 30" x 40"
Memorial Union
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Janine as Penelope, acrylic on masonite, 30" x 40"
Harmon Fine Arts Center
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
Initial Conditions, acrylic on canvas, 48"x86"
Funded Research
2005 Division of Research Creative Research Grant
Florida Atlantic University
2004 Division of Research Creative Research Grant
Florida Atlantic University
2003 Creative Research Grant
Florida Atlantic University
2002 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media
Artists
Regional Juried Application
1999 Iowa Artist Professional Development Grant
Iowa Arts Council Grant
1998-9 Iowa Artist Project Grant; Cuts, Snarls, and Snags
Iowa Arts Council Grant supported through the National Endowment for the
Arts
1997-8 Iowa Artist Project Grant; Grind, Sift, and Serve
Iowa Arts Council Grant supported through the National Endowment for the
Arts
1997 Iowa Artist Professional Development Grant
Iowa Arts Council Grant
1997 365 Clay Plates
Institute for Design Research Grant, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1996-7 Iowa Artist Project Grant; Cunabula
Iowa Arts Council Grant supported through the National Endowment for the
Arts
Carol G. Prusa
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Funded Research cont.,
1997 Belly Breath Bed
Institute for Design Research Grant, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1996 Iowa Artist Professional Development Grant
Iowa Arts Council Grant
1996 Art and Design Creative Scholarship Grant,
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1996 Glass Vessels
College of Design Minigrant, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1995 Performance Video Grant
Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1995 Artist Minigrant
Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines, Iowa
Invited Lectures/panels
2005 Silverpoint Drawings of Carol Prusa
Southeastern College Art Association, Annual Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas
2005 Process/Progression – Panel Discussion
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2005 Drawing Now- artist presentation
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2004 Consortium Award Winners – Panel discussion
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2004 Science and Art Panel
Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida
2004 Current Work
Dominican University, Chicago, Illinois
2003 Current Work
Art Department, Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, Florida
2003 Current Work
Art Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
2002 Current Work
Art Department, Palm Beach Community College, Palm Beach, Florida
2002 Eyebiting: strategies for painters in the realm of cyberspace
Session: The Relevance of Corporeality in the Domain of Electronic Art and
new Media
College Art Association, National Annual Conference, Philadelphia
2002 Current Work
Art Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2002 Installation: Concept and Materials
Sculpture Division, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2002 Slide lecture on current work, workshop on professional development
Art Department, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida
2001 Contemporary Use of Historic Materials and Methods
Boca Raton Art Museum Guild, Boca Raton, Florida
2000 Electronic Media Theory and the New Flesh, (co-author, Dr. Barbara
Miller, Penn. State Univ.)
2000 Feminist Art Conference, Barnard, New York City, national juried
1999 The Spiritual in Art
Wartburg College and Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa
1999 Current Work
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Carol G. Prusa
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Invited lectures cont.,
1999 Video as Document, Quad City Arts, Tools of the Trade artist conference,
Rock Island, Illinois
-a collaboration of the Iowa, Illinois, and Quad Cities Arts Councils
1999 Seepage
Iowa Wesleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa
1998 Operational Objects (with co-author, Dr. Barbara Miller, Pennsylvania
State University)
1998 Feminist Art Conference, Barnard, New York City, national juried
1998 Performance Art, panel participant
CSPS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1998 Spittle
Fine Arts Building, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1998 Current Work
Western Oregon State University, Monmouth, Oregon
1998 Current Work
Central Missouri State University, Missouri
1998 Let’s Talk Art
Brunnier Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1998 Current Work
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
1997 Spittle and Postmodern Drip
Art Educators of Iowa, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1997 The Drawing Studio
Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1996 What is Art?
Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1996 AIDS Awareness Week - panelist for Media/ted Medicine
Memorial Union, Iowa State University
1996 Contemporary Women Artists
University of North Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina
1995 Divine Iconoclasm, Catherine Smith Gallery
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Published Work
1999 Tractor, Iowa Arts Magazine, Click, Click, and Click, essay
1998 Flyaway, literary journal, my painting, Expectant, is on the cover
1998 Tractor, Iowa Arts Magazine, Rhythms of Life, Love and Fire (spring issue), art review article
1998 Arts Dialogue, Ames Arts Magazine, Rhythms of Life, Love and Fire, art review article
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Exhibition Catalogs
2005 Complement – exhibition catalog for South Florida Art Center
exhibition,
Miami Beach, Florida
2005 To Be Many – exhibition essay by Dominique Nahas, printed by
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2004 FAU South – exhibition catalog for Basel-Miami exhibition in the Living Room, Design District, Miami, Florida
2004 Carol Prusa – Recent Work, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida
2003 Corporal Identity – Body Language, exhibition catalog, Museum
of Arts and Design,
Ninth Triennial for Form and Content, New York City, New York
2003 New Work, exhibition catalog of exhibition, Miami-Dade Community College
2002 New Work, exhibition catalog of Consortium Fellowship winners
2001 A Question of Faith, exhibition catalog-University of Northern Iowa with essay by Eleanor Heartney
2000 Beyond the Fringe-traveling exhibition catalog-Lowe Art Museum, Miami
1999 Artistic Oddities and Inverted Homunculi, essay on my work by Dr. Barbara Miller in exhibition catalog along with color images
1999 Iowa Artists 1999, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1998 Spiva Biennial, exhibition catalog, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri
1998 Florida National Combined Talent s , Florida State University, National
Juried
1998 Women Collectively, exhibition catalog, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
1998 Scene/Unscene, Eastern New Mexico Univ., preface by juror, Lucy Lippard
1997 Spittle, Essays: Making Something out of Nothing: Alchemy and Blood-Mysteries in the Performance Art of Carol Prusa, by Prof. Debra Marquart, Spit, Spittle, and Spew; the Work of Carol Prusa, by Dr. Barbara Miller
1997 Hunger, preface by Judy Chicago, Artspace, Lima, Ohio
1997 Bi-State Competitive Exhibition, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa
1997 Art & Religion: The Many Faces of Faith, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia
1997 In the Spirit; Contemporary Art and Religious Tradition, CSPS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1996 Iowa Artists 1996, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1995 Divine Iconoclasm: Paintings by Carol Prusa, Appalachian State Univ., Boone, N. Carolina
1995 Redefining Legacies, Women's Caucus for the Arts
1994 52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1994 Visual Voices, University of West Florida Art Gallery
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Reviews
2004 Review of exhibition, Times-Union, January 2004
2004 Review of exhibition, Shorelines Entertainment Guide, January 2004
2003 Review of exhibition, Miami Herald, October, 2003
2003 Review of exhibition, SunSentinal, June, 2002
2003 Review of exhibition, Hollywood supplement, Miami Herald, June, 2002
2002 Review of exhibition, New Art 2002, Miami Herald, July, 2002
2002 Review of exhibition, New Art 2002, Sun Sentinal, June, 2002
2002 Review of exhibition, Carol Prusa – Coral Springs Art Museum,
Palm Beach Post, April 21, 2002
2002 Review of group exhibition citing my work, Art section, City Link,
May 1, 2002
2002 Review of exhibition, Carol Prusa – Coral Springs Art Museum,
1500 word article on my work, Art section, City Link, April 14, 2002
2002 Review of exhibition, Quatra Femmes, citing my work, Art section, City Link, April 7, 2002
2002 Island of misadventure – citing misguided absence of my work in exhibition, Art section, City Link, Jan. 23, 2002
2001 Obsessive Surfaces, Surface Design Journal, Spring 2001
2001 Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Publ; Handweavers Guild of America, Vol. 32, Issue 125, Winter 2000/2001, color image of work in Gallery
2001 Review of exhibition, Unofficial/Official – Miami Art Exchange,
citing my work, Living Arts, Miami Herald, Dec. 26, 2001
2001 Review of exhibition, Stepping Out, citing my work, Art section, City Link, Nov. 14, 2001
2001 Art on high; An abundance of greatness exits in South Florida’s art scene – cites my work as “most intriguing of the year, Art section, City Link, Dec. 2001
2001 Death and Awakening, Art section, City Link, June 13, 2001
2001 Artists Unlimited Show Draws Wide Range of Talent, Tampa Tribune, June 14, 2001
1999 Change of Art, ec. 12, Art & Leisure, Sun Sentinel
1999 Iowa Public Television; Living in Iowa, 7 minute feature biography
1999 Herald-Whig, newspaper for Quincy, Illinois and surrounding area, review Quad-State exhibition with picture of my best fo show entry
1999 The Hawkeye, newspaper for Burlington, Iowa and surrounding area, review of my exhibition at Iowa Wesleyan University
1998 Icon, Arts Magazine for Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Cuts, Snarls, and
Snags, October issue
-includes reproduction of my work
1998 Ames Tribune, Arts and Entertainment Section, Oct. 19, Iowa Artists
in Time and Space
- includes two color reproductions of my work
1998 Tractor, Iowa Arts Magazine, Contemporary Art and Religious Tradition at CSPS, Cedar Falls, includes reproduction of my work
1998 Tractor, Iowa Arts Magazine, 20th Anniversary Show, at the Brunnier
Museum,
-includes reproduction of my work
1998 Arts Dialogue, Ames Arts Magazine, 20th Anniversary Show, Brunnier
Museum
-includes reproduction of my work
Video
1996 Tractor, Iowa Arts Magazine, Content to Control, includes reproduction
of my work
1996 February 15, Women artists render the gender gap, Living Arts, Boston Globe, review
1996 January, The Des Moines Register, art review, includes reproduction of my work
1995 December, The Exhibitioner , two page feature article, includes reproductions of my work
1999 Spring, Yolk, performance video, Ames Public Access Television
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Video cont.,
1999 Spring, Virgin, Hair, and Soap, performance video, Ames Public Access
Television
1999 Spring, Cuts, Snarls, and Snags, performance video, Ames Public Access Television
1998 Spring, Grind, Sift, and Serve, performance video, Ames Public Access
Television
1997 Spring, Belly Breath Bed, performance video, Ames Public Access Television
1996 Spring, Officium, performance video, Ames Public Access Television
1996 Spring, Beyond Grant Wood: Carol Prusa, interview, Ames Public Access Television
Curatorial Work
2005 Process/Progression – co-curated show for Armory Art Center with
Amy Broderick and
Kara Walter-Tome, produced a catalog with curator statement
Organizations
C.A.A., College Art Association
W.C.A., National Women's Caucus for the Arts
SECAC, Southeastern College Art Conference
Professional Panels:
2001 Appointed by Katherine Harris, Secretary of State, Florida Department
of State,
to serve on the Art in State Buildings Panel to make recommendations for
art for
the new West Palm Beach Public Health Center
2000-2001 Appointed by Katherine Harris, Secretary of State, Florida Department
of State,
to serve on the Visual Arts Fellowships – 2D Panel for 2000-2001
to make recommendations for funding to the Florida Arts Council
through the Division of Cultural Affair