Carol Prusa was born and raised on the south side of Chicago. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biocommunication Arts from the University of Illinois Medical Campus at Champaign-Urbana. She went on to receive her Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. In addition to numerous other museum exhibitions, Prusa’s work was also included in the Triennial Exhibition of German and American Artists curated by the American Museum of Arts and Designs in New York.

Prusa’s intimate work begins with silverpoint, an exacting technique used widely during the late Gothic and early Renaissance periods by Leonardo da Vinci and others. Used much like a pen or pencil, the silverpoint is applied to the surface and then in Prusa’s work, washed with ground graphite and acrylic binder, then heightened with titanium white acrylic paint. The flat work often contains additional materials such as sulfur paint, aluminum leaf or small bits of cut glass. The domed pieces often include fiber optics or video feeds. The result whether on a flat or domed surface is a creation of such sublime detailed intensity that it oscillates freely between micro and macro worlds. The effort involved in each piece is as great as it appears often taking hundreds of hours.

Prusa’s work is glorious. It is a celebration as much as it is an exploration – an exploration into the patterns and structures of the universal. Prusa is very conscious of the ties that bind artists and scientists. She happily “joins the dreamers of the “whole” and offers possibility.” And by utilizing an historic technique, particularly one widely used during an era of great enlightenment, she pays homage to the insatiably curious spirit of men and women throughout time.

commissioned & site specific works are available from each artist; please call the gallery for details.

education

Drake University, MFA, Des Moines, Iowa
University of Illinois Medical Center, Urbana, Illinois

solo exhibitions

2013     (upcoming) University of Wyoming
2013     (upcoming) Telfair Art Museum, Savannah, Georgia
2012     (upcoming) Kohler Art Center, Kohler, Wisconsin
2012     University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2011     Domus:Home, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2010     Emergence, Coleman Burke Gallery, Chelsea, New York
2010     Cosmic Fabric, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009     Successive Approximations, University of Maine, Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine
2009     Entanglement, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2009     Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida
2008     Spooky Action, Finestra Artspace, Chicago, Illinois
2007     Threshold, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2007     Coherent Structures, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida
2006     Eyebiters, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2006     New Work, Carol Prusa, Stetson University, Florida
2006     To Be Us – New Work, Carol Prusa, Lakatamia Municipalia, Nicosia, Cyprus
2005     Recent Work, Carol Prusa, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2004     Recent Work, Carol Prusa, Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida
2004     Recent Work, Carol Prusa, Dominican University, Chicago, Illinois
2004     Recent Work, 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 Springs, Florida
1999     Selections, Wartburg College, Dubuque, Iowa
1999     Cuts, Snarls, and Snags, Waterloo Art Museum, Iowa
1999     Carol Prusa, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
1998     Lines, Iowa Wesleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa
1998     Artspaces, Iowa City, Iowa
1998     Cuts, Snarls, and Snags, 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

group exhibitions

2012     Woman to Woman, Bakehouse Art Center, Miami, Florida
2011     Seeing is Knowing: The Universe, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
2011     Synesthesia, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2011     Believe it or Not, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida
2011     Full Fathom Five, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, Chelsea, New York
2011     Green House, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2011     Summer Selections, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York City, New York
2011     Silver Linings, Chautauqua Institution Galleries, Chautauqua, New York
2010     ArtChicago, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010     Shared Response, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010     Give & Take, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010     Between Here and There: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, Miami Art Museum. curated by Peter Boswell, Miami, Florida
2010     Metaphysical Materiality, Tinney Contemporary Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2010     Redefining Drawing, Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver – For Drawn 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia
2010     Metaphysical Materiality, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
2010     Luminous Lines, curated by Margaret Mathews-Berenson, Scripts College, California, Claremont, California
2010     Florida Contemporary Artists, Naples museum of Art, Naples, Florida
2010     Art Chicago, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009     Starry Messenger: Galileo’s Vision in the 21st Century Art, Louisiana Museum of Art and Science, Baton Rouge, Florida
2009     Whitespaces, Mordes Collection, West Palm Beach, Florida
2009     Intricacy, Girl’s Club Collection – Bishop-Good, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2009     Five-Person Exhibition, Kentler International Drawing Space, New York, New York
2009     Silverpoint Artist Exhibition, Evansville Art Museum, Evansville, Indiana
2009     With You I Want To Live, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2009     Painters not Painting, Rutgers Art Gallery, Camden, New Jersey
2009     Fashion of Art/Art of Fashion, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2008     Grey, Miller-Block Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2008     Drawn to Detail, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
2008     Consortium Fellowship Exhibition, Ft. Lauderdale Art Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2008     Shades of Grey, Frist Center for the Arts, Nashville, Tennessee
2008     Aesthetics and Values 2008, Florida International University Library, Miami, Florida
2008     All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2007     Hollywood All Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
2007     Homegrown Southeast 2007, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2007     All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2007     Palm Beach 3, West Palm Beach Convention Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2007     Basel-Miami Gallery Artists Exhibition, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2006     A Timely Response/Gallery Artists Exhibition, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2006     Ragdale Foundation 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
2006     Armory Master Artists Exhibition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2006     Palm Beach 3, West Palm Beach Convention Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2006     Art 2006 Biennial Juried, Nathan D. Rosen Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2006     The Luster of Silver: Contemporary Metalpoint Drawings, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
2006     All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2006     Contemporary Flowers, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, New York
2006     Showtel, Hotel Biba, West Palm Beach, Florida
2006     Think Warm: Miami Draws for You, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2005     Co-dependent, Basel-Miami, Miami, Florida
2005     59th Annual Juried Exhibition, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
2005     Hollywood All Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
2005     Complement, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida
2005     New Life, Gallery 621, Tallahassee, Florida
2005     Southeast College Art Conference Juried Exhibition, Little Rock, Arkansas
2005     All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2005     A Little Sweet Basil/Gallery Artists Exhibition, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2005     Edge/Visual Aids Project, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, New York
2005     Locust Projects Benefit and Exhibition, Design District, Miami, Florida
2005     Gallery Artists Summer Exhibition, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2005     FAU Faculty Exhibition, Dorothy Schmidt Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
2004     South Florida Fiber Artists Invited Juried Exhibition, JCC Gallery, Miami, Florida
2004     SECAC Juried Exhibition, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, Florida
2004     All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2004     South Florida Soho Juried Exhibition, Broadway Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2004     Hollywood All Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
2004     For the Birds, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2004     Drawing Now, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2004     FAU South, Miami Beach, Florida
2003     Greater Midwest International XVIII, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
2003     Ragdale Associates Exhibition, Ragdale Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
2003     Halpert Biennial, Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
2003     Hollywood All Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida
2003     Von Liebig Invited Award Winners, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida
2003     Out of Nature, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida
2003     International Award Winners, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
2003     All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2003     FAU Faculty Exhibition, Dorothy Schmidt Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
2002     Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2002     Invitational, Cheryl Hazan Arts Gallery, New York, New York
2002     Miami Art Exchange, Basel-Miami, Miami, Florida
2002     43rd Hortt Memorial Competition, Carone Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2002     All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2002     Showtel, All Florida Artists Installation Exhibition, Hotel Biba, West Palm Beach, Florida
2002     Art Encounter, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida
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
2002     Quatre Femmes, Gallery Yes, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2002     Combined Talents, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
2002     Art 2002 – A Multi-Media Biennial Juried Event, Nathan D. Rosen Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2002     South Florida Consortium Fellowship Exhibition – Part II, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2002     South Florida Consortium Fellowship Exhibition – Part I, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2001     Miami Art Exchange, Miami, Florida
2002     Florida Artists’ Book Prize Competition, Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, Broward County Library, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2001     63rd Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Painters, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
2001     8th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Artists Unlimited Gallery, Tampa, Florida
2001     Twenty-Fourth Competition and Exhibition, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, New York
2001     Question of Faith, 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 University, Boone, North Carolina
2001     Places to Rest, Fine Arts Gallery, Broward Community College, Davie, Florida
2001     Greater Midwest International XVI, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
2001     2+3 Invitational, Yes Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
2001     FAU Faculty Exhibition, Dorothy Schmidt Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
2001     Small Objects, Eutopia, Miami, Florida
2000     Multi-Media Invitational, Queen of Arts Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
2000     Northern National, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
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, Nathan D. Rosen Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2000     Greater Midwest International XV, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
2000     Juried Exhibition, Anne Norton Sculpture Garden and Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida
2000     Beyond the Fringe, Traveling Art Exhibition, Florida
1999     Hortt, Ft. Lauderdale Art Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1999     49th Annual Quad-State: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois
1999     50th Bi-State: Illinois and Iowa, Davenport Art Museum, Davenport, Illinois
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 University, Boone, North Carolina
1999     FAU Faculty Exhibition, Schmidt Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
1999     Family Resiliency Show, Brunnier Museum, Ames, Iowa
1999     Iowa Artist Annual, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1998     Personal Sightings III, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1998     Iowa Connections Show, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
1998     33rd Annual Area Show, Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa
1998     Art Show 10, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1998     Florida National, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
1998     Spiva Biennial, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joslin, Missouri
1998     Florida National, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida
1998     First International, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1998     Intermedia Arts Online, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1998     Three Artists, Peng Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1998     Cedar City 57th Annual Exhibition, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
1998     Passionate Obsessions, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
1998     3rd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Chuck Levitan Gallery, New York, New York
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
1997     National Juried Exhibition, Helios Gallery, Ashland, Oregon
1997     First National Juried Exhibition – Cross Currents, 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
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, Galeria Tonatzin, San Juan Bautista, California
1997     Art and Religion, Villanova University Art Gallery, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
1997     Art and Religion, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1997     Gaiasphere, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
1997     Hoyt National, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, Pennsylvania
1997     Greater Midwest International XII, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
1997     Recent Works, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota
1997     Contemporary Art and Religious Tradition, CSPA, Legion Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1997     Iowa Artist Annual, 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, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1997     Central Iowa Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1996     46th Spiva Annual Competition, George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri
1996     Third Annual Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition, Rodger LaPelle, Feduloy, Pentimenti and Medici Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1996     ADA: Women and Information Technology, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1996     Accumulations, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee
1996     Selections 1993-1995, Carol Prusa, Ingrid Lilligren, Harmon Fine Arts Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
1996     8th Annual National Art Competition, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, Missouri
1996     Octagon Satellite Show, Story City, Iowa
1996     Barje, Fisher Theatre, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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
1996     Iowa Artists 1996, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1995     Art Nouveau, Waterloo Museum of Art, Waterloo, Iowa
1995     Art Show, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1995     8th Annual ARTstravaganza, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1995     The Halpert Biennial, Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
1995     North American Works, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
1995     Women’s Caucus for the Arts National Juried Exhibition, Art Space Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
1995     Second Annual Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1995     Land of Gentle Giants, Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Des Moines, Iowa
1995     The World’s Women On-Line, U.N. World Conference on Women, Beijing, China
1994     International All Media Exhibition, Clara Knott Von Storch Gallery, Dexter, Michigan
1994     Global Issues – Global Concerns, 14th Annual, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
1994     Visual Voices, University of West Florida Art Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
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 Trahem Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee
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
1994     52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Eleven State Regional, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1994     A.R.C. Regional Eight State Juried Exhibition, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
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
1993     Issues of Oppression, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
1993     Annual Juried Exhibition, Sea Cliff Gallery, Sea Cliff, New York
1993     7th Annual Women in the Visual Arts Exhibition, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
1992     8th Annual Greater Midwest International, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri

honors and awards

2013     Vermont Studio Program, Visiting Artist (upcoming)
2012     Ubertalli Award for Outstanding Artist, Palm Beach County ($2500)
2012     Kohler Artist in Industry residency (Fall 2012)
2011     Scholar of the Year at the Professor rank, Florida Atlantic Univ. ($5000.00)
2010     Nominated for American Artist Fellowship
2010     Art in State Buildings Program- public art purchase for the Wellness center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
2008     South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists
2008     Florida State Artist Grant
2008     Juried into New American Painters quarterly magazine, recognizing artists of the Southeast
2007     Brown University Howard Foundation Fellowship
2007     Art In State Buildings Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
2007     Scholarly and Creative Activity Fellowship, Florida Atlantic University
2005     Art In State Buildings Program, Florida Atlantic University
2005     University Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, Florida Atlantic University
2004     SECAC Fellowship Award, Southeastern College Art Conference
2004     Awarded website through Southern Artist Registry
2003     Teacher of the Year, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University
2002     Researcher of the Year, Assistant Professor Level, Florida Atlantic University
2002     Florida State Artist Grant
2002     South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists
2002     Honorable Mention, Art Encounters 2002, The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida
2001     Question of Faith, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
2001     Third Place , 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Artists Unlimited Gallery, Tampa, Florida
2001     Juror’s Award, Places to Rest, Fine Arts Gallery, Broward Community College, Davie, Florida
2001     Award of Distinction, 59th Annual Juried Exhibition, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
2000     Benefactor Award, Northern National, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
2000     Award of Distinction, Beyond the Fringe, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida
2000     Second Place, Juried Exhibition, Anne Norton Sculpture Garden and Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida
2000     Best-in-Show, Art 2000 – A Multi-Media Biennial Juried Event, Nathan D. Rosen Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
1999     Best-in-Show, 49th Annual Quad-State: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois
1999     Honorable Mention, Bi-State Annual – Illinois and Iowa, Davenport Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
1998     Award of Honor, Florida National Combined Talents, Florida State University
1998     Third Place, Spiva Biennial, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joslin, Missouri
1998     First Place, Iowa Artists in Time and Spaces, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
1998     Painting Award, 6-State Annual Juried Exhibition, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1998     Honorable Mention, Women Collectively, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
1998     Painting Award, 33rd Annual Area Show, Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa
1998     Faculty Award for Extraordinary Performance, Iowa State University
1997     Awarded website through Open Studio – The Arts Online Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997     Merit Award, 16th Annual Hoyt National, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, Pennsylvania
1997     Award of Honor, 56th Annual National, Braithwaite Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
1995     Director’s Award and First Place, The Halpert Biennial, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
1995     Taylor Corporation Theatre Arts Scholarship, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota

publications

The Art Economist Magazine, featured Prusa as “an artist to watch”, June 2011
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, Entanglement: Across the Universe; Innovative artist Carol Prusa warps reality at the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New Times – Miami, March 2009
With You I Want To Live, MAG Miami Art Guide, March-April 2009
Review of the 2008 Consortium Exhibition, New Times – Broward-Palm Beach, July 2008
Drawn In/Drawn Out, New Times – Broward-Palm Beach, February 2007
Drawn In/Drawn Out, Boca News, January 2007
Drawn In/Drawn Out, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, January 2007
FAU Exhibition Presents Four Local Artists, Boca Raton News, January 2007
Critic’s Pick, Miami Herald, December 2006
Image of Painting, Palm Beach Daily News, October 2006
On-line Review, Miami Art Exchange, September 2006
Art with a Muted Tone, Daytona Beach News Journal, September 2006
Art Featured on Cover, Trivia, September 2006
Lean on Me, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, August 2006
Image of Painting, Savannah Diversions, July 2006
To Be Us, Cyprus Weekly, April 2006
Exhibition Announcement, Cyprus Weekly, April 2006
Showtel Lover, Sun Sentinel, April 2006
Rise and Shine: Palm Beach County’s Emerging Artists are Winning Acclaim, Palm Beach Illustrated Magazine, February 2006
FAU Nursing Building, Palm Beach Post, February 2006
Artwork Feature, Kalliope, 2005
Critic’s Art Pick, Miami Herald, December 2005
Exhibition Review, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, November 2005
Silver Linings –Artist uses old method to make fresh, new designs, Maumelle Monitor, September 2005
All-media show leaves opening-night crowd dazzled and discussing just what it was they had witnessed, Miami Herald, May 2005
Show at Armory: It’s What Drawing Can Be, Palm Beach Daily, January 2005
Labor-Intensive Refinement, Palm Beach Post, October 2004
Critic’s Pick, Miami Herald, August 2004
At a Glance, Palm Beach Post, July 2004
Best of Broward-Palm Beach 2004: Best Artist: Carol Prusa, New Times, May 2004
Gallery; Carol Prusa, City Link, March 2004
Exhibition Review, Times-Union, January 2004
Exhibition Review, Shorelines Entertainment Guide, January 2004
Art that makes you stop and think, Times-Union, January 2004
Gallery Showcases Artist Who Uses Methods of the Masters, Shorelines, January 2004
FAU Professor Featured in Art Museum, Boca Raton/Delray Beach News, January 2004
Belly of the Artist, City Link, December 2003
Anatomically Correct, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, November 2003
Exhibition Review, Miami Herald, October 2003
All Florida Exhibit at Boca Museum, Boca Raton News, July 2003
Showcasing Talent, Sun Sentinel, July 2003
Exhibition Review, Sun Sentinel, June 2003
Exhibition Review, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, 2003
Hollywood Supplement, Miami Herald, June 2003
New Art 2002, Miami Herald, July 2002
New Art 2002, Sun Sentinel, June 2002
Coral Springs Art Museum, Palm Beach Post, April 2002
Exhibition Review, City Link, May 2002
Carol Prusa – Coral Springs Art Museum, City Link, April 2002
Quatre Femmes, City Link, April 2002
Island of Misadventure, January 2002
Obsessive Surfaces, Spring 2001
Unofficial/Official – Miami Art Exchange, Miami Herald, December 2001
Art on High: An Abundance of Greatness Exists in South Florida’s Art Scene, City Link, December 2001
Stepping Out, City Link, November 2001
Death and Awakening, City Link, June 2001
Artists Unlimited Show Draws Wide Range of Talent, Tampa Tribune, June 2001
Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Handweavers Guild of America, Winter 2000/2001
Change of Art, Sun Sentinel, 1999
Living in Iowa, Iowa Public Television, 1999
Exhibition Review and Image of Painting, Herald-Whig, 1999
Exhibition Review, The Hawkeye, 1999
Image of Painting, Icon, October 1998
Iowa Artists in Time and Space, Ames Tribune, October 1998
Contemporary Art and Religious Tradition, Tractor, 1998
20th Anniversary Show, Tractor, 1998
20th Anniversary Show, Arts Dialogue, 1998

public collections

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Evansville Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, Indiana
Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
U.S. Embassy, Nicaragua
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
Telfair Museum, Savannah, Georgia
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, Broward County Library, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Wartburg College, Dubuque, Iowa
College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
University of Oregon Special Collections, University Library, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
President’s Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri
Margaret Sloss Women’s Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Memorial Union, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Harmom Fine Arts Center, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa

lectures, workshops, panels and symposiums

2009     Painting Symposium, Rutgers, New Jersey
2008     Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2008     New York City Studio Program
2008     Norton Museum of Art Internship Program
2008     Consortium Exhibition, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2007     Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida
2007     Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
2007     University of Northern Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
2007     Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2007     College Art Association Meeting, New York, New York
2006     Southeastern College Art Association Annual Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas
2006     Steston University, Florida
2006     College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
2005     Southeastern College Art Association Annual Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas
2005     Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2004     Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2004     Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida
2004     Dominican University, Chicago, Illinois
2003     Art Department, Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, Florida
2003     Art Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
2002     Art Department, Palm Beach Community College, Palm Beach, Florida
2002     College Art Association National Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2002     Art Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2002     Sculpture Division, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2002     Art Department, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers, Florida
2001     Boca Raton Art Museum Guild, Boca Raton, Florida
2000     2000 Feminist Art Conference, Barnard, New York, New York
1999     Wartburg College and Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa
1999     Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
1999     Tools of the Trade Artist Conference, Rock Island, Illinois
1999     Iowa Wesleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa
1998     1998 Feminist Art Conference, Barnard, New York, New York
1998     CSPS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1998     Fine Arts Building, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1998     Western Oregon State University, Monmouth, Oregon
1998     Central Missouri State University, Missouri
1998     Brunnier Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1998     University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
1997     Art Educators of Iowa, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1997     Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1996     Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1996     Memorial Union, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1996     University of North Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina
1995     Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina