Michelle Prazak
Bio
Michelle Prazak (Peru, 1977) lives and works in Lima. She completed a master's degree in plastic arts in London at the Byam Shaw School of Art - Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (London), where she received a Bloomberg scholarship. She also obtained a bachelor's degree from the Escuela de Artes Plásticas Corriente Alterna in Lima and attended the Istituto Lorenzo di Medici in Florence, where she deepened her studies in art theory and history. After finishing her pedagogy studies at the University of London, she taught painting and drawing at the University of the Arts Florence (Florence), the Shadwell Centre (London), among others. Her work is part of national and international collections and has been exhibited in several cities including Lima, Chicago, Houston, Berlin, Bogotá, and London.
Statement
My work revolves around the intertwining of space, time, and movement, and is the result of my ongoing research into perceptual processes. The simulation of three-dimensional form on a flat surface, folds, and displacements—all of this forms the basis of my abstract painting practice. Solid manifestations that represent the immaterial reflect a deep interest in how different elements behave and interact: how their color, allusions, spatial displacements, and playful form interact. Seemingly still, the form never ceases to move or settle into a single interpretation. In the process, I explore the idea of a dynamic and relative vision, which underscores the impossibility of establishing a single, absolute viewpoint, thus provoking the gaze and encouraging it to adopt a potentially new way of seeing.
Additional information
La obra de Michelle Prazak gira en torno al entrelazamiento del espacio, el tiempo y el
movimiento, y es el resultado de su continua investigación en los procesos
perceptuales. La simulación de la forma tridimensional sobre una superficie
plana, los pliegues y desplazamientos; todo ello formando la base de su
práctica pictórica abstracta. Manifestaciones sólidas que representan lo
inmaterial, y reflejan un profundo interés en la forma en que los diferentes
elementos se comportan e interactúan: cómo conversa su color, sus
alusiones, sus desplazamientos espaciales y su forma lúdica. Aparentemente
quieta, la forma no deja de moverse ni de asentarse en una lectura. En el
proceso, explora la idea de una visión dinámica y relativa, que subraya la
imposibilidad de establecer un punto de vista único y absoluto, provocando
así la mirada y animándola a adoptar una forma de ver potencialmente
nueva.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
