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.
Selected Exhibitions: Grados Conjuntos - Museo de Minerales (Lima), Historias de Frontera - Museo de Minerales (Lima), Tan Lejos, Tan Cerca – Galería Impakto (Lima), Mecanismos de Soporte – Galería Impakto (Lima), Plano Sobre Plano – Galería Impakto (Lima), Aproximaciones Geométricas – Galería Enlace (Lima), Geometría Suspendida – Galería Impakto (Lima), Shifting the Gaze – The Mission Projects (Chicago), Jóvenes Artistas – Artespacio (Santiago), Shadow Dancing – Galería Impakto (Lima), Marked Pages II - Sicardi Gallery (Houston), Geometría y Abstracción – El Museo (Bogotá), Outliers - The Mission Projects (Chicago), Movements in Time and Space- The Mission Projects (Chicago), Off The Grid- The Mission Projects (Houston), Ten Bulls- Temporary Agency (NY), Transiciones en Tiempo y Espacio- Forum (Lima), Sammer Gallery (Miami), Henry Moore Gallery RCA (London), Nylon Gallery (London), Berliner Kunstproject (Berlin).
Statement
My work revolves around the intertwining of time, space, and movement, and is the result of my ongoing research into the processes of perception. Folding, layering, the illusion of transparency, the simulation of three-dimensional form on a flat surface, displacement, rotation-these are physical and psychological properties and phenomena that metaphorically represent an immaterial fact or event that manifests and can be perceived through the senses, forming the foundation of my abstract painting practice.
Multiple shapes and planes, corners, lines, and spaces that perpetually repeat, shift, transform, fragment, and recombine, pointing to a notion of constant change versus continuity, of interdependence and reciprocity. It is about feeling space and perceiving time; the collapse of here and there, of now and then.
In the process, the idea of an incessant vibration or flow and a dynamic and relative vision develops, highlighting the impossibility of establishing a single and absolute point of view; thus provoking observation and encouraging the adoption of a potentially new way of seeing.
Additional information
Michelle Prazak
My work revolves around the intertwining of time, space, and movement, and is the result of my ongoing research into the processes of perception. Folding, layering, the illusion of transparency, the simulation of three-dimensional form on a flat surface, displacement, rotation-these are physical and psychological properties and phenomena that metaphorically represent an immaterial fact or event that manifests and can be perceived through the senses, forming the foundation of my abstract painting practice.
Multiple shapes and planes, corners, lines, and spaces that perpetually repeat, shift, transform, fragment, and recombine, pointing to a notion of constant change versus continuity, of interdependence and reciprocity. It is about feeling space and perceiving time; the collapse of here and there, of now and then.
In the process, the idea of an incessant vibration or flow and a dynamic and relative vision develops, highlighting the impossibility of establishing a single and absolute point of view; thus provoking observation and encouraging the adoption of a potentially new way of seeing.
Michelle Prazak
Mi obra gira en torno al entrelazamiento del tiempo, el espacio y el movimiento, y es el resultado de mi investigación continua sobre los procesos de percepción. El plegado, la superposición, la ilusión de transparencia, la simulación de una forma tridimensional sobre una superficie plana, el desplazamiento, la rotación: son propiedades y fenómenos físicos y psicológicos que representan metafóricamente un hecho o evento inmaterial que se manifiesta y puede percibirse a través de los sentidos, formando la base de mi práctica de pintura abstracta.
Múltiples formas y planos, esquinas, líneas y espacios que se repiten, cambian, transforman, fragmentan y recombinan perpetuamente, apuntando a una noción de cambio constante versus continuidad, de interdependencia y reciprocidad. Se trata de sentir el espacio y percibir el tiempo; el colapso del aquí y el allá, del ahora y el entonces.
En el proceso, se desarrolla la idea de una vibración o flujo incesante y una visión dinámica y relativa, destacando la imposibilidad de establecer un punto de vista único y absoluto; provocando así la observación y alentando la adopción de una forma de ver potencialmente nueva.
