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A
short
blurb
about
what
has
been
said
about Sri's work:
"Sri Prabha's
dynamic and bold imagery simultaneously conveys the conflicting forces
and processes that create and alter the natural world yet
are often hidden from the human eye. He also turns the lens towards the
impact
we leave upon the natural world."
My artwork is
informed by my love of the natural world and our presence and
engagement in it.
I create two lines of work currently, that both draw upon this concept.
The
first is the Natural Processes Series, which is about the forces of
creation
that have made life possible today. I am interested in exploring our
relationship to the raw forces and wonders of the natural world around
us in
this series. The second is the” Endangered Flora and Fauna” Series
which
directly explores the impact of human desires on the natural world.
After getting my undergraduate
degree in painting, I felt a deeper desire to understand the cognitive
and
emotional processes of my psyche. I felt that a deeper connection to
our world
could be attained and I acquired my Masters in Psychology. This journey
led to
the interest in my relationship to the natural world and connecting to
it in
its purest forms. From the impact we have on it by our actions to
places beyond
our reach. The study of art and psychology opened up in me an acute
awareness
that has led to special processes I use to travel inward to actualize
the
creation of my works.
For the
Natural Processes series, my works evoke the geological and cosmic
forces of
nature by the use of many layers of acrylics, pencil, gouache, paper,
gold and
silver leaf, copper, metal powders, sand, and synthetic resins.
Processes of
inward journey facilitated by meditation and self-hypnosis are informed
by
scientific research into the geological and cosmic phenomena which are
the
underlying components of my paintings. The interactions and processes
of the
cosmic elements such as fire, water, air, and earth represent the
starting
point for my work. I use color to capture the sentiment and mood of
evolving
atmospheres, and natural phenomena. I make linear and organic lines to
parallel
forms and impressions I perceive from nature. Shapes that repeat in my
works
are also drawn from observing nature, and interpreting how things may
have
formed in the distant past.
During my process of creation,
materials are scraped, sanded, eroded, layered, built up, reduced, or
scorched.
One of my favorite materials is resin as it gives me an exacting amount
of
control over paints and dyes when mixed into it. I generally use resin
as
another layer of time, with many epochs poured over each other.
My favorite tools are a
combination of gravity and the blow torch. With gravity, paints flow at
different viscosities on the surface which I control by manipulating
the canvas
on a flat surface to direct where I want the paint to go to. The blow
torch
allows me to propel materials around with heat, and small wind forces
push the
paints and resin around. These processes that find their parallels in
nature
result in abstractions that look evocative, organic, and meditative yet
dynamic.
For the Endangered Flora and
Fauna Series, my work is based upon the specific species or habitat
that is
being threatened. The materials are informed by the subject and
visually this
series looks more diverse than my other work. I feel this is necessary
as the
imagery and materials used to confront modern day whaling for example
are very
different in addressing oil spills endangering penguins and habitat
loss for
crocodiles in Florida.
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Artist Biography
Sri
Prabha was born in India and moved to the US as a young child. His
early
fascination of things scientific was acquired by being surrounded by a
family
of doctors, but his interest in the visual arts came to fruition when
he moved
to the US. From an early age, he has been working with various
mediums such as photography,
video art, and mixed media paintings. Sri has been exhibiting publicly
for the
past 5 years and is a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, and also
has an
MA in Clinical Psychology. He received the Juror’s Award at Green, Art
With the
Earth in Mind and his latest work was given the Juror’s award at
Annmarie
Garden, an affiliate of the Smithsonian. He is a resident artist at
CANDO Arts
Co-op, and was chosen to exhibit at CANDO’s “WET” show curated by Diane
Camber
former chief curator for the Bass Museum of Art. He has appeared in
American
Photo for winning the Ford, Motion in Drive Contest and has been
featured on
the cover of The Lead, newspaper in Miami Beach. His works are in
several
private collections in Miami, Seattle, San Francisco, New York,
Washington, DC,
and Copenhagen. Sri currently calls Miami his new home and continues to
be
inspired by the natural wonders of the everglades, the lagoons, and the
marine
life of South Florida.
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Where to find my artwork:
Miami:
Contact: Sforza | Art Projects daniellasforza.com 305
308 0802 to
schedule a viewing.
Location:
Studio/gallery in downtown Miami.
500NE 1st Ave,
Studio M4 - @ Artisan Lounge, Miami, FL 33132
Studio number:786.220.2774
Chicago:
Chicago Area, please contact
Chicago
Art
Leasing
Seattle:
Fraker Scott Gallery
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