Manufacturer’s Village Collective of Artist Studios, 356 Glenwood Avenue, East Orange, NJ 07017
About
About My Work
About My Work
About My Work
My paintings are a collaboration between intuition, and curiosity turned inward. I give voice to emotions that elude identification and live beneath consciousness, and evoke those complex emotions in the viewer.
I create abstract works and dreamy landscapes that reflect liminal spaces, or thresholds—transitional spaces between states of consciousness, phases in life, or even physical places. They communicate growth, transformation, and dualities experienced in these states. There is often a sense of solitude.
Elements of the Earth’s topography, nature, and the energy of my internal and external worlds appear
in my work. My paintings have layers, texture, depth, and movement.
My use of alcohol ink—traditionally a “crafting” medium—challenges expectations for fine art. The ink and pigment sticks allow me to get primal, messy, and gestural when I paint, and I frequently eschew brushes to use my bare hands. The organic lines, curves, and colors of the ink evolve as I go, and provide a blueprint that guides me to the finished piece.
About Me
About My Work
About My Work
Rachel Arturi Pruzan is an abstract artist based in Manufacturers Village, a New Jersey based collective of artists. Her first solo exhibition took place last September at Valley Arts in Orange, NJ. Recently, her work, “Shinrin-Yoku”, or “Forest Bathing”, was published in Wild Roof Journal, an arts and literary journal.
She is wildly curious and constantly exploring, discovering techniques, meaning, and themes in her art. She loves to work without restraint, and isn’t afraid to fail.
In previous lives, Rachel held roles as a creator of multidisciplinary salons for women, and a clinical social worker. These experiences influence the way she sees the world, and naturally, her artistic expression.
Rachel is especially interested in studying contemporary art within a cultural context, and its impact on other disciplines. She will forever be amazed by—and reverential to—the relationship between art and viewer.