Cheryl Prisco

"I am an abstract artist based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. I was born in Connecticut but have lived most of my adult life in the South, 16 years in Savannah, Georgia, 12 years in Boone, North Carolina. My media is primarily wood which I paint and shape, creating abstract low relief assemblages. While abstract, my work is not independent from visual reference or meaning. It is a modern typography, a visual dialogue, a story. I marvel at the artwork of children as their creations reflect a raw emotion, spontaneity, and narrative. I approach making in the same manner, open and connected to the elemental while addressing subjects from the pressing sociopolitical issues of the day to the ordinary and temporal. Inspiration is the unexpected; utilizing found objects and salvaged materials encourages improvisation and demands an immediacy. In a throw away society building lasting items of beauty is an act of resistance. My work furthers this ethos by taking discarded materials, wood scrap, architectural salvage and turning it into objects of artistry and permanence." HonorsRegional Artist Project Grant of Northwest North Carolina, North Carolina Arts Council 2020– 2021: Grant Recipient – Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes CountiesEmerge Gallery, Greenville, North Carolina
October 2020: First Prize Award, The Schwa Show – Juried Exhibition
Public Art Commission, Boone, North CarolinaJune 2019: Permanent Exterior Installation (2) 10’x16’, Commissioned by the Town of Boone.Maria V Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North CarolinaMay 2019: Purchase Prize Award, Purchased by Arts Center for their Permanent Collection.Regional Artist Project of Northwest North Carolina, North Carolina Arts Council
2018 – 2019: Grant Recipient – New & Emerging Artist. Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes Counties Exhibitions
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York November 12, 2022 – January 14, 2023
Wood & Paper – Curated by Yuko Nii, Wilkes Art Gallery, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, May 20 – July 1, 2022
Separate, Together, Intertwined – Invitational, One of Two Featured ArtistsSpartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg. South Carolina July 15 – November 6, 2021
Formation – Invitational, One of Five Featured Artists, Turchin Center For The Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina March 5 – October 2, 2021
Ruminations – Solo ExhibitionArc Gallery, San Francisco, California November 21 – December 19, 2020
Fragments – Juried Exhibition, LHUCA Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas, October 2 – November 28, 2020
American Contemporary Craft, Juror: Kathryn Gremley, Penland Gallery DirectorEmerge Gallery, Greenville, North Carolina, October 2 – 29, 2020
The Schwa Show – Juried Exhibition, ARTSPACE Gallery One, Raleigh, North Carolina, December 2019 – February 2020
Fine Contemporary Craft, Juror: Mia Hall, Executive Director of Penland School of CraftsSOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois October 31 – November 3, 2019
Invitational, Woman Made GalleryFine Line Creative Arts Center – Kavanagh Gallery, Saint Charles, Illinois September – October 2019
Chroma, Juried Exhibition, Common Goods Co. Fine Art Gallery, Boone, North Carolina, September – October 2019
Invitational, One of Two Featured Artists, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois August 2019
22nd International Open, Juror: Dolores Mercado Associate Curator National Museum of Mexican ArtArtists in Residence at Edgewood Cottage, Blowing Rock, North Carolina, August 2019
One of Two Featured Artists, Juried, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York May – June 2019
The Freedom of Abstraction, Juror: Julia Halperin Executive Editor artnet NewsMaria V Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina May – August 2019
National Multi-Media Art Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Art Center, Solomons, Maryland April –September 2019, Cultural Traditions & Outside Visions, Juried ExhibitionMazie Jones Gallery: The Jones House, Boone North Carolina, November 2018 – January 2019, Solo Exhibition