Prerna
Prerna is a multidisciplinary artist born in Mumbai, India. In her most recent works she engages with familial archives and government documents to discern the overlapping elements of bureaucracy and superstition. Prerna is interested in her relationship to being the subject and being subjected, using the materials and language found in government buildings, airports, classrooms, and other spaces where the body undergoes categorization and evaluation. Prerna earned her MFA from University of Minnesota. She has been awarded several global opportunities and residencies, including the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Artists for Artists Edition 4: Language Is Never on the Ground, Artists’ Cooperative Residency & Exhibitions (ACRE), MCAD X Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Early Career Artists, and most recently The Studios at MASS MoCA.
The husk of a swing, 2023. Punched steel slotted angle, transparency film, LED light, chains, extruded ceramic handwriting, braided sarees. Photo courtesy of the artist.
i'm thinking about you, 2025. Transparency film, threaded rod, miscellaneous hardware. Photo by Rik Sferra.
no given name, 2025. Cast aluminum, vinyl/aluminum chair, security dome, laser cut steel, carved drywall, extruded ceramics, strapping, chrome cut vinyl, braided saree, transparency film, threaded rod, stanchion, miscellaneous cabinet hardware. Photo by Rik Sferra.
no given name (detail), 2025. Cast aluminum, vinyl/aluminum chair, security dome, laser cut steel, carved drywall, extruded ceramics, strapping, chrome cut vinyl, braided saree, transparency film, threaded rod, stanchion, miscellaneous cabinet hardware. Photo by Rik Sferra.
Mirage of the Mahabharata (heads) detail, 2024. Cast aluminum, vinyl chair, fabric. Photo by Rik Sferra.
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