Artist: Mel Prest Photographer: John Janca
Artist: Mel PrestPhotographer: John Janca
Artist: Mel Prest Photographer: John Janca
Artist: Mel PrestPhotographer: John Janca
Artist: Mel Prest Photographer: John Janca
Artist: Mel PrestPhotographer: John Janca
Artist: Mel Prest Photographer: John Janca
Artist: Mel PrestPhotographer: John Janca
Aurora
Aurora 2020 60x60x2 inches Acrylic and phosphorescent acrylic on panel
Black Lilac Aura
"Black Lilac Aura” 2020 60 x 60 x 2” Acrylic and interference color on panel
Burst
“Burst” 2020 60 x 60 x 2 Acrylic on panel
Buttercup Aurora
Buttercup Aurora 2017 60x60x2 inches Acrylic on panel
Entrance
Entrance 2021 12x12x2 inches Acrylic and mica on panel
Glassy Eye
Glassy Eye 2021 12x12x2 inches Acrylic and mica on panel
Omega Fata Morgana
Omega Fata Morgana 2014-2021 28x22x2 inches Acrylic and mica on panel
Plumeria
Plumeria 2019 60x60x2 inches Acrylic on panelca
Rainbow Weather Ladder
Rainbow Weather Ladder 2019 96x12x2 inches overall Acrylic, interference, metallic, mica, phosphorescent acrylics on 28 5x5x2 inch panels
Raven Talk
Raven Talk 2018 60x60x2 inches Acrylic on panel
Revolver
Revolver 2021 28x22x2 inches Acrylic and phosphorescent acrylic on panel
Sky Film
Sky Film 2017 60x60x2 inches Acrylic on panel
Venus
Venus 2021 12x12x2 inches Acrylic and metallic acrylic on panel
“Untitled"
“Untitled" 2020 60 x 60 x 2” Acrylic on panel,
Artist Biography
Mel Prest is an American abstract artist, whose intricate, layered paintings mobilize color, line, and perspective to activate kinetic perceptual phenomena. She received her B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design and her M.F.A. from Mills College in Oakland. Prest’s work has been exhibited internationally including The Drawing Center, New York; The Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Durham, NC; IS Projects, Leiden, The Netherlands; McKenzie Fine Art, New York; Saturation Point, London, UK; Nakaochiai Gallery, Tokyo. Prest has been awarded residencies at: Ragdale, The Sam and Adele Golden Artist Foundation (2012 and 2018), Willapa Bay AiR, (2014 and 2021), The Wassaic Project, The MH DeYoung Museum, Vermont Studio Center. Her work is held in collections at Apple; The Berkeley Art Museum, The Crocker Museum of Art; Kaiser Permanente; Marin General Hospital, The Mills College Art Museum, among others. Mel lives and works in San Francisco.
Artist: Mel Prest
Photographer: John Janca
Artist: Mel Prest
Photographer: John Janca
Artist: Mel Prest
Photographer: John Janca
Artist: Mel Prest
Photographer: John Janca
