Silvia Prada

Silvia Prada
Silvia Prada
Born	León, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	Art

Silvia Prada (b, born in León, Spain) is an artist who lives and works in New York.^[1] Her work as an illustrator and decorative artist is a monochromatic and geometric documentation of pop culture, capturing an at times fetishistic representation of select defining moments and iconography.^[2] Her work was featured for the first time in The Face magazine in 2002.^[3] She has helped shape the movement of contemporary illustration art of the past decade and contributed artwork to a number of leading arts and culture publications including The Face, Dazed & Confused, BlackBook, VMagazine, VMAN, Tokion, Candy Magazine^[4] Fanzine 137^[5] and EY Magateen.^[6]

Prada's works and large-scale illustration and/or poster installations have been showcased in museums, art fairs and galleries worldwide^[7] including MoCA Shanghai,^[8] Colette in Paris^[9] and Deitch Projects in New York^[10]

She published "The Silvia Prada Art Book", an anarchic reflexion about the history of fashion in a visual dialogue with decorative painters of the last century in 2006.^[11] "The New Modern Man: A Styling Chart", published in 2012, features a series of stylized portraits highlighting male hairstyles juxtaposed with geometric drawings, paying homage to the barbershop and the subtle nuances and cues that help define the male persona, identity and representation within the parameters of visual and popular culture.^[12]

Solo Exhibitions

• 2013 The New Modern Hair. Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles^[13]
• 2010 Let's Get Busy. Jesus Gallardo Gallery. Guanajuato, Mexico^[14]
• 2009 Pin up War. Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid^[15]
• 2008 Fever. Art Lab. MoCA. Shanghai.China^[16]
• 2007 House of Pop. Galería Lluciá Homs. Barcelona^[17]
• 2005 All Things Pop. CASM, Centro de Arte Santa Mónica. Barcelona^[18]
• 2005 Hot or Not. Laboratorio 987.MUSAC. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León^[19]

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011

• Grafika, Instituto Cervantes, Madrid^[20]
• Zona Maco Art Fair. Mexico City^[21]
• Cruised or to be Cruised. Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid^[22]
• Huespedes. MNBA. Museo nacional de Bellas Artes. Buenos Aires. Argentina^[23]

2007

• Existencias. MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León^[24]
• My 2007. Colette Gallery, Paris^[25]
• Arco'06. Galería lluciá Hom, Barcelona^[26]

2006

• Cavalier Book Project. Nog Gallery, London^[27]
• World Painting. Galería Strany de la Mota, Barcelona^[28]
• Próximamente. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Carrillo Gil, México DF^[29]
• Arco'06. Galería lluciá Homs, Barcelona^[30]

2005

• Arco'05. Galería Lluciá Homs, Barcelona^[31]

2004

• Edad Perversa. Galería Horrach Moyá, Mallorca^[32]

2004

• BlackBook. Deitch Projects Gallery, New York^[33]

2003

• Paper Chic. Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid^[34]
• V Convocatoria de Jóvenes Artistas. Galería Luis Adelantado, Valencia^[35]

1996

• 8ª Primavera Fotográfica de Cataluña. Departamento de Cultura de la Generalitat de Cataluña. Can Felipa, Barcelona^[36]

1994

• Uno Cada Uno. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid.^[37]

Collections

• MOCA Shanghai
• MUSAC. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León

Commercial Commissions

2013

• MSGM, S/S 2013 Advertisement campaign

2012

• (MALIN+GOETZ), New York and Los Angeles.
• Ordinary House, Vienna

2008

• Uniqlo Soccer. Tokyo, Japan

2006

• Nike Global, " Always on the Run"

2005

• Danzha Vodka

2004

• Barcelona Fashion Week

2003

• GAS/DESIGN/EXCHANGE/TOKYO

Magazine Commissions

2011

• V (USA). #68, The Who Cares About Age Issue
• V (USA). #70, The Star Power Issue
• Pin-Up Magazine. #11, Illustration for a conversation between Rem Koolhas and Francesco Vezzoli
• Dirty Magazine. Charlotte Free Portraits^[38]

2010

• Candy (Spain), Who's That Girl Issue
• V Man (USA). #15, Dream Blond
• Hercules. Pedro Almodóvar Special

2009

• Tokion (USA). One to One, Silvia Prada on Jeff Koons^[39]
• Hercules Universal, The New Kid on the Block Issue

2008

• Dazed & Confused (UK). An Issue of Reinvention^[40]
• EY! Magateen. In Loving Memory

2007

• Fanzine 137 (Spain). 5.137, Matt Dillon. Heartbeats Accelerating^[41]

2004

• BlackBook (USA). The Arts Issue
• Carlos (UK). Good Bye Great Britain

2003

• The Face (UK). Trouble in Sunnydale
• The Face (UK). 2002 Review, Not Forgotten Issue

2002

• The Face (UK). The Creatives Issue

2002

• Dazed & Confused (UK). 10th Anniversary Issue

Books and Editions

2012

• THE NEW MODERN HAIR: A STYLING CHART, Co-published by cultureEDIT and Silvia Prada^[42]
• THE NEW MODERN HAIR: A STYLING CHART, Foldout Poster^[43]

2010

• RICHARD GERE ON FAKE KANDINSKY PIN UP POSTER^[44]

2006

• THE SILVIA PRADA ART BOOK, Published by Silvia Prada^[45]

References

1. Casando Santapau Gallery
2. cultureEDIT
3. The Corner
4. Candy Magazine
5. Fanzine 137
6. EY Magateen
7. Casando Santapau Gallery
8. Art IT, 2008
9. Colette.fr, 2008
10. Casando Santapau Gallery
11. Silvia Prada Website
12. Opening Ceremony
13. Interview Magazine
14. Casando Santapau Gallery
15. Casando Santapau Gallery
16. Art IT, 2008
17. Galería Lluciá Homs
18. Grafica Colectiva
19. MUSAC
20. Instituto Cervantes
21. Zona Maco Art Fair
22. Casando Santapau Gallery
23. Museo nacional de Bellas Artes
24. MUSAC
25. Colette
26. Casando Santapau Gallery
27. Casando Santapau Gallery
28. Galería Strany de la Mota
29. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Carrilo Gil
30. Casando Santapau Gallery
31. Casando Santapau Gallery
32. Casando Santapau Gallery
33. Casando Santapau Gallery
34. Círculo de Bellas Artes
35. Casando Santapau Gallery
36. Casando Santapau Gallery
37. Casando Santapau Gallery
38. Dirty Magazine
39. Atmosphere Online
40. Dazed & Confused
41. Fanzine137
42. cultureEDIT
43. cultureEDIT
44. cultureEDIT
45. cultureEDIT

External links

• http://www.silviaprada.com
• http://www.oamadrid.com/artists.php
• http://www.casadosantapau.com/client/es/artistas_obras.asp?artist=5&page=1&infoPage=obras
• http://www.culture-edit.com/representation/