Silvia Prada

{{Short description|Spanish artist}}

{{Infobox artist

| name = Silvia Prada

| birth_date = 1969

| image =Silvia Prada.jpeg

| caption = Silvia Prada

| birth_place = León, Spain

| nationality = Spanish

| field = Art

}}

Silvia Prada (born 1969 in León, Spain) is an artist who lives and works in New York City.{{cite web |url=http://www.casadosantapau.com/client/es/artistas_info.asp?artist=5&infoPage=biografia |title=Galería Casado Santapau |accessdate=2012-06-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621130058/http://www.casadosantapau.com/client/es/artistas_info.asp?artist=5&infoPage=biografia |archivedate=2012-06-21 }} Casando Santapau Gallery Her work as an illustrator and decorative artist has been described as a monochromatic and geometric documentation of pop culture. Capturing a fetishistic representation of defining moments and iconography.{{cite web |url=http://www.culture-edit.com/representation/ |title=Culture-edit - REPRESENTATION |accessdate=2012-06-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623143206/http://www.culture-edit.com/representation |archivedate=2012-06-23 }} cultureEDIT Her work was featured for the first time in The Face magazine in 2002.{{Cite web| url=http://www.thecorner.com/us/fashion/christmas-around-corner-designers-second | title=Product added to Shopping Bag | accessdate=2012-06-29 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108235131/http://www.thecorner.com/us/fashion/christmas-around-corner-designers-second | archivedate=2012-01-08}} The Corner 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{{cite web |url=http://byluisvenegas.com/zines/candy/ |title=By Luis Venegas – CANDY |accessdate=2013-02-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117155604/http://byluisvenegas.com/zines/candy/ |archivedate=2013-01-17 }} Candy Magazine Fanzine 137{{cite web |url=http://byluisvenegas.com/zines/fanzine137/ |title=By Luis Venegas – FANZINE137 |accessdate=2011-03-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309003720/http://byluisvenegas.com/zines/fanzine137/ |archivedate=2011-03-09 }} Fanzine 137 and EY Magateen.{{cite web |url=http://byluisvenegas.com/zines/ey-magateen/ |title=By Luis Venegas – EY! Magateen |accessdate=2012-06-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629143425/http://byluisvenegas.com/zines/ey-magateen/ |archivedate=2012-06-29 }} EY Magateen

Prada's works and large-scale illustration and/or poster installations have been showcased in museums, art fairs and galleries worldwide including MoCA Shanghai,{{Cite web | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218172410/http://www.art-it.jp/e_recommend_detail.php?id=46 | title=Exhibition picks by ART iT correspondents | url=http://www.art-it.jp/e_recommend_detail.php?id=46 | website=Art IT | year=2008 | archive-date=2013-02-18}} Colette in Paris{{Cite web | url=http://www.colette.fr/#/page/784/my-2007/ | website=colette.fr | year=2008 | title=Colette mon amour}} and Deitch Projects in New York

She self-published "The Silvia Prada Art Book" in 2006, an anarchic reflection about the history of fashion in a visual dialogue with decorative painters of the last century.{{Cite web | url=http://www.silviaprada.com/home.html | title=Silvia Prada Website}}{{Dead link | date=April 2025 | fix-attempted=yes}} "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.[http://www.openingceremony.us/products.asp?menuid=2&designerid=274&productid=67055&key=silvia+prada Opening Ceremony]{{Dead link | date=April 2025 | fix-attempted=yes}}

Solo exhibitions

2018

  • Silvia Prada at TOM House Exhibit. Los Angeles {{cite web | url=https://www.tomoffinland.org/silvia-prada-at-tom-house-through-18th-june/ | title=Silvia Prada at TOM House | Through 18th June | date=20 May 2018 }}

2013

  • The New Modern Hair. Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles{{Cite web | url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/the-new-modern-hair-silvia-prada | title=A Look Back at the New Modern Hair | website=Interview Magazine | author=Hannah Mandel | date=2013-01-17}}

2010

  • Let's Get Busy. Jesus Gallardo Gallery. Guanajuato, Mexico

2009

  • Pin up War. Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid

2008

  • Fever. Art Lab. MoCA. Shanghai, China{{Cite web | url=http://www.art-it.jp/recommend_detail.php?id=46 | title=お薦め:アートイット寄稿家の注目する展覧会 | language=ja | trans-title=Recommended: Exhibitions highlighted by Art It contributors | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023344/http://www.art-it.jp/recommend_detail.php?id=46 | archive-date=2016-03-04 | website=Art IT | year=2008}}

2007

  • House of Pop. Galería Lluciá Homs. Barcelona[https://www.galerialluciahoms.es/artist_prada.html Galería Lluciá Homs - Silvia Prada]

2005

  • All Things Pop. CASM, Centro de Arte Santa Mónica. Barcelona[http://www.graficacolectiva.org/categoria/arte/page/32/ Grafica Colectiva - Ibán Ramón]
  • Hot or Not. Laboratorio 987.MUSAC. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León{{cite web |url=http://www.musac.es/index_en.php?ref=2000 |title=MUSAC ::: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León |accessdate=2012-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704160130/http://www.musac.es/index_en.php?ref=2000 |archivedate=2012-07-04 }} MUSAC

Selected group exhibitions

2018

  • Fortnight Institute, Antifurniture.{{cite web |url=https://fortnight.institute/exhibitions/26-antifurniture-store-conceptual-retail-store/ |title=Antifurniture Store |work=Fortnight Institute}}

2011

  • Grafika, Instituto Cervantes, Madrid[http://www.cervantes.es/default.html Instituto Cervantes]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Zona Maco Art Fair. Mexico City[http://zonamaco.com/en/ Zona Maco Art Fair]
  • Cruised or to be Cruised. Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid
  • Huespedes. MNBA. Museo nacional de Bellas Artes. Buenos Aires. Argentina{{cite web |url=http://www.mnba.org.ar/detalle_exposicion_temporal.php?exp=3&exposicion=80 |title=MNBA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Argentina |accessdate=2012-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121127122222/http://www.mnba.org.ar/detalle_exposicion_temporal.php?exp=3&exposicion=80 |archivedate=2012-11-27 }} Museo nacional de Bellas Artes

2007

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

2006

  • Cavalier Book Project. Nog Gallery, London
  • World Painting. Galería Strany de la Mota, Barcelona{{cite web |url=http://www.estranydelamota.com/eng/intro.php |title=Galeria Estrany ˇ de la Mota |accessdate=2012-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817224253/http://www.estranydelamota.com/eng/intro.php |archivedate=2012-08-17 }} Galería Strany de la Mota
  • Próximamente. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Carrillo Gil, México DF{{Cite web | url=http://www.museodeartecarrillogil.com | title=Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Carrilo Gil | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220111550/http://www.museodeartecarrillogil.com/ | archive-date=2020-12-20}}
  • Arco'06. Galería lluciá Homs, Barcelona

2005

  • Arco'05. Galería Lluciá Homs, Barcelona

2004

  • Edad Perversa. Galería Horrach Moyá, Mallorca

2004

2003

  • Paper Chic. Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid{{cite web |url=http://www.circulobellasartes.com/english/cba_en_exhibitions.php |title=Círculo de Bellas Artes |accessdate=2012-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130119051952/http://www.circulobellasartes.com/english/cba_en_exhibitions.php |archivedate=2013-01-19 }} Círculo de Bellas Artes
  • V Convocatoria de Jóvenes Artistas. Galería Luis Adelantado, Valencia

1996

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

1994

  • Uno Cada Uno. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid.

Collections

Commercial commissions

2020

  • MIU MIU 2020 {{Cite web | title=Fall Winter 2020 Campaign {{!}} Miu Miu | url=https://www.miumiu.com/us/en/miumiu-club/campaigns/fw20-campaign.html | access-date=2025-04-05 | website=www.miumiu.com}}

2013

  • MSGM, S/S 2013 Advertisement campaign

2012

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

2008

2006

  • Nike Global, " Always on the Run"

2005

  • Danzha Vodka

2004

  • Barcelona Fashion Week

2003

  • GAS/DESIGN/EXCHANGE/TOKYO

Magazine commissions

2020

  • Playgirl Magazine {{cite web | url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/playgirl-magazine-is-back-and-its-not-what-you-think | title=Playgirl Magazine is Back, and It's Not What You Think | date=22 October 2020 }}

2011

  • V (US). #68, The Who Cares About Age Issue
  • V (US). #70, The Star Power Issue
  • Pin-Up Magazine. #11, Illustration for a conversation between Rem Koolhas and Francesco Vezzoli
  • Dirty Magazine. Charlotte Free Portraits{{Cite web | url=http://dirty-mag.com/v2/?p=87 | title=Pop artist & fierce DJ, Silvia Prada | website=Dirty Magazine | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114214823/http://dirty-mag.com/v2/?p=87 | archive-date=2018-01-14}}

2010

2009

  • Tokion (US). One to One, Silvia Prada on Jeff Koons{{Cite web | url=http://gas.main.jp/atmosphere/2009/07/news-silvia-prada-on-jeff-koons/ | title=NEWS: SILVIA PRADA on JEFF KOONS | website=Atmosphere Online | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525110340/http://gas.main.jp/atmosphere/2009/07/news-silvia-prada-on-jeff-koons/ | archive-date=2019-05-25}}
  • Hercules Universal, The New Kid on the Block Issue

2008

  • Dazed & Confused (UK). An Issue of Reinvention[https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/388/1/madonna-worldwide-exclusive-in-dazed-confused Madonna Worldwide Exclusive in Dazed & Confused]
  • EY! Magateen. In Loving Memory

2007

  • Fanzine 137 (Spain). 5.137, Matt Dillon. Heartbeats Accelerating{{cite web |url=http://byluisvenegas.com/zines/fanzine137/fanzine137-5-137-heartbeats-accelerating/ |title=By Luis Venegas – 5.137 |accessdate=2012-08-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320230238/http://byluisvenegas.com/zines/fanzine137/fanzine137-5-137-heartbeats-accelerating/ |archivedate=2012-03-20 }} Fanzine137

2004

  • BlackBook (US). 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

Books and editions

2020

  • Peter Berlin: Icon, Artist, Photosexual {{cite book |url=https://www.artbook.com/9788862086554.html|title=Peter Berlin: Icon, Artist, Photosexual}}

2012

  • THE NEW MODERN HAIR: A STYLING CHART, Co-published by cultureEDIT and Silvia Prada{{cite web |url=http://www.culture-edit.com/store/ |title=Culture-edit - STORE |accessdate=2012-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818230039/http://www.culture-edit.com/store |archivedate=2012-08-18 }} cultureEDIT
  • THE NEW MODERN HAIR: A STYLING CHART, Foldout Poster{{cite web |url=http://www.culture-edit.com/editions/ |title=Culture-edit - EDITIONS |accessdate=2012-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125032519/http://www.culture-edit.com/editions/ |archivedate=2013-01-25 }} cultureEDIT

2010

  • RICHARD GERE ON FAKE KANDINSKY PIN UP POSTER

2006

  • THE SILVIA PRADA ART BOOK, Published by Silvia Prada

References

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