Loreal Prystaj
About the Artist
Loreal Prystaj is a visual artist based in New York City and London. She is currently attending the Royal College of Art in London to obtain her MA in Photography. Her work often exposes the relationship between time and space, with a juxtaposition of the human form and its environment. She expresses ideas through her photography and uses the medium consistently – in installation and interactive pieces – as well as using herself as a character or form in her performance and video work.
Loreal Prystaj is a visual artist based in New York City and London. She is currently attending the Royal College of Art in London to obtain her MA in Photography. Her work often exposes the relationship between time and space, with a juxtaposition of the human form and its environment. She expresses ideas through her photography and uses the medium consistently – in installation and interactive pieces – as well as using herself as a character or form in her performance and video work.
The Artworks (Ashurst Art Collection 2019)
Fibers of Beauty 1
C-Type Photograph 60 x 42cm |
Fibers of Beauty 2
C-Type Photograph 60 x 42cm |
Fibers of Beauty 3
C-Type Photograph 60 x 42cm |
"Powerful and gentle – you are all things.
You are everywhere like a thread of water persistently moving you weave through Earth’s surface. Shaping the World. Though you are mysterious you are open. Affecting all you touch. Your gentleness sooths and your fearlessness intimidates like a thorn on a flower’s stem. Your beauty is a rose . . . soft as a petal and blossoms over time. You evolve steadily. You are a Goddess. Possessing the depth of Mother Nature the focus of a warrior. You are Harmony Graceful and strong. You shape the World. You are all things. you are everywhere." |
Artist CV
Education
MA Photography – The Royal College of Art, London, UK
BFA Photography – The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA
Selected Exhibitions
2019 – Ethereal: A Diary Poetry – Galerie Joseph Turenne, Paris (Upcoming)
2019 – Delphian Open Call 2019 – The Print Space, London
2019 – Femininos Pessoais – O Centro Cultural, Rio De Janiero
2018 – A Sustainable Future – Dyson Gallery, London
2018 – Ashurst Emerging Art Prize Exhibition– Ashurst Gallery, London
2018 – Dior Photography Award for Young Talents– LUMA Gallery, Arles
2018 – Offprint– Tate Modern, London
2018 – Disrupt– Subject Matter, Online
2018 – Tokyo International photo Festival – CA Gallery, Tokyo
2017 – Assisi International Exhibition– Galerie Le Logge, Assisi
2017 – Life Framer Open Call– Clamp Art, New York, Arles, Milan
Awards and Nominations
2019 – Pic.London:After School Collective Strategies–Final 18 participants selected
2019 – #FotoRoomOPEN– Final 9 Shortlisted
2018 – Royal Photographic Society–100 Heroines, Nominee
2018 – Ashurst Emerging Art Prize – Final 25 Shortlisted
2018 – Dior Young Talent Award– Jury Mention
2018 – TIFA– 1st Place: Fine Art Award
2017 – Life Framer OPEN CALL– 2nd Place winner
2017 – ArtSlant – 1st place for Fine Art Photography
2016 – Neutral Density –Gold Award for Conceptual Photography
Selected Publications (Print)
Create! Magazine
Chiiz Magazine
Unvæl Journal : Edition III
The Art of Color; DIOR
Art Book Inspiration
The Solitary Body. The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography, Vol.II
DAZE Magazine
ICON
Hue Magazine
Behind the Yellow Wallpaper
Select Online Publications
Unvæl Magazine – “An Interview with Photographer, Loreal Prystaj”
Art UPON – “Flora Ornamental”
Curated by Girls – “Body in Bathworks”
The Guardian – “Royal Photographic Society seeks 'hundred heroines' for special award”
British Journal of Photography – “Nominate your Inspirational Female Photography Today”
Konbini– “This Girl Photographed herself in 100 Bathtubs”
My Modern Met– “12 Contemporary Artists tell us what it takes to make a great piece of Art”
My Modern Met – “Surreal Portraits of Human Form Hiding Behind Reflections of Nature.”
The Life of Gordon F. Sander – Introducing Loreal Prystaj
The Phoblographer– “Loreal Prystaj Uses Mirrors to Explore Man’s Relationship with Nature”
Dodho Magazine– “Reflecting on Nature by Loreal Prystaj”
Dodho Magazine– "May 2017: Most Popular Photographers"
F-STOP Magazine Issue #89– “Altered Photography”
Dodho Magazine– “Anatomy of a Photograph by Loreal" Prystaj”
L'Oeil de la Photographie– “Reflecting on Nature”
L'Oeil de la Photographie– “The New York Times Portfolio Reviews”
L'Oeil de la Photographie– “Between the Cracks”
Art Residencies
2017 Arte Studio Ginestrelle, Assissi, Italy
2017 Córtex Frontal Residency, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Artles Creative Residency, Haukijärvi, Finland
2015 Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi, Japan
2014 Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Woodstock, NY, USA
Selected Work Experience
2019 Co-Curator for Gordon Sander’s Retrospective “My America: 1965-2019”– VEF Culture Palace, Riga, Latvia.
2019 ISSOS Photo Teacher, Summer Program– Yale University, New Haven
2018 Guest Speaker – Ashurst Art Prize Talk, London
2014-2017 Guest Lecturer – Illusions in Photography – New York University, New York
2015 Guest Speaker–After Graduation and Entering the Photography Industry– Adorama, New York
2015 Guest Speaker– Nuit Blache– Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Japan.
2015 Panel Discussion–Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: Literature and the Psychology of Change– Columbia University, New York
2014 Guest Lecturer –Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
2014 Assistant Art Director– Byrdcliffe Art Colony, New York
Education
MA Photography – The Royal College of Art, London, UK
BFA Photography – The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA
Selected Exhibitions
2019 – Ethereal: A Diary Poetry – Galerie Joseph Turenne, Paris (Upcoming)
2019 – Delphian Open Call 2019 – The Print Space, London
2019 – Femininos Pessoais – O Centro Cultural, Rio De Janiero
2018 – A Sustainable Future – Dyson Gallery, London
2018 – Ashurst Emerging Art Prize Exhibition– Ashurst Gallery, London
2018 – Dior Photography Award for Young Talents– LUMA Gallery, Arles
2018 – Offprint– Tate Modern, London
2018 – Disrupt– Subject Matter, Online
2018 – Tokyo International photo Festival – CA Gallery, Tokyo
2017 – Assisi International Exhibition– Galerie Le Logge, Assisi
2017 – Life Framer Open Call– Clamp Art, New York, Arles, Milan
Awards and Nominations
2019 – Pic.London:After School Collective Strategies–Final 18 participants selected
2019 – #FotoRoomOPEN– Final 9 Shortlisted
2018 – Royal Photographic Society–100 Heroines, Nominee
2018 – Ashurst Emerging Art Prize – Final 25 Shortlisted
2018 – Dior Young Talent Award– Jury Mention
2018 – TIFA– 1st Place: Fine Art Award
2017 – Life Framer OPEN CALL– 2nd Place winner
2017 – ArtSlant – 1st place for Fine Art Photography
2016 – Neutral Density –Gold Award for Conceptual Photography
Selected Publications (Print)
Create! Magazine
Chiiz Magazine
Unvæl Journal : Edition III
The Art of Color; DIOR
Art Book Inspiration
The Solitary Body. The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography, Vol.II
DAZE Magazine
ICON
Hue Magazine
Behind the Yellow Wallpaper
Select Online Publications
Unvæl Magazine – “An Interview with Photographer, Loreal Prystaj”
Art UPON – “Flora Ornamental”
Curated by Girls – “Body in Bathworks”
The Guardian – “Royal Photographic Society seeks 'hundred heroines' for special award”
British Journal of Photography – “Nominate your Inspirational Female Photography Today”
Konbini– “This Girl Photographed herself in 100 Bathtubs”
My Modern Met– “12 Contemporary Artists tell us what it takes to make a great piece of Art”
My Modern Met – “Surreal Portraits of Human Form Hiding Behind Reflections of Nature.”
The Life of Gordon F. Sander – Introducing Loreal Prystaj
The Phoblographer– “Loreal Prystaj Uses Mirrors to Explore Man’s Relationship with Nature”
Dodho Magazine– “Reflecting on Nature by Loreal Prystaj”
Dodho Magazine– "May 2017: Most Popular Photographers"
F-STOP Magazine Issue #89– “Altered Photography”
Dodho Magazine– “Anatomy of a Photograph by Loreal" Prystaj”
L'Oeil de la Photographie– “Reflecting on Nature”
L'Oeil de la Photographie– “The New York Times Portfolio Reviews”
L'Oeil de la Photographie– “Between the Cracks”
Art Residencies
2017 Arte Studio Ginestrelle, Assissi, Italy
2017 Córtex Frontal Residency, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Artles Creative Residency, Haukijärvi, Finland
2015 Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi, Japan
2014 Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Woodstock, NY, USA
Selected Work Experience
2019 Co-Curator for Gordon Sander’s Retrospective “My America: 1965-2019”– VEF Culture Palace, Riga, Latvia.
2019 ISSOS Photo Teacher, Summer Program– Yale University, New Haven
2018 Guest Speaker – Ashurst Art Prize Talk, London
2014-2017 Guest Lecturer – Illusions in Photography – New York University, New York
2015 Guest Speaker–After Graduation and Entering the Photography Industry– Adorama, New York
2015 Guest Speaker– Nuit Blache– Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Japan.
2015 Panel Discussion–Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: Literature and the Psychology of Change– Columbia University, New York
2014 Guest Lecturer –Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
2014 Assistant Art Director– Byrdcliffe Art Colony, New York
