Balancing Act

IlaSahai Prouty is the artist in residence at ArtSpace in Raleigh. Prouty is a sculptor and printmaker, often utilizing castings of her own body to create her work. Prouty earned her BFA in Painting from Brown University and her MFA in Printmaking from the California College of Arts. She was a resident artist at the Penland School of Crafts, and has taught in schools for 14 years. Prouty's work has been exhibited throughout the country including at the Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA; Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA; GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC; Penland Gallery, Penland, NC; Rebus Works, Raleigh, NC; Duke University, Durham, NC; and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC. Prouty has also completed numerous public art projects, and is currently working on a large-scale glass sculpture for Yellowstone National Park.