DeAnn L. Prosia

• Illustration — DeAnn L. Prosia, "Under the Elevated", line etching, 12×12 inches, 2016 Prosia attended Prospect High School in Mount Prospect, IL (a northwest suburb of Chicago), where her interest in art developed and was encouraged by her art teachers. This is also where she made her very first etching using a zinc plate with nitric acid. She later attended Northern Illinois University where she earned a BA in Communication Studies with a focus in Advertising and a minor in Art. Prosia also studied pastel drawing with artist Nina Weiss and took life drawing classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Prosia's commitment to printmaking came in 1988 when she met a Chicago printmaker, Phillip C. Thompson, whose architectural style, line work, and tone caught her eye. Over a three-day period, he taught her the basics of printmaking. On the fourth day, she ordered her first printing press from Blick, set it up in her Chicago studio apartment, and got to work creating etchings. In 1990, with Thompson's help, she started doing weekend art festivals. In the mid-1990s, Prosia left Chicago and spent a year and a half in Erlanger, KY. From there she moved to Monroe, CT, where she became a member of the Silvermine Art Guild and the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) in New York City. In 2002 The Old Print Shop in NYC, began representing her (2002–present). From 2006–2009, Prosia lived in Mainz, Germany. In 2007, she had her first international solo exhibition, "Etchings of DeAnn Prosia" at Art'N'Act Galerie. Her second international solo exhibition followed in 2009, "Mein Mainz", at Eisenturm Galerie. Art Critic and Reporter for the (Mainz Rhine Newspaper) Martina Koch said of Prosia’s etchings: "When you stand in front of DeAnn L. Prosia's etchings, sometimes you long for a magnifying glass. Her views of the city are so finely drawn and rich in detail that the first fleeting glance is hardly enough to grasp them." After returning to the States in December 2009, Prosia settled in Newtown, CT (the same town Martin Lewis lived in from 1932–1936). During this time she became more involved in museum and gallery exhibitions which helped get her work into several prominent collections (see list below). In 2010, she gained representation through the ebo Gallery in Millwood, NY (2010–present). Prosia also began to affiliate herself with prominent art organizations such as The Allied Artists of America, New York, NY; The Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA; The Audubon Artists, New York, NY; American Women Artists, Lodi, CA; Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY; Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT; and The Print Club of Albany, Albany, NY. In 2020, Prosia was added to the roster of represented artists at fYREGALLERY in Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia (2020–present). From 2019–2021, Prosia served as Vice President of SAGA, and from 2021–2023 she served as President. Some of her most notable accomplishments included securing a member show at The Gallery at The Met Store at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and establishing the annual national juried print exhibition, Mini Gems, in 2022.

• The Old Printshop, New York, NY (2002–present) • ebo Gallery, Millwood, NY since 2010 • fYRE GALLERY, Braidwood, Australia since 2020

• Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY (A Smithsonian Affiliate) • New York Public Library Print Collection, New York, NY • International Exlibris Centre, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium • Graphic Gallery Fund Collection, Varna, Bulgaria • Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA • Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN • Gormley Gallery Collection, Notre Dame of Maryland University, MD • Rutgers University Archives, New Jersey • Syracuse University Art Collection, Syracuse, NY • Newark Public Library, Special Collections, Newark, NJ • Arkansas State University Collection, Jonesboro, AR • The Douro Museum Printmaking Collection, Peso da Régua, Portugal • Print Club of Albany, Albany, NY