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Artist Statement:
Betta fish are considered
disposable items that can be
checked out, returned dead,
and discarded much like cheap
plastic toys. Magnifying
bettas to human-size and
portraying their environment
from a fish-eye perspective
provokes the question: what if
that dying fish were me?
The betta fish signify the
trapped and suffering animals
of the world. Our own living
and working environments are
not much better with
apartments stacked sky-high
and claustrophobic cubicles
providing barely enough room
to move. By putting animal
cruelty in human terms, people
more readily empathize with
the subject. The betta is the
overlooked, forgotten animal,
merely appreciated for
superficial aesthetic
qualities; it represents all
of our shallowness and pain.
Animal symbols transcend
temporal and geographic
boundaries, providing
historical insight and
multicultural narratives. The
use of the postmodern animal
addresses emotional and
ethical issues while helping
viewers reevaluate their own
identities through that of the
redefined animal subject....
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Pruce received her MFA in Painting at Savannah College of Art and Design and was awarded the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Sweet Briar College with a BFA in Studio Art and Creative Writing, and an Art History minor. She met her husband, a Naval Intelligence Officer, when they were both studying abroad at the University of Oxford.
Recently, she received a Professional Development Grant to attend an artist residency at Sustainable Arts Society. She was also awarded the Forsyth Fellowship to attend an artist residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
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