Prosek’s studio and plein air studies on view July 11–October 25, 2026
VERO BEACH, FL—Multimedia artist James Prosek returns to the Vero Beach Museum of Art (VBMA) in an exhibition that celebrates the major projects that have shaped his first three decades of practice through more than 70 artworks–in a diverse body of work made since the early 2000s. Based in Easton, Connecticut, Prosek (b. 1975) carries forward the New England tradition of the artist-naturalist, in dialogue with figures such as John James Audubon and Charles Burchfield, while reconsidering how we observe and classify the natural world. His approach also engages the documentary impulses of naturalists like Carl Linnaeus and Charles Darwin, who sought to bring order to nature’s complexity.
This survey highlights the range of his practice, from on-site field studies to studio-based painting, watercolor, and sculpture. “I had followed Prosek’s work for years, particularly because of the way his practice bridges art, natural history, environmental observation, and our emotional relationship to the natural world,” explains Caitlin Swindell, chief curator of the Vero Beach Museum of Art. “Prosek has long been one of the artists I hoped to work with in some capacity.”…