Vanessa Prager

Vanessa Prager (born August 27, 1984) is an LA-based artist. With no formal education, Vanessa Prager has become widely exhibited for her atmospheric and figurative oil paintings; the artist has been a part of nearly thirty shows. Theatrical and bizarre, her subjects take center stage in isolated performances where vegetation, candy and toys reoccur, and lurid backgrounds fade into harsh shadows or a disconnected blur. She is the younger sister of photographer and filmmaker Alex Prager.

Career
Vanessa Prager's most recent works of art is a still of Ryan Gosling, for the New York Times film Touch of Evil: Cinematic Villainy From the Year’s Best Performers by photographer and filmmaker Alex Prager.

2012
Spring Show, Soho House West Hollywood, Gallery for the People

2011
Across the Universe, hosted by Danny Masterson, ADBD Gallery Shft Pop Up, hosted by Adrian Grenier and Peter Glatzer for Shft.com Girls, girls, girls, Jenkins Johnson Gallery Drawn, Michaels Santa Monica presented by Subliminal Projects Gallery Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art Pop up, Shft.com Gallery La Brea

2010
Wreck the Walls, Subliminal Projects Gallery Love You Too, hosted by Michael Pena, Soho House West Hollywood Love You Too, Part Two, Em & Co Re:Form School, curated by the Hole NYC Home Sweet Home, This Gallery 11:11, ADBD gallery Facets of Self, Salon 1641 Silent Art Auction, Venice Art Walk The Art Show at Next, Next Model Management LA Art in Numbers, High Profile Productions Happy Ending, Miss Scarlet in the Parlour Gallery Art Within Reach, Urban:Sanctuary

2009
Little Dream, new works and installation by Vanessa Prager and Lizzy Waronker Double Vision: Vanessa Prager and Di Gaeta, hosted by Bijou Phillips, Em & Co Hunting and Gaming, Kathy Grayson and Vanessa Prager, hosted by Erika Christensen and Jeff Vespa, Robert Berman Gallery Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art To Haiti With Love, Benefit fund for Haiti, hosted by Sal Masekela Fuel TV art show, Bathhouse Studios NY Stoked Sessions LA, Upper Playground Los Angeles FIN: the migration, Studio 1636 Silent Auction, Venice Art Walk for Venice Family Clinic Viva Variety!, Palihouse Holloway Twelve Days of Christmas, Ghettogloss Gallery

2008
Great Things Together, WeSC Concept Store LA Change America, Robert Berman Gallery All That We Have Left, Ghettogloss Gallery Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art Venice Art Walk Silent Auction A Tribute to Alex Steinweiss, Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Center The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery ArtNow Fair, New York City I Love Paper, Studio 1636 Under the Influence, A Tribute to Stan Lee, Gallery 1988 The Girly Group Show, Ghettogloss Gallery Opening, Studio 1636

2007
Crazy for Cult, Gallery 1988