Born in Chicago, Illinois, DeAnn L. Prosia has been creating and selling art works since 1990.
She attended Prospect High School (class of 1981) and then went on to receive her BA at Northern Illinois University in Communication Studies with a focus on advertising and (more than) a minor in Art. She also took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago, but her interest in printmaking came later when she met a Chicago printmaker whose work caught her eye. Over three days he taught her the basics of printmaking. A day later she ordered her first printing press from Blick and set it up in her studio apartment.
Until 2006 her efforts mostly concentrated on etchings. It was not until she was living in Germany (December 2006 – October 2009) when she decided to use her love of drawing and her interest in color to experiment with watercolors. Through a lot of experimentation and the influence of the European art scene she developed a style that, she feels, is quite opposite of the tightly knit feeling that her etchings offer.
DeAnn has served as the President of The Society of American Graphic Artists (2021 - 2023). She currently lives and works in Morrisown, New Jersey.
Notable Collections:
- Print Club of Albany 2024 Presentation Print, Albany, NY
- The Rockwell Museum - A Smithsonian Affiliate, Corning, NY
- The New York Historical Society Museum and Library, New York, NY
- New York Public Library Print Collection, New York, NY
- The International Exlibris Centre, Stedelijke Musea, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
- Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
- Gormley Gallery Collection, Notre Dame of Maryland University, MD
- Newark Public Library, Special Collections, Newark, NJ
- Rutgers University Archives, New Jersey
- Syracuse University Art Collections, Syracuse, NY
DeAnn is a collector of prints and likes to read, travel and hike. She has spent the night at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, stuck her feet in the glacier waters of Tasman Lake, New Zealand and has been inside one of the great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.
