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Internationally known artist featured at ArtsForward
By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press
The exhibit at ArtsForward for the month of February focusses on the mind and heart. Literally! Mind and Heart is a series primarily of black ink drawings and alcohol ink paintings exploring the connection between neuroscience and the human heart.
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The artist behind these pieces is Victoria Prince, a multi-disciplined artist who graduated from the University of Manitoba in 2023, receiving a B.F.A. First Class Honours degree. Her works are broad in style, ranging in genre from those aforementioned to experimental films.
Prince’s work for this exhibit was inspired by the of Dr. Armour, who coined the term “heart brain”. In 1991, Dr. Armour had discovered that the heart has its own “little brain”, composed of approximately 40,000 neurons similar to those in the human brain. This research is what brought Prince to explore the anatomical heart through drawing and photography.
ART BY VICTORIA PRINCE
A sample of some of the works by Victoria Prince, which are currently featured at ArtsForward for the month of February. From left to right are a: heart study photo, neuron study and memory series piece. Prince works with a variety of mediums and has been featured on an international scale.
drawings and cell-stained illuminations of neuroscientists Santiago Ramon y Cajal and Camilo Golgi.
Her own research of the brain and formation of neurons (brain cells), and specifically memories, lead Prince to question if one can overcome and/ or change their negative memories.
