Enzo Prina 'That's A Moire' HPM #28 Available

Artist: Enzo Prina
Title: That's A Moire #28
Medium: Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas
Size: 24 x 30 Inches
Edition: UNIQUE
Price: $1,000

 

Enzo Prina is an Italian contemporary artist whose kinetic moiré works transform static walls into pulsing fields of visual vibration. Born in Italy and now based in Salt Lake City, Utah, he discovered early that overlapping precise lines could create the illusion of motion, a fascination that grew into his signature technique . Working with acrylic, epoxy resin and sometimes aluminum panel, he builds multiple transparent layers, each carrying hair thin grids or concentric arcs. When these layers shift against one another, either by viewer movement or subtle rotation of the surface, waves, spirals and glitches ripple across the picture plane, an effect he likens to digital code made physical.

Process is both scientific and intuitive. Prina begins with vector diagrams plotted on screen, yet final decisions happen in the studio as he sands, pours and polishes resin to achieve glass like depth. Colour palettes range from volcanic reds and charred oranges in the large scale VESUVIUS to cool cobalt and silver in his recent Digital Love series, each hue chosen to amplify the moiré flutter without overwhelming it . The works behave like living organisms, changing under different light conditions and never revealing the same image twice.

Exhibitions at Zach Frank Gallery and Art Miami have sold out rapidly, while short form videos of his canvases spinning on turntables circulate widely online, turning optical illusion into social media spectacle . Through meticulous craft and playful engineering, Prina offers viewers a rare experience: the chance to watch paint stand still while the picture dances.