Biography and Selected Arts

A singer from her earliest days in the sunny mountains of Nothern California, Pruett’s childhood musical education came mostly from her parents vinyl collection – a mix of classical and choir, Jimi Hendrix, Roberta Flack, Janis Joplin, Leo Kottke, Leonard Cohen, John Denver, and Carole King.

Having written songs and compositions since earliest childhood, she sang jazz as a teen in small clubs and with friends, and recorded and released records while moving around the country, to New York, Los Angeles, and Portland.

Pruett studied with The Meredith Monk House Foundation in NYC and continues to use the methods, which became an inspiration for her in 2005.

She has shared stages with Jonah Matranga of Far and Gratitude, Jacob Golden, Sean Hayashi, Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters, Two Sheds, Ruebi Lynn, Nick Jaina, Coal Beautiere, Karl Blau, Lady Lazarus, Good Shield Aguilar, and others, and has produced music for several artists. She is a member of Tiger Friends Collective.

Pruett has several releases in preparation.

Discography

2001, Dreamland, EP. out of print.

2003, Natural Fact, full length album, Tiger Friends Collective

2004, Winter Apple, full length album, Tiger Friends Collective

2009, The Stars, the Moon, the Owl, the Cougar, and You, full length album, Tiger Friends Collective

Films

Roses For Maya Deren series, 2006-2012. I have been working on my short film series, Roses For Maya Deren, since 2005. It is a tribute to Maya Deren, a filmmaker who philosophically influenced my frugal style of working and passed away at a sadly young age, but not before influencing generations of artists to come. My practice and my work in this series strongly reference art history while providing experiences and opportunities for new artists and individuals who have never previously participated in making fine art.

Dream Films project, 2011 continuing. Together with Stan Okumura, a young filmmaker from Northern California, a lifetime project was created that invites the public to film their dreams (dreams had during sleep) in any quality of video and share them. These videos are available for gallery showings and we hope they will be shared freely wherever people find them inspiring.

Select Performance Highlights

1998  – Performance of original material and songs made popular by Billie Holiday in the presence of and in honor of Josee Andrei at Himovitz Gallery in Sacramento, California.

2011 – The Roxy, Los Angeles

Performance Arts 

2001 - Songs In Restaurants performances with select groups of 8-12 people, with guitars and instruments entering random restaurants and singing popular songs while dancing through the restaurants, Sacramento, California

2003 - Feed performance with food in portrayal of the allegory of the long spoons, with Alexis Disselkoen at Santa Monica College

2007 - World Healing attempt to arrange the proper burial of Apache chief Geronimos boneswith a film proposal to selected officials including the president of the united states, film directors, musicians, and magazines. letters were exchanged with the white house during that time and turned in to the Geronimo family in support of their position, the family brought a lawsuit in 2009 and continues to seek peace for their relative.

Fine Arts Exhibitions

1998 – Heaven Sent Art Gallery, photographs, Sacramento, California

1998 – I Street Gallery, photographs, Sacramento, California

1999 – Jacks Urban Eats, paintings, Sacramento, California

1999 – The Sterling Hotel, photographs, for Healing Voices, A benefit for the Unity Fund, supporting the synagogues that were damaged in firebombings in June of 1999. Sacramento, California.

2000 – W.E.A.V.E. (Women Escaping A Violent Environment) benefit show, photographs, Sacramento, California

2001 – Psychic Garage Sale, paintings and photographs, Gallery 21, Sacramento, California

2010 – 6×6 Project, painting, Charmingwall Gallery, NY, NY