Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University

 "Prudence's CounterIntelligence  painting project required us to sustain our shared gaze with her, and through this method...she dislodged each of us from our usual self-perspectives and narratives. [She] made space for new possibilities...which helped us bond. The gaze...extended our community, helping this Institute take shape. Prudence was fundamental in achieving this goal."

"Indeed, I believe Prudence has been the most active scientist in terms of creating knowledge this Fall in the WTI. She has been involved in deep interaction and collaboration with each of us."

–Kia Nobre PhD, WTI Associate Director and Director of the Center for Neurocognition and Behavior; Wu Tsai Professor of Psychology

December 14, 2023

photo:2023©Kia Nobre

COUNTERINTELLIGENCE Fall 2023

Whittlesey conducted 55 live sittings with WTI neuroscience faculty, staff, students, and other Yale professors during her 4-month artist residency. 

Daniel Colon-Ramos PhD, WTI Associate Director and Director: Center for Neuroplasticity and Development, Duberg Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology

Painting #2, November 10, 2023

Oil on linen, 24 x 20 inches

Ifat Levy PhD, WTI faculty 

Center for Neurocognition and Behavior

Second sitting, Painting #1, December 18, 2023

Oil on linen, 20 x 16 inches

Eyiyemisi Damisah PhD, WTI faculty

Center for Neurocognition and Behavior, Center for Neurocomputation and Machine Intelligence, Neurosurgery

Painting #6, November 11, 2023

Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches

Ifat Levy PhD, WTI faculty

Center for Neurocognition and Behavior

First sitting, Painting #6, October 20, 2023

Oil on linen, 24 x 20 inches

COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 2019-2022

Christopher Evans PhD

UCLA Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

First sitting, painting #7, March 13, 2019 

oil on canvas, 28 x 22 inches

Christopher Evans PhD

UCLA Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

Second sitting #9, October 16, 2021

oil on canvas, 18 x 14 inches

Cathy Cahill PhD

UCLA Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

First sitting #7, November 25, 2021

oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches

Dong Song PhD 

USC Bioengineering

First sitting #7, March 1, 2020 

oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches

Francesca Toni PhD

Imperial College London Computational Logic

First sitting #7, October 13, 2019

oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches

Hakwan Lau PhD

UCLA Psychology

First sitting #5, January 10, 2019

oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches