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Diana Horowitz

BORN [top]
New York City, 1958
EDUCATION [top]
Brooklyn College, MFA January 1987
Tyler School of Art, MFA Rome Program 1983-84
SUNY Purchase, BFA June 1980
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES [top]
2006 National Academy, elected member
2004 Edwin Palmer Memorial Prize, National Academy of Design
1999 Ballinglen Fellowship, County Mayo, Ireland
1997-98 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, World Views Residency
1996 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Rosenthal Foundation Award
1993, 1989 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1991 MacDowell Colony Residency
1991 Yaddo Residency
1988 Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant
ONE PERSON SHOWS [top]
2003, 2008 Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York
2004 P.P.O.W., New York
2000,'99 MB Modern Gallery, New York
1996, '94, '91,'89 Hackett Freedman Gallery; San Francisco
1993 Sazama Gallery; Chicago
1993 Suffolk County Community College; Brentwood NY
1987,'85 Hell's Kitchen Gallery; Provincetown MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS [top]

2009
"184th Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, New York City
"Landscape Today: Five Perspectives," Universty Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark DE

2008
"Artist Installation," MacDowell Colony Benefit, New York City
"Winter Selections," Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York City
"Recent Acquisitions," National Academy of Design, New York City
"Painting in the Park," Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York City
"Women Artists," Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York City
"Summer Selections," Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York City

2007
"Winter Selections," Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York City
"182nd Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, New York City
"The Brooklyn Bridge & The Brooklyn Musueum: Spanning History and Time," on-line digital exhibition of works in the Brooklyn Museum collection

2006
“American Artists in Rural Ireland: The Ballinglen Experience,” Concord Art Assoc., Concord MA
“Works from the Collection,” Museum of the City of New York, New York City
“Collectors Collect,” Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown MA

2005
“Three Generations of Figurative Artists: Between Perception and Invention,”
Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
"Brooklyn College Alumni: 11 Artists," Brooklyn NY
"Images from North Mayo," Courthouse Gallery, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Ireland

2004
"Small Works/Big Spaces," Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York City
"American Artists in Ireland," Residence of the U.S. Ambassador, Phoenix Park, Dublin
"179th Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, New York City
"Industrial Beauty," George Billis Gallery, New York City

2003
"Brooklyn Waterfront," Fordham University, Marymount College, Tarrytown NY
"Plein Air," Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia
"Ballinglen: The Artist in Rural Ireland," Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
"Colours," Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland

2001
"Group Show," Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City
"Dśchas National Heritage Exhibition," Ceide Fields, County Mayo, Ireland
"Judith Belzer, Stanley Bielen, Diana Horowitz," Pepper Gallery, Boston
"Bridges of Brooklyn," Brooklyn College Galleries, Brooklyn NY
"New York Perspectives," MB Modern Gallery, New York City
"Landscapes," Pepper Gallery, Boston
"175th Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, New York City
"Hackett-Freedman Gallery Artists," Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding CA
"The Italian Landscape: Paintings & Drawings," Gallery West, Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood NY
"Central Park," MB Modern Gallery, New York City
"Enduring Vision: Contemporary Painters in the Tradition of the Hudson River School," Union College, Schenectady NY
"Bridges," three-person show, Pfizer Inc., Brooklyn NY
"Spirit of the City: Horowitz, Larko, Metcalf," Walker Kornbluth Art Gallery, Fair Lawn
"Vertigo: Works from the World Views Project," New York Studio School, New York City
"Brooklyn Salon Show," Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn NY
"Intimate Visions: Diana Horowitz, Michael Norton, Marjorie Portnow, Stuart Shils, John Smalley" List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania
"New York Perspectives," MB Modern Gallery, New York City
"Artists Choose Artists," The Century Association, New York City, chosen by David Levine

1997
"Three Languages of Landscape: Jonathan Fabricant, Diana Horowitz, Lisa Sigal," The Painting Center, New York City
"10th Anniversary Group Show," Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco
"The Press of My Foot to the Earth," Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn NY, guest curator, Byron Kim
"Interpretations of the Colorado Landscape," The Forbes Magazine Galleries, New York City
"Colleagues in Landscape," Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill NY
"Tyler Faculty, Past & Present," Galleria Temple, Rome, Italy

1996
"25 Years of Visual Arts: 32 Visual Artists at Purchase College," Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase NY
Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York City
"Americans in Italy," Gallery North, Setauket NY
"20th Annual Small Works," New York University, New York City, juror: Edward Thorp

1995
"Art Initiatives/Mass Exposure," Curators' Award, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York City
"Made in Italy" two-person show, Slover-McCutcheon Gallery, Houston TX
"Selected Gallery Artists," Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco
"Art Initiatives/Mass Exposure," Curators' Award, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York City
"18th Annual Small Works," New York University, New York City, juror: Stephen Haller
"Gallery Artists," Sazama Gallery, Chicago

1992
"April Funcke, Diana Horowitz, Jan Knipe, Langdon Quinn," Univ. of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art, Cedar Falls IA
"Generations in the Arts: Provincetown," Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown MA
"Invitational: Artists Select Artists," Trenton City Museum, Trenton NJ

1991
Hackett-Freedman Gallery Invitational Group Show, New York Academy, New York City
"Contemporary Landscape," Santa Rosa College, Santa Rosa CA
"Gabriel Laderman Selects," First Street Gallery, New York City

1990
"Italian Landscape," Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco
"Lennart Anderson Selects," First Street Gallery, New York City
"Landscape Painting 19601990: The Italian Tradition in American Art" Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC and Bayly Museum of Art, Charlottesville VA
"Tyler Faculty," Galleria Temple, Rome, Italy
"Landscape," Sazama Gallery, Chicago

1989
"Group Show," Sazama Gallery, Chicago
"20/20: Twenty Artists Choose Twenty Artists," Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown MA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS [top]
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
New-York Historical Society, New York City
Museum of the City of New York, New York City
Hunter Museum, Chattanooga TN
Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute IN
Ballinglen Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland
Marriott Hotel, Brooklyn NY
Bellevue Hospital, New York City
Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Brooklyn NY
Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn NY
CATALOGS, PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS [top]

2008
Maureen Mullarkey: "Evaporated Images," The New York Sun, February 28, 2008.
The New Yorker, March 3, 2008, p. 14
Amy Crawford, "Beauty in Brooklyn's Industrial Neighborhoods," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 14, 2008, p. 1
New York Living, "Design News," March 2008, p. 54

2007
Martha Schwendener, "182nd Annual Exhibition," The New York Times, June 1, 2007, p. E-27
The Brooklyn Bridge and the Brooklyn Museum: Spanning Art and History
on-line digital exhibition of works in the Brooklyn Museum collection

2006
Three Generations of Figurative Artists: Between Perception and Invention
Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH exhibition catalog
American Artists in Rural Ireland: The Ballinglen Experience,
Concord Art Association, Concord MA, exhibition catalog

2004
Site Matters: LMCC's World Trade Center Artists Residency, 1997-2001,(New York,LMCC/DAP).
Maureen Mullarkey: "Gallery Going," The New York Sun, July 9, 2004.
Daniel Kunitz: "Institutional Exhibitionism," The New York Sun, Thursday, May 6, 2004.

2003
Ballinglen: The Artist in Rural Ireland, Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland, exhibition catalog.
The New Yorker, March 10 and 17, 2003, p. 18.

2001
Cate McQuaid: "Galleries," The Boston Globe, June 28, 2001, p.E-5.
"The Gallery,"Antiques and the Art Weekly, June 8, 2001, p.53.
Mario Naves: "Currently Hanging," The New York Observer, May 22, 2000.
Ken Johnson: "175th Annual Exhibition," The New York Times, February 25, 2000.
Michael P. Kinch: "Italy: An Artist's Delight, " American Artist (February 2000).

1999
The New Yorker, April 19, 1999, p. 12.
New American Painting (Open Studios Press).
Ken Johnson: "Vertigo, " The New York Times, January 8, 1999, p. E-42.

1998
Lavender Lake: documentary film about the clean-up of Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal,
directed by Alison Prete, Rough on Rats Productions

1997
Brooklyn: Two Centuries of Artists' Views, 1997 Calendar (cover), The Fund for Brooklyn/Rotunda Gallery.
M. Stephen Doherty: The Watson-Guptill Handbook of Landscape Painting (New York, Watson-Guptill).

1996
M. Stephen Doherty: "Interpretations of the Colorado Landscape, " American Artist (November 1996).
25 Years of Visual Arts: Purchase College 1971-1996, exhibition catalog.
Mark Arnest: "Creative Differences," Gazette Telegraph (Colorado Springs) Sunday, July 21.

1994
Lois Martin: "Classical Landscapes," American Artist (Nov. 1994; reprinted Sept. 1995 in Oil Highlights: Landscapes).
Laurie S. Hurwitz: "Reexamining the Oil Sketch," American Artist (November 1994).
Landscape Painting 1960-1990: The Italian Tradition in American Art.
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina and travelling, catalog essay by John Hollander.
TEACHING [top]
2003-2010 Adjunct Associate Professor of Painting, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY
2008 Visiting Critic, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
Visiting Critic, Jerusalem Studio School Summer Program, Corciano, Italy
Visiting Critic, School of Design (graduate), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
2006 Jerusalem Studio School, Jerusalem
1992-93, '05-07 Adjunct Associate Professor of Painting, Brooklyn College; Brooklyn, NY
2001-03, '05 Instructor of Painting, International School of Art, Umbria, Italy
2005 Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art, Graduate School, Boston MA
1998 Adjunct Professor of Painting, SUNY Purchase; Purchase, NY
1994 Visiting Critic, Boston University
1991 Visiting Critic Graduate School of Painting, New York Academy
1991 Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design; Rome, Italy
1983-84, 89-90 Instructor of Painting & Drawing, Tyler School of Art; Rome, Italy
1987-89 Instructor of Painting & Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago