Diana Kurz's CV
Diana Kurz
New York, NY
(for contact, write, call or email CHGS, University of Minnesota.)
Born: Vienna, Austria
Education
Columbia University, MFA
Brandeis University, BA (cum laude)
Awards
| 1997 | Austrian Federal Ministry of the Arts Artist in Residence, Vienna |
| 1993, 96 | Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship |
| 1992, 93, 94 | Hambidge Center Fellowship |
| 1991 | Artists Space, Artist Grant |
| 1987 | Vermont Studio Center Fellowship |
| 1985-86 | American Center Residency, Cite International des Arts, Paris, France |
| 1985 | N.Y. Artists Equity Mitchell Prize, Honorary Mention |
| 1982 | Artists Space, Artist Grant |
| 1977 | CAPS Grant, New York State Council on the Arts |
| MacDowell Colony Fellowship | |
| 1976 | Artist in Residence, Millay Colony for the Arts |
| 1968-69 | Yaddo Fellowship |
| 1965-66 | U.S. Government Fulbright Grant to France |
| 1959-60 | Brevoort Eickemeyer Fellowship |
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
| 1998 | Bezirksmuseum Josefstadt, Vienna, Austria Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL |
| 1996 | Synagogue for the Arts, New York City |
| 1995 | Kavehaz, New York City The Austrian Consulate General, New York |
| 1991 | Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, Florida |
| 1990 | Art Gallery, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, New Jersey |
| 1989 | Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Steinhardt Conservatory, Brooklyn, New York Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 1986 | Palais de Justice, Aixen Provence, France |
| 1984 | Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City Rider College Art Gallery, Lawrenceville, New Jersey (two artist show) |
| 1982 | Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York |
| 1979 | Green Mountain Gallery, New York City Bridge Gallery, Boulder Public Library, Boulder, Colorado |
| 1977 | Green Mountain Gallery, New York City |
| 1974 | Green Mountain Gallery, New York, New York Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York |
| 1972 | Green Mountain Gallery, New York, New York |
Selected Group Exhibitions
1999
Finger Food, Artworks Gallery, Trenton, New Jersey
The Gesture and the Brush, Broome Street Gallery, New York City
Tamara Kerr Art Bank, Ex Libris, Savannah, GA
Animal Lives , MMC Gallery, New York City
Parallel Visions, Soho 20 Gallery, New York City
1998
Holiday Invitational Exhibition, The Broome St. Gallery, New York City
World Artists for Tibet , Synchronicity Space, New York City.
World Artists for Tibet, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City
Fifth Annual Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City
1997
Broome Street Gallery Holiday Invitational Exhibition, New York City
Book as Art, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1996
Holiday Invitational Exhibition, The Broome St. Gallery, New York City
The Dog Show, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, New York
Hope and Horror from the Ashes of Yugoslavia, Bosniac Cultural Center, NYC
Flowers, Park Avenue Atrium, New York City
Women/ Violence, Testimony and Empathy, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
1995
Fish Tales and Fin Flam, The Clymer Museum, Ellensburg, WA.
Vegetarian Art Show, Sunnen Gallery, New York City
We Remember, Educational Alliance, Emanu.¥El Midtown Y, New York City
Selected Visions II, Krasdale Foods Art Gallery, New York City
Reflections of Our Jewish Identity, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
1994
Art in Embassies, American Ambassador's Residence, Jakarta, Indonesia
Sea Christmas , Aquasource Gallery, New York City
The Flower Show, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
Winter Festival, Brownstone Gallery, New York City
1993
Hallelujah '93, Ceres Gallery, New York City
A Moment Becomes Eternity - Flowers as Image, Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
Sacred Spaces, Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Women's Art-Women's Lives-Women's Issues , Tweed Gallery, New York
Something Lost, Something Gained, Louis Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York City
Gallery Obala Sarajevo Project, The Open Stage Obala, Sarajevo
1992
Figures, Seraphim Gallery, Englewood, NJ
1990
Soviet Exchange Exhibit, Artists Union Gallery, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
South Jersey Art Show, Commerce Atrium, Cherry Hill, NJ
With Women In Mind , Pavilion Gallery, Mt. Holly, NJ
Food: Nourishment, Production, Hunger and Culture, Ceres Gallery, NYC
1989
Group Exhibition, MBH Gallery, Trenton, NJ
The Food Show , Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
1988
89 for 89, G.W. Einstein Gallery, New York City
The Drawing Show, Koslow/Rayl Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Women And Watercolor , Transco Gallery, Houston, TX
1987
Four Women, Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
Paper, Paper, Paper, Helio Galleries, New York City
Green Mountain Retrospective , Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City
Another View, Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
1986
The Transforming Landscape, Henry Street Settlement Gallery, New York City
1985
Melange , Baltimore Museum of Art (sales & rental gallery), Baltimore, MD
Survival of the Fittest - Figurative Works on Paper, Ingber Gallery, NYC
1984
Review and Previews , Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
Artists' Choice Museum: The First Eight Years, Artists' Choice Museum, NYC
People and Pets, Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY
Fourth Holiday Invitational Exhibit, A.I.R. Gallery, New York Cit
1983
Color: Harmonious and Discordant, Marymount-Manhattan College, NYC
Bodies and Souls - Artists' Choice Museum , A.M. Sachs Gallery, NYC
Still Life: A Thematic Survey, Zim-Lerner Gallery, New York City
Holiday Invitational Exhibit, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
1982
Three Artists , Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
Realist Paintings, Marymount-Manhattan College, New York City
Heresies Benefit, Frank Marino Gallery, New York City
1981
20th Century American Nudes , Weatherspoon Art Gallery, NC
Group Exhibition, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ
Heresies Benefit, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York City
Exhibition , Beck Cultural Center, Cleveland Institute of Art, Lakewood, OH
1980
Particular People, Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
Sister Chapel, Associated Artists Gallery, Fayetville, NY
Heresies Benefit, Frank Marino Gallery, New York City
He and She, Art Awareness Gallery, Lexington, NY
Renderings of the Modern Woman, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
New Faculty, Cleveland Institute of Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Never Fail Image, Boston Museum School Gallery, Boston, MA
1979
Six Painters of the Figure , University of Colorado Fine Arts Gallery, Boulder, CO
Mail, Etc., Art, University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado and Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Sister Chapel , Cayuga County Community College, Auburn, NY
118 Show, Landmark Gallery, New York City
1978
Sister Chapel, P.S. 1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY
Selected 20th Century American Nudes, Harold Reed Gallery, New York City
Women Artists of New York, Art Gallery at SUNY Stony Brook, Long Island, NY
Seven Realists , Nassau Community College, Long Island, NY
Six Viewpoints: Wolpack Valley, Water Gap Art Center, Walpack, NJ
Sister Chapel, Art Gallery, SUNY at Stony Brook, Long Island, NY
Drawings , Elizabeth Weiner Gallery, New York City
1977
Watercolors and Pastels Invitational, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
Watercolors, Pastels, Drawings, Landmark Gallery, New York City
Solidarity with Chilean Democracy Benefit, Cayman Gallery, New York City
New Painting From the Delaware Water Gap, Edward Hopper Foundation Nyack, NY
1976
Artists' Choice - Figurative Art in New York, 5 Soho Galleries, New York City
118 Show, Landmark Gallery, New York City
Drawing Show (Invitational for the New York Studio School), Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York City
Group Exhibition, Green Mountain Gallery, New York City
Portraits of Sari Dienes, Buecker and Harpsichords Gallery, New York City
In Praise of Space - The Landscape in American Art, Westminster College, PA; McLeaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Parsons School of Design, New York City
1975
International Women's Year Exhibition , Manhattan Community College, NYC
Self-Portrait Invitational, Prince Street Gallery, New York City
Works on Paper - Women Artists, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Sons and Others - Women Artists See Men, Queens Museum, NY and two-year traveling show throughout New York State
Works on Paper, Fairleigh Dickinsen University, Hackensack, NJ
Faculty Exhibition , Queens College, Queens, NY
Group Exhibition, Green Mountain Gallery, New York City
International Year of the Woman Exhibition, Women in the Arts, NYC
Paintings of and by . . ., (four-artist show), Metcalfe Gallery, Long Island University, Long Island, NY
1974
Selected Alumni, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Seven Women Artists , Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
118 Show, Landmark Gallery, New York City
1973
Drawings, Landmark Gallery, New York City
Group Exhibition , Green Mountain Gallery, New York City
Faculty Exhibition, Queens College, Queens, NY
118 Show, Landmark Gallery, New York City
1972
Green Mountain Gallery, New York City
1971
Bowery Gallery, New York City
1970
First Feminist Art Show, Museum, New York City
1968-72
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1966
Cite Des Arts, Paris, France
1965
100 Contemporary American Drawings, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1964
Eight Unaffiliated Artists, Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ
1963
Current Trends in New York Abstract Painting, The Gallery, Denver, CO and St. Louis, MO
Selected Bibliography
1998
Seeber, Ursula and Douer, Alisa , Die Zeit Gibt Die Bilder, Osterreichische Exilbibliothek im Literaturhaus, Vienna, Austria (illus)
BEZIRKSZEITUNG¥STADT JOURNAL, Nummer 12/1998, page 4, Vienna, (illus)
Mayerhofer, Rainer , WIENER ZEITUNG, page 8, Oct. 2, 1998
JOSEFSTÄDTER JOURNAL, October 1998, page 8
1996
Helfer, Judith, Ein Denkmal setzen, AUFBAU, June 21, 1996 (illus)
1995
Kahn, Robin, Ed., Time Capsule, A Concise Encyclopedia by Women Artists, Creative Time, Inc., D.A.P., NYC (illus)
Marberry, Sara 0. and Zagon, Laurie, The Power of Color, John Wiley & Sons,Inc.,New York (illus)
Pomerantz, Sharon, Full Circle, THE NEW YORK JEWISH WEEK, NY, Vol.207, No.51, April 21,1995 (illus)
Pomerantz, Sharon, Full Circle, THE QUEENS JEWISH WEEK, Vol. 207 No.42, February 17,1995 (illus)
1994
Broude, Norma and Garrard, Mary, Ed., The Power of Feminist Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,New York
1993
Edwards, Margot, Mother Massage , BIRTH #20, June 1993
1992
Hurwitz, Laurie, S., The Vermont Studio Center, AMERICAN ARTIST, June 1992
BOULEVARD, Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 1992, Drexel University, Pennsylvania (illus)
1991
Hurwitz, Laurie, S., Mixing Style and Patterns with Assurance, AMERICAN ARTIST, August 1991 (illus)
De Young, Bill, GAINESVILLE SUN, Scene Magazine, May 17,1992 (illus)
GAINESVILLE TODAY, May 1991 Spring Flowers in Bloom (illus)
1990
Orenstein, Gloria, The Reflowering of the Goddess, Pergamon Press, N.Y. (illus)
Hansen, Riva, Flower Paintings , WOMEN ARTISTS NEWS, Winter 89/90 (illus)
1989
Brown, Kenneth, Capturing the Beauty of the Garden, KINGS COURIER Brooklyn, November 13,1989 (illus)
Chrysanthemums and Flowers on Canvas , LA VOCE ITALIANA, Paterson, NJ November 2, 1989 (illus)
Nature, Live and on Canvas, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, November 2,1989 (illus
1988
Orenstein, Gloria, The Great Goddess in Art by Contemporary Women, Feminist Art Criticism, An Anthology, Eds. Raven, Langer & Fruvh, UMI Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1988 (illus)
Ruhe, Barnaby, Botanic Mow , ART WORLD, December 1989
1987
Studio, THE COUNTRY COURIER, Vermont, Friday, January 30,1987
Women Portray Men, KALLIOPE, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Vol. 9, No. 3,1987 (illus)
1984
Campbell, Lawrence, Diana Kurz at Alex Rosenberg, ART IN AMERICA, May 1984 (illus)
Langer, Sandra, Diana Kurz, ARTS MAGAZINE, February 1984 (illus)
Morris, Diana, Diana Kurz , Recent Paintings, WOMEN ARTIST NEWS, May 1984 (illus)
O'Beil, Hedy, Review, Diana Kurz, ARTS MAGAZINE, May 1984 (illus)
1982
Abell, Mary, Atmosphere and the Plastic Elements , ARTSPEAK, NY, June 10, 1982
Korn, Henry, Diana Kurz Works Studies in Kinesics, THE STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE, NY, December 24,1982 (illus)
WOMEN ARTIST NEWS, Vol. 8, No. 2, Winter 1982¥83, Cover Illustration
1981
McClelland, Elizabeth, Profile: Diana Kurz, NOVA NEWS, Cleveland, OH, February 1981 (illus)
1980
Gordon, Linda, Visiting Artist Diana Kurz, JOURNAL, Virginia Common wealth University, Richmond, VA, May 1980 (illus)
Show on the Figure Opens, THE WINDHAM JOURNAL, NY, July 24,1980
1979
Dodd, John & Schiff, Bennett, Walpack Center, New Jersey - An Art Town, Artists for Environment Foundation, NJ (illus)
Clark, Tom, Six Painters of the Figure , BOULDER MONTHLY, Colorado, April 1979 (illus)
Clurman, Irene, Arts Now, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, Colorado, March 1979
Paintings by Diana Kurz, FRONTIERS, University of Colorado, Summer 1979 (illus)
Helfer, Judith, Neue Malerein von Diana Kurz, AUFBAU, NY, May 1979
Langer, Sandra L., The Sister Chapel: Towards a Feminist Iconography, THE SOUTHERN QUARTERLY, Vol XVII, No. 2, Winter 1979
Paris, Jeanne, Art Review, NEWSDAY, LI, June 1, 1979
Thomas, Helen, Review, Diana Kurz, ARTS MAGAZINE, September 1979
Weiffenbach, Jean-Edith, Six Painters of the Figure , Catalog Introduction, University of Colorado Art Gallery, 1979 (illus)
1978
Alloway, Lawrence, Art, THE NATION, Vol. 226, No. 22, June 10, 1978
Bach, Jane, Diana Kurz , Malerin, AUFBAU, NY, January 6, 1978
Krantz, Leslie, ed., The New York Review of Art Krantz, Co., NY, 1978
Paris, Jeanne, Art Review, NEWSDAY, LI, March 31, 1978
Paris, Jeanne, Art Review, NEWSDAY, LI, April 14, 1978
Perreault, John, Selected Twentieth Century American Nudes, Catalog Introduction, Harold Reed Gallery, New York City, (illus)
Preston, Malcolm, Art - A Pantheon of Women, NEWSDAY, LI, December 6, 1978
Six Viewpoints: Walpack Valley, Statement by Diana Kurz, Exhibition Catalog, Water Gap Art Center, NJ, Summer 1978 (illus)
1977
Alloway, Lawrence, Diana Kurz - Figure Studies, Catalog Introduction, Queens College, NY 1977 (illus)
Bard, Joellen, Diana Kurz, ARTS MAGAZINE, March 1977 (illus)
Harnett, Lila, Bruised Surfaces and Other Realisms, CUE Magazine, NY, February 18, 1977
Henry, Gerrit, Review, Diana Kurz, ART NEWS, May 1977
Lubell, Ellen, Review, Diana Kurz , WOMANART, Spring-Summer 1977 (illus)
Master-Karnick, Paul, CSI Gallery Starts its Season on a High Note, STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE, NY, September 28,1977
Zucker,, Barbara, Review, Artists' Choice, ART NEWS, February 1977
1976
Sievert, Robert, Recent Portraits of Sari Dienes, WOMANART, Summer 1976
1975
Preston, Malcolm, In Review - Women View Men , NEWSDAY, LI, April 4, 1975
Shirey, David L., Men Viewed by Women Artists, NEW YORK TIMES, March 30,1975
1974
Pearson, Deborah, A Review, WATERBURY REPUBLICAN, CT, June 27, 1975
Salant, Steven, Oil Artist, KINGSMAN, Brooklyn, NY, November 1974 (illus)
1972
Campbell, Lawrence, Review, Diana Kurz , ART NEWS, December 1972
Illustrated Book
1992
Mother Massage, by Elaine Stillerman. Illustrated by Diana Kurz (90 drawings) Dell Publishing, New York 1992
1995
Reprinted as Wohltuende Bassagen in der Schwangerschaft,, Kosel-Verlag, Munich
1996
Chinese language edition printed in Taiwan
Selected Public Collections
Best Products, Virginia
B'nai Brith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Columbia University, New York, New York
Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Vienna, Austria
Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna
Kaufman, Goldstein, Gartner and Taub, New York, New York
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
Teaching
| 1990 | Vermont Studio Center |
| 1988 | Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, Michigan |
| 1987 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois |
| 1980-81 | Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio |
| 1980 | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia |
| 1979 | State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, New York |
| 1978 | University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado |
| 1976-78 | Visiting Artist-in-Residence, Artists for the Environment Foundation, Columbia, New Jersey |
| 1973 | Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York |
| 1971-76 | Queens College, New York |
| 1968-73 | Philadelphia College of Art, Pennsylvania |
Selected Public / Community Lectures and Workshops (since 1980)
| 1998 | Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL (Public lecture) (Gallery talk) |
| 1997 | The Town School, New York, NY (Lecture) |
| 1996 | Synagogue for the Arts, New York, NY (Lecture) |
| 1993 | Cooper Union School of Art, New York, New York (Lecture) Artists Talk on Art, New York, New York ( "The Language of Color" ¥ Panelist |
| 1992 | Cooper Union School of Art, New York, New York JASA Sunday Lecture Series, New York, New York (Public Lecture) |
| 1991 | Thomas Center Gallery, Gainseville, Florida (Painting Workshop) |
| 1989 | Shaare Zedek Medical Center, NYC Chapter (Lecture) Cooper Union School of Art, New York, New York (Lecture) Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (Public Lecture) |
| 1987 | Women's Caucus for Art, College Art Association (Panel Member) School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Public Lecture) |
| 1985 | Columbia University School of the Arts, New York (Panel Member) |
| 1984 | Rider College, Lawrenceville, New Jersey (Public Lecture) |
| 1982 | Rider College, Lawrenceville, New Jersey (Lecture) |
| 1981 | Cleveland Art Institute, Ohio (Public Lecture) Summit Art Center, New Jersey (Painting Workshop) |
| 1980 | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (Public Lecture and Panel Member) |
| 1980, 81, 82 | Member of National Screening Committee for U.S. Government |
| 1992, 94, 95 | Grants in Painting |
| 1995-99 | Member of Board of Directors of New York Artists Equity Association. |