Ann Diener

lives and works in Santa Barbara CA

education

MFA, University of California, Santa Barbara
BA, University of California, Los Angeles

solo exhibitions

2010     Artist-in-Residence Ann Diener, University Art Museum, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA
2010     Field Notes-Ann Diener Large Scale Drawings, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo CA
2008     Cathedrals of Commerce, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Santa Barbara CA
2008     Growth, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (January 19-March 1), brochure with text by Meg Linton
2004     Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara CA, Exploring Borders (selected by Elizabeth East, LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles for CAF’s Call for Entries Competition), catalogue with text by Colin Gardner
2001     Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara CA, Alias Wavefront, The Blue Wall
1994     Parnas Gallery, Santa Monica CA

selected group exhibitions

2011     Achromatic Variations, Jane Deering Gallery, Santa Barbara

2010     Density, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara CA

2009     Baker’s Dozen, Torrance Museum of Art, Torrance CA (September 17-November 7), catalogue

2009     Project 30, curated by Lisa Melandri, Santa Monica Museum of Art, in conjunction with the thirtieth anniversary of the Venice Art Walk
2009      I’ll be your mirror, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2008      Edge, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission 
2008      Looky See, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles CA
2008      2008 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park CA
2007     Pulse Art Fair, London, represented by Bank Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2007     Preview Berlin, represented by Bank Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2007     Welcome to Our Neighborhood, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Santa Barbara CA
2007      Art LA, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2006-07  Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro NC, catalogue
2006     Aqua Art Fair Miami, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles CA (December 7-10, 2006) 
2006     Explorations, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Santa Barbara CA (part of Off-Axis Santa Barbara)
2006     sprawl , Bank Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2006     draw, paper, scissors, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles CA
2006     Painting’s EDGE, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA
2006     Painting’s EDGE, Fullerton College, Fullerton CA
2006     LA Art, Santa Monica CA
2005     Aqua Art Fair Miami, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles CA 
2005     M Theory, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco CA 
2005     North by Northwest, Hunsaker Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica CA
2002     Small Images, Sullivan Goss Fine Arts, Santa Barbara CA
2002      Formulations, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara CA
2001     Friends of Paul Tuttle , University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
2001     Sketchy, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2000     Hot Summer Color, Frame, Santa Barbara CA
1999     Wallworks, LA Artcore, Los Angeles CA
1998     Venice Art Walk, Venice CA
1997     U.C.S.B. Womens’ Center Fall Exhibition, Obsessions
1995     Art About Town, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara CA
1994     Parnas Gallery, Santa Monica CA, Drawing Exhibition

reviews

Santa Barbara News-Press, “Getting Lost in the Details”, Josef Woodard, March 19-25, 2010
Santa Barbara Independent, “Expect the Unexpected”, Elizabeth Schwyzer, February 18, 2010
Los Angeles Times, “Baker’s Dozen at the Torrance Museum”, David Pagel, October 9, 2009
Artweek, “Ann Diener: Cathedrals of Commerce”, Josef Woodard, December 2008-January 2009
The, “Ann Diener; Cathedrals of Commerce”, Heather Jeno, November 2008
Santa Barbara News-Press, “On it and off it”, Josef Woodard, October 17-23, 2008
Santa Barbara Independent, “Greenhouse Effects”, Colin Marshall, October 9, 2008
The, “Looky See: A Summer Show”, October 2008, Art Ltd, “Santa Barbara: On a Tilt Toward Art”, Kim Biel, September/October 2008
Los Angeles Times, “A sprawling satisfying show”, Leah Ollman, August 22, 2008
Artweek, Ann Diener, “Growth”, Ashley Tibbets. April 2008
Los Angeles Times, “Drawings Capture Dangerous Energy”, Christopher Knight, January 25, 2008
Santa Barbara News-Press, “Here comes the neighborhood”, Josef Woodard, March 30, 2007
Art on Paper, “Draw, Paper, Scissors”, Peter Frank, October-November 2006
Los Angeles Times, “Artists who stand out from the group”, Christopher Knight, August 11, 2006
Los Angeles Times, “What this group can do with paper”, Leah Ollman, June 2, 2006
Santa Barbara News-Press, “Artists in Our Midst”, Ted Mills, September 4, 2006
Arts Journal- Modern Art Notes, “Miami Ones I liked”, Tyler Green, December 8, 2005
Los Angeles Times, “Affordable Art? Right this way”, Scott Timberg, August 25, 2005
Santa Barbara Independent, “Drawing Outside the Lines,” Sanam Petri, October, 2004
Santa Barbara News-Press, “Exploded enclosures,” Josef Woodard, September 24, 2004
Artweek, “Sketchy at Acuna-Hansen Gallery”, David DiMichele, October 2001
Santa Barbara Independent, “Hot Summer Color: Works by Tony Askew, David Dahl, and Ann Diener,” D.J. Palladino, August 24, 2000.
Santa Barbara News-Press, “The Long Hot Summer,” Joan Crowder, September 1, 2000

professional experience

2010     Artist in Residence, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
2009     Kaus Australis Residency, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2008     Q & A with Curator of Prints and Drawings, Leslie Jones, for The Modern and Contemporary Art Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in conjunction with Growth, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles CA  
2007     Visiting Artist, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California
2007     Speaker, The Helen Rosenberg Memorial Lecture, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum,  Santa                Barbara, CA
2007     Lecturer, Department of Art, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
2006     Speaker, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
2006     Speaker, Saigon Biennale Company, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2005     Speaker, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
2005     Slide Registry, The Drawing Center, New York, New York
2004-2003     Curator, The Glass Box, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
2004-2003     Search Committee, Executive Director, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
2003     Panelist, Drawing: Personal Journeys, talk in conjunction with FINE LINES, drawings from the collection of Wynn Kramarsky, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
2003-1999     Board member, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California

awards

2005     Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, California
2005     Abrams Prize, given to an outstanding graduate student in the arts at the UCSB                                
2004     Abrams Prize
2004     Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Inter-disciplinary Humanities Center, UCSB
2004     Israel Levitan Graduate Award, University of California, Santa Barbara
2005-2003     Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara

publications

2010     “In the Studio”, Western Art and Architecture, Spring/Summer 2010
2006     Included in New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition
2005     Included in New American Paintings, MFA Annual
2004     Included in New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition

collections

The Capital Group
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Weatherspoon Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
The West Collection

brochures

PDF Artist-in-Residence: Ann Diener, Ascent, by Elyse Gonzales, Curator of Exhibitions, University Art Museum, University of California Santa Barbara, California
PDF Growth, Ann Diener, Bank Gallery
PDF Ann Diener’s Uncultivated Borders by Colin Gardner