Ann Diener
based in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara CA
EDUCATION
MFA University of California, Santa Barbara
BA University of California, Los Angeles
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2014 Forthcoming, January 31-February 28, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City
College
2013 Tapestries, Electric Works, San Francisco., California
2010 Artist-in-Residence Ann Diener, The Art, Design and Architecture Museum
University of California Santa Barbara
2010 Field Notes-Ann Diener Large Scale Drawings, Cuesta College Art Gallery,
San Luis Obispo, California
2008 Cathedrals of Commerce, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Santa Barbara,
2008 Growth, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, California (January 19-March 1),
brochure with text by Meg Linton
2004 Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California, 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, California, Alias Wavefront, The Blue Wall
1994 Parnas Gallery, Santa Monica, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Fanatic, POST. Los Angeles, California
2012 Open House, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
2012 Landscape & Architecture, Irvine Fine Arts Center, curated by Carl Berg
2011 View from Here, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
2011 Achromatic Variations, Jane Deering Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
2010 Density, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California
2009 Baker’s Dozen, Torrance Museum of Art, Torrance, California, catalogue
2009 Project 30, curated by Lisa Melandri, Santa Monica Museum of Art
2009 I’ll be your mirror, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2008 Edge, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission
2008 Looky See, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
2008 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park
2007 Pulse Art Fair, London, represented by Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007 Preview Berlin, represented by Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007 Welcome to Our Neighborhood, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Santa Barbara, California
2007 Art LA, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006-07 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, (November 12, 2006-January 21, 2007), catalogue
2006 Aqua Art Fair Miami, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006 Explorations, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Santa Barbara, California
(part of Off-Axis Santa Barbara
2006 sprawl , Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006 draw, paper, scissors, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, California
2006 Painting’s EDGE, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California
2006 Painting’s EDGE, Fullerton College, Fullerton, California
2006 LA Art, Santa Monica, California
2005 Aqua Art Fair Miami, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2005 M Theory, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005 North by Northwest, Hunsaker Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, California
2002 Small Images, Sullivan Goss Fine Arts, Santa Barbara, California
2002 Formulations, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
2001 Friends of Paul Tuttle , University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
2001 Sketchy, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2000 Hot Summer Color, Frame, Santa Barbara, California
1999 Wallworks, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, California
1998 Venice Art Walk, Venice, California
1997 U.C.S.B. Womens’ Center Fall Exhibition, Obsessions
1995 Art About Town, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
1994 Parnas Gallery, Santa Monica, California, Drawing Exhibition
REVIEWS
San Francisco Chronicle, “96 Hours”, February 27, 2013
San Francisco Weekly, “Tapestries”, February 13, 2013
Santa Barbara News-Press. “Color of a Different Color”, Josef Woodard,
May 20-26, 2011
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:
2014 Artist in Residence, Santa Barbara City College
2010 Artist in Residence, University of California Santa Barbara
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, California
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, California
2007 Lecturer, Department of Art, University of California, Santa Barbara
2006 Speaker, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
2006 Speaker, Saigon Biennale Company, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2005 Speaker, Otis College of Art and Design
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
Board member, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:
2011 The American Academy in Rome, Italy, Visiting Artist and Scholars
Program
2009 Kaus Australis Residency, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2005 Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, California
2005 Abrams Prize, given to an outstanding graduate student in the arts at the University of California, Santa Barbara
2004 Abrams Prize
2004 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Inter-disciplinary Humanities Center, University
of California, Santa Barbara
2004 Israel Levitan Graduate Award, University of California, Santa Barbara
2005-2003 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara
PUBLICATIONS
2011 included in New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition
2010 “In the Studio”, Western Art and Architecture, Spring/Summer 2010
2009 Bakers Dozen, Torrance art Museum. Torrance, California
2008 Growth, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007 Works on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
2006 included in New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition
included in New American Paintings, MFA Annual
2004 Exploring Borders, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum.
Santa Barbara, California
2004 included in New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition
COLLECTIONS
The Capital Group
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
The West Collection
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http://drawingcenter.org/viewingprogram/
http://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Ann-Diener/36A9812022F6FD21
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