American Born
Bow, Diane
Dwyer, 18"
x 26", Oil on Board 2007
Diane Dwyer, Hull Interior, 16 x 20, Oil on Linen
Diane Dwyer, Medicine Bottles, 12 x 17, Oil On Linen
Diane Dwyer, Apagon 12, Oil On Linen, 12 x 12
Diane Dwyer, B + H2,
Oil On Linen, 12 x 16
Diane Dwyer, Circuit
Dream, Oil On Linen, 18 x 24
Diane Dwyer, BTT2, Oil On Linen, 12 x 16
Diane Dwyer, Staunch, Oil On Linen, 16 x 22
Diane
has shown throughout New York City, San Francisco, Lacoste France, Barcelona,
Los Angles and Miami. She has received critical acclaim in the 2007 issue
of the Village Voice. She graduated from university of Toledo, Ohio. Diane
lives and works in New York.
"This work is about transformation on a few levels. The paintings
are based on underwater photos of battleships (sunken by atomic testing
in the 40's) that have been converted into cozy deep sea condos by saltwater,
algae, and mollusks. The monochromatic photos I work from are found online,
rescued and reconstructed as oil paintings. I'm interested in what happens
when a disturbing remembrance, like the skeleton of a warship, is described
in rich and vibrant color. These relics of destruction, changed the first
time by the sea into something useful, are transformed yet again by the
power of color into something else entirely." - Diane Dwyer
Curriculum Vitae
Solo Shows:
2008 Leo Kesting Gallery
NYC
2007 Outrageous
Look Brooklyn, NY
2005 Outrageous
Look Brooklyn, NY
2003 Arsenal
Gallery Central Park, NYC
1999 Sana Three
Gallery NYC
1997 Mare Libertum
NYC
Group Shows
2009 Prescott College
Prescott, AZ
2009 Fountain NY Art Fair/Leo Kesting Gallery
2009 Leo Kesting Gallery NYC
2008 Leo Kesting Gallery “Fountain” Miami, FL
2008 Leo Kesting
Gallery NYC
2007 Outrageous
Look Brooklyn, NY
2006 Outrageous
Look Brooklyn, NY
2005 White Columns
NYC
2004 Clarke
Galleries Stowe, VT
2000 Currimbhoy
Gallery NYC
2000 Paesaggio
Gallery W. Hartford, CT
1998 Mare Libertum
NYC
Awards:
2007 Ucross Foundation
Artists Residency Ucross, WY
2007 Pouch Cove
Artists Residency Newfoundland, Canada
Press:
2009 http://therecessionaire.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/fountain-art-fair-2009-opening-reception/
2009 http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/story/fountain-river
2009 http://ya.livejournal.com/227405.html
2006 http://www.outrageouslook.com/press/Dwyer_Vellum.pdf
