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Education

 

MFA 1996 Sculpture The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

 

BA 1991 Fine Arts, Sculpture The University of Maryland, College Park, MD

 

Professional Experience

 

2012 – Present      Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic State University

 

2008– 2012           Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

 

2005-2006             Technical Assistant, Cooper Union, New York, NY

 

Grants

 

2012                       Pollock Krasner grant recipient

 

2009                       Pollock Krasner grant recipient        

 

2005                       NYFA grant recipient in sculpture

 

2002                       Change Inc. grant recipient

 

Solo Exhibitions and Collaborations

 

2013                     The Milky Way…. Get Your Orgone On, Blackston Gallery, New York, NY (upcoming)

 

                             Diana Puntar, Cuesta College, SLO, CA (upcoming)

 

2013                     The Milky Way… Get Your Orgone On – Eat It Paladar @ 3rd Streaming, New York, NY

 

2012                     Pepe & Puntar”s Lucid Dream Lounge, ​PARTICIPANT INC, New York, NY  

 

2011                     After Eden, Diana Puntar & SKOTE, Skowhegan Awards Dinner, New York, NY

 

2008                     Lived Live Evil Devil, Oliver Kamm, New York, NY

 

2007                     Diana Puntar, Less Than Day, Or Night, PS1, Queens, NY

        

                             One Last Single Solitary Moment, Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL

 

2006                     An Hour On The Sun, Small A Projects, Portland, OR

 

2005                     Burning For You, PARTICIPANT, INC., New York, NY

 

 

Two-Person Exhibitions

 

2007                     On Spec: Diana Puntar and Goran Tomcic, White Box, New York, NY

 

2006                     Carrie Moyer and Diana Puntar, ​Samson Projects, Boston, MA

 

2001                     John Bauer and Diana Puntar, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

2000                     Woodie, Fritz Buehner and Diana Puntar, CRP, Brooklyn, NY

 

                             David Kasdorf and Diana Puntar, PS122, New York, NY

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2012                     Deflowered and Devoured Untitled Art Fair, PARTICIPANT INC, Miami, FL

 

2011                     Shapeshifters, 443pas Gallery, New York, NY

 

2010                     Both Sides of the Pulaski, LIC, NY

        

                             Like the Spice, Brooklyn, NY

 

2009                     No Longer Empty @ The Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY

 

                            Time Line: Benefit, PARTICIPANT, INC. New York, NY

 

2008                     NYFA Spring Benefit, Carnival, New York, NY

 

2007                     Office Party, PARTICIPANT, INC. @ Rental, New York, NY

 

                             Fung Wah, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA       

 

2006                     The Raw and The Cooked, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

 

                             Eccentric Space, Galleria Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY

 

                             Native Spirit, Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY

 

2005                     Cold Cuts, Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL

 

                             Culture Vulture, Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY

 

                             Geo, Foxy Productions, New York, NY

 

2004                     Inaugural Exhibit, Samson Gallery, Boston, MA

 

                             Irrational Exuberance, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY

                 

                             Eccentric Spaces, N3 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

 

2004                     Artists in the Studio: 30 Years at the Millay Colony for the Arts,

                             Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany, NY

 

 2003                     Druid: Wood as Superconductor, Space 101, Brooklyn, NY

 

                              McColl Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC

 

                             New Slang, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY

 

                             Glossing, 1R Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

2002                     Proper Villains, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT

 

1999                     Close To You, Gallery @ Green Street, Boston, MA

 

                    The Big Little Drawing Show, N3, Brooklyn​, NY

                             

                              Transience and Sentimentality: From Boston and Beyond, The ICA, Boston, MA


1997                     Winter Catalog, CRP, Brooklyn, NY

                             New Product, CRP, Brooklyn, NY

                             Fictions, Guido Carbone Galleria, Torino, Italy                         

 

Visiting Artist Lectures

 

2010                     School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

 

                             Boston College

 

2005                     New York Studio Program

 

                             Queens College

 

2004                     Art Institute of Boston

 

                      Hampshire College

 

                      Pratt Institute

 

2003                     University of North Carolina, Greensboro

 

                             Pratt Institute

 

2002                     Boston College

 

Artist Residencies

 

2004                     Art Omi

 

2003                     McColl Center for the Arts

        

2002                     Millay Colony

 

                             Yaddo

 

1996                     Vermont Studio Center

 

 

 

 

      
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS

2025        Diana Puntar, Niru Ratnam Gallery, London, UK – Upcoming

                  Diana Puntar, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston on Thames, UK - Upcoming

2023        Historical Re-Anachronism, Ultima Romanus, Gerald Moore Gallery, London, UK

2020        Test Site Two from the Milky Way, HARTslane, London, UK

Meat Rock… Rockers, Helzer Gallery, Portland, OR

2019        Meat Rock… Rockers, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR

2015        Travel in the Near Future, Untitled Art Fair, PARTICIPANT INC, Miami, FL

2014       Deflowered and Devoured - Stigma & Style, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA

The Milky Way…. Get Your Orgone On, Blackston Gallery, New York, NY

The Milky Way… Get Your Orgone On, Eat It, Paladar, 3rd Streaming, New York, NY

2008        LIVED LIVE EVIL DEVIL, Oliver Kamm, New York, NY

2007        Diana Puntar, Less Than Day, Or Night, MoMA/PS1, LIC, NY 

One Last Single Solitary Moment, Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL

2006        An Hour on The Sun, Small A Projects, Portland, OR 

2005        Burning for You, PARTICIPANT, INC., New York, NY

 

COLLABORATIONS & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2017        Skybox - Walter Dundervill & Diana Puntar, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY

2012        Pepe & Puntar’s Lucid Dream Lounge, PARTICIPANT INC, New York, NY

2011        After Eden, Diana Puntar & SKOTE, Skowhegan Awards Dinner, New York, NY

2007        On Spec: Diana Puntar and Goran Tomcic, White Box, New York, NY

2006        Carrie Moyer and Diana Puntar, Samson Projects, Boston, MA 

2001        John Bauer and Diana Puntar, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2000        Woodie, Fritz Buehner and Diana Puntar, CRP, Brooklyn, NY

David Kasdorf and Diana Puntar, PS122, New York, NY

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024        Room Share 5, The Pickstone Room, Blink, Peckham, UK

Queer Utopias, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, UK

                  I’ll Be Your Mirror, Anton Art Center, Detroit, US

2022        Cubitt30, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK

                  Queer Art(ists) Now, Space Station Sixty-five, London, UK

2020        Queer Art(ists) Now, Archive Gallery, London

Queer(ing) Space, Deptford Art, London

2019        Queering the Art Classroom, Sutton House, London

2016        Annual Residence Show, GAR, Galveston, TX

2015        Plant People, GAR, Galveston, TX

2013        Congregation, Gallery 106, Brooklyn, NY          

2012        What Is Your Prophecy for The Future, The Oracle, Berlin, Germany

Deflowered and Devoured Untitled Art Fair, PARTICIPANT INC, Miami, FL

2011        Shapeshifters, 443pas Gallery, New York, NY

2009        No Longer Empty @ The Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY

                  Timeline: Benefit, PARTICIPANT, INC. New York, NY 

2007        Office Party, PARTICIPANT, INC. @ Rental, New York, NY

Fung Wah, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA

2006        Eccentric Space, Galleria Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY

2005        Cold Cuts, Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL

                  Culture Vulture, Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY

Geo, Foxy Productions, New York, NY

2004        Inaugural Exhibit, Samson Gallery, Boston, MA

Irrational Exuberance, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY 

2003        New Slang, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY

 

GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, & AWARDS

2024        Shortlisted Artist, UK AIDS Memorial

2023        Eltham College, Artist in Residence

2020        HARTslane, Artist in Residence

                  a-n/Freelands Foundation Covid Emergency Grant

                  Arts Council Covid Emergency Grant

2019        VAST Residency, Southern Oregon University

2015        Galveston Artist Residency, Artist in Residency

 

GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, & AWARDS CONTINUED

2012        Pollock Krasner Foundation, Grant Recipient

                  Joan Mitchell Foundation, Grant Recipient

2009        Pollock Krasner Foundation, Grant Recipient

2005        NYFA Grant Recipient, Sculpture

2004        Art OMI, Artist in Residence

2003        McColl Center for The Arts, Artist in Residence

2002        Millay Colony, Artist in Residence

                  Yaddo, Artist in Residence

 

TEACHING

2019        Visiting Artist and Scholar, Southern Oregon University 

2012/16 Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic State University 

2015        MFA Faculty, Wilson College, MFA program, PA

2007-12  Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 

 

VISITING ARTIST

2019        Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK 

Queering the Art Classroom reading group, Sutton House, London, UK

2016        University of Houston, Houston, TX, US
2014        Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA, US

2010        School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, US
2007        New York Studio Program, New York, NY, US
2006        Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, US 

Lesley University, Boston, MA, US 

2004        University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, US 

2003        Hampshire College, MA, US 

 

EDUCATION

MFA         Tufts University – SMFA, Boston, MA 

BA            The University of Maryland, College Park, MD

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