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
Education
MFA Sculpture The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
BA Fine Arts, Sculpture The University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
STUDIO Cubitt Artists https://www.cubittartists.org.uk
Teaching
2022/2023 Visiting Artist in Residence, Eltham College, London, UK
2019 Visiting Artist & Scholar, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
2012 – 2016 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
Solo & Collaborative Projects
UPCOMING Solo Show, 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
2017 Skybox, with Walter Dundervill, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Glossolalia, Cuesta College, SLO, CA
Deflowered and Devoured - Stigma and Style, Crave, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Deflowered and Devoured, 3rd Streaming, New York, NY
The Milky Way… Get Your Orgone On-Eat It, Paladar,
3rd Streaming, New York, NY
The Milky Way…. Get Your Orgone On, Blackston Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Pepe & Puntar”s Lucid Dream Lounge, PARTICIPANT INC, New York, NY
2011 After Eden, SKOTE with special guest Diana Puntar, Skowhegan Awards Dinner,
New York, NY
2008 LIVED LIVE EVIL DEVIL, Oliver Kamm, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions and Collaborations continued
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 Shows
2007 On Spec: Diana Puntar and Goran Tomcic, White Box, 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 Shows
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 Does Art, London
2019 QTAC Collaborates, Sutton House, London, UK
2016 Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX
2013 Congregation:Annotated, 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY
What Is Your Favorite Prophecy For The Future, The Oracle, Berlin< Germany
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 Eccentric Space, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Native Spirirt, 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
The Big Little Drawing Show, N3 Project Space, Brooklyn, 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
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
DIANA PUNTAR