Diana Gonzalez Gandolfi– Artist Statement

The nature of my work is autobiographical, a veiled visual diary of my experiences. Through the process of art-making I search for a better understanding of my feelings and thoughts. Time and memory are my subjects and the work is full of familial, cultural and political influences. Born in Argentina, I traveled widely while growing up; my father’s profession as an architect took our family to such places as Indonesia, Colombia and New York. Early memories of experiencing new worlds and living among diverse cultures continue to flood my work today. As metaphor, I explore issues of confinement and borders, political injustices, alienation, loss and mortality. My intention is to express, in abstract terms, the physical, psychological, and spiritual nature of the human condition.

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Education

Exhibitions

Solo:

• 2005 Encaustic Paintings, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
• 2004 Recent Work, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
• 2003 Coexistence, Pringle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
• 2003 Dualities, B. Beamsderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ
• 2001 Time Divided: Paintings and Works on Paper, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
• 2001 Collected Time: Encaustic & Oil Paintings, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
• 2000 Encaustic Paintings & Monotypes, R&F Gallery, Kingston, NY
• 1999 Recent Work, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
• 1997 Recent Paintings and Prints, Highland Park Public Library, Highland Park, NJ
• 1997 Selected Paintings and Works on Paper, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
• 1996 Paintings, The Gallery/Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ
• 1994 Peripheral Images/Paintings and Works on Paper, Randal Beck Gallery, Boston, MA
• 1994 Recent Works/Paintings and Works on Paper B. Beamsderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ
• 1993 Recent Work/Paintings and Monotypes, Randall Beck Gallery, Boston, MA
  
• 1991 New Paintings and Monotypes, Randall Beck Gallery, Boston, MA
• 1991 Inside/Outside - Paintings and Monotypes, Norbert Considine Gallery/Stuart Country Day School, Princeton, NJ
• 1989 New Works on Paper, Randall Beck Gallery, Boston, MA
• 1988 New Images/Recent Monotypes and Paintings, Claremont Gallery, Bedminster, NJ
• 1987 The Homestead Series/Monotypes and Paintings, Randall Beck Gallery, Boston, MA
• 1986 Monotypes and Monoprints, Hauck Gallery, University of Maine, Orono, ME
• 1985 Spanish Symbols/Paintings and Monotypes, Graphics 1 and Graphics 2, Boston, MA
• 1984 Aerial Perspectives/Works on Paper, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
• 1983 Recent Monotypes and Paintings, Graphics 1 and Graphics 2, Boston, MA
• 1978 Works on Paper: Monoprints and Monotypes, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA

Awards

• 2002 Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
• 2002 Painting Fellowship, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, MD
• 2001 Hunterdon Museum of Art Purchase Award, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
• 2001 New Jersey Artist Print and Paper Fellowship, Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
• 1994 Painting Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Trenton, NJ
• 1994 Small Impressions Purchase Award, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
• 1990 Painting Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Trenton, NJ
• 1990 Small Impressions Purchase Award, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
• 1989 Merchandise Award, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ
• 1989 Judge’s Prize, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
• 1986 Distinguished Artist Award and Printmaking Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Trenton, NJ
• 1985 Medal of Honor/Printmaking, National Association of Woman Artists, NYC, NY
• 1983 Alumni Traveling Fellowship, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
• 1983 Medal of Honor/Works on Paper, National Association of Woman Artists, NYC, NY
• 1975 Clarissa Barlett Scholarship and James William Paige Travelling Fellowship, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Collections

• Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
• Brevard Museum of Art, Melbourne, FL
• The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
• Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
• New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
• Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
• Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
• Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
• The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Trenton, NJ
• Rutgers University/Newark, NJ & Piscataway, NJ
• Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
• Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
• Hingham Public Library, Hingham, MA
• Four Seasons Hotel, Prague, The Czech Republic
  National Westminster Bank, New York, NY
• McKee Nelson, LLP, New York, NY
• Property Capital Trust, Boston, MA
• Posternak, Blankstein and Lund, Boston, MA
• Congress Group, Boston, MA
  
• Arkwright Insurance, Boston, MA
• Rolm Corporation, Providence, RI
• CIGNA Insurance Co., Hartford, CT
• Meryl Wilson Associates, New York, NY
• Morgan Guaranty Trust, New York, NY
• Mathew Thorton Health Plan, Manchester, NH
• Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
• Division of Taxation/Department of Treasury, Trenton, NJ
• Shima Seiki Corporation, Cranbury, NJ
• Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
• IBM Corporation, West Orange, NJ
• Fidelity Management, Wall Street, NY, Boston, MA, & Pittsburgh, PA
• Bank of Liechtenstein, New York, NY
• Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, Princeton, NJ
• The New England Mutual Life Co., Boston, MA
• Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
• Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, New York, NY
• Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, East Hanover, NJ
• Goodwin, Procter and Hoar, Boston, MA
• Palmer and Dodge, Boston, MA
• The Bank of North America, New York, NY
• Bear Sterns Inc., Boston, MA
• Ortho Pharmaceutical, Somerville, NJ
• PricewaterhouseCoopers, Floral Park, NJ & Pittsburgh, PA
• Heldrich Associates, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA

Publications

• 2005 “Circle in the Square,” Ilene Dube, The Princeton Packet: Time Off Magazine, March
• 2004 “Through a Global Prism,” Benjamin Genocchio, The New York Times, April
• 2004 “Latina Artist Displays Work in Summit,” Arturo Martinez, The Sunday Star Ledger, April
• 2004 “Emanate Formations at Printmaking Council,” Rachel Mullen, The Record, March
  
• 2004 “Conscience Informs Exhibit,” by Dan Bischoff, The Star Ledger, March
• 2003 “Second Look at New Works,” Deborah Kravetz, Art Matters, May
• 2003 “Art, All New All the Time,” Anne R. Fabbri, Philadelphia Daily News, May
• 2003 “Pringle Gallery,” Lori Hill, Philadelphia City Paper, May
• 2002 “Carrying the Response,” Jim Boyle, The Princeton Packet: Time Off Magazine, May
• 2002 Cover Image, Home News Tribune: On the Go Magazine, April
• 2001 “Time has Come,” Dan Bischoff, The Star Ledger, March
• 2001 Cover image, Home News Tribune: On the Go Magazine, March
• 1999 “Painting Between the Lines,” Frederick Kaimann, Home News Tribune, May
• 1998 “Simon Gallery Says Thanks to its Artists,” Marion Filler, Daily Record, December
• 1997 “Artist depicts ambiguity where biology meets politics,” Dan Bischoff, The Star-Ledger, April
• 1996 “Local Exhibit Devoted to Printmaking,” Jeanne Kolva, Highland Park Herald, March
• 1995 “Intuitive Undertakings,” Wendy Heisler, Princeton Packet: Time Off Magazine, June
• 1994 “Argentine ‘Landscapes’ Psychological as Well as Physical, on View in Paterson,” Eileen Watkins, Star Ledger, December
• 1994 “Four views of the Land” by Gabriela Enser, The Record, December
• 1994 “Galleries,” Nancy Stapen, The Boston Globe, November
• 1994 “Art,” Eileen Watkins, The Star Ledger, April
• 1994 “Juried Art Show Provides Food for Thought,” Jacob Meyerowitz, The Express Times, February
• 1993 “Memory is the Stuff of Art in Newton Show,” Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, November
• 1993 “Drawings with Ideas Expressed in Personal Symbols,” Vivian Raynor, The New York Times, January
• 1991 “Creation by Fellowship Winners,” Vivien Raynor, The New York Times, July
• 1991 “State Exhibits Unites Those Whose Ties are Largely Financial,” John Zeaman, The Record, August
• 1991 “Art,” Eileen Watkins, Newark Star Ledger, August
• 1991 “Critic’s Tip,” Christine Temin, Boston Globe: Calendar Section, May
• 1990 “Smaller is Better at Branchburg Gallery,” Hellen Schwartz, The Home News, February
• 1990 “All the Art that is Fit to Print,” Wendy Heisler, Time Off Magazine, January
• 1990 “Council Honors Three Former Art Directors,” Emanuel Haller, The Courier-News, January
• 1989 “Duality of Existence in Latin Works,” Vivien Raynor, The New York Times, May
• 1987 “Perspectives,” Christine Temin, Boston Globe, October
• 1987 “State of the Arts Program,” New Jersey Network Television, May
• 1985 “Art,” Eileen Watkins, Newark Star Ledger, April
• 1985 “Perspectives,” Christine Temin, Boston Globe, January
• 1983 “New Growth/Alchemie/Boston,” Phyllis Koening, Art New England, June
• 1983 “Perspectives,” Christine Temin, Boston Globe, June
• 1979 “New England Drawing Competition,” Nathan Goldstein, Art New England, December

Catalogues

• 2006 “Luminous Depths - Six Women Explore the Ancient Art of Encaustic Painting,” William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
• 2006 “Different Ways of Seeing: The Expanding World of Abstraction,” Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ,
• 2005 “Signs and Symbols: Journey of the Spirit,” Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
• 2004 “Correspondences: Poetry and Contemporary Art,” Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
• 2004 “Unveiling the Image/Multicultural Women Artists,” Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
• 2003 “The Boston Printmakers 2003/North American Print Biennial,” Boston University, Boston, MA
• 2003 “Encaustic Works 2003/Fourth International Biennial Exhibition,” Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
• 2002 “100 New Jersey Artist Make Prints/Fifteen Years of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper,” Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
• 2002 “North East Prints 2002,” William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
• 2002 “The Visual Imaginary of Latinas/os in New Jersey,” Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
• 2002 “New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition 2001-2002,” Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden, NJ
• 2002 “The Printmaking Council of New Jersey Silver Anniversary Selections,” The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
• 1996 “New Jersey Arts Annual”, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
• 1994 “Inner and Outer Landscapes: Four Argentinean Artists,” The Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ
• 1991 “New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition 1991,” Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
• 1990 “Small Impressions 1990,” Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ
• 1989 “Latin Roots/American Visions,” Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
• 1988 “New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition
• 1987-88,” The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
• 1987-88 “Small Impressions 1988/6th Annual National Exhibition Project,” Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
• 1986 “Through a Master Printer: Robert Blackburn and the Printmaking Workshop,” Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
• 1986 “The Print Club/62nd Annual International Competition,” The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
• 1986 “National Association of Women Artists Annual Exhibition 1986,” Jacob K Javits Federal Building, New York, NY
• 1985 “New Jersey Artist 5th Biennial Exhibition,” The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
  
• 1984 “The Print Club 60th Annual International Competition,” The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
• 1979 “New England Drawing Competition,” De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

Professional Experience

• 1985-96 Printmaking Instructor, Artworks/The Visual Arts School of Princeton and Trenton, NJ
• 1984-02 Printmaking Instructor, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Branchburg NJ
• 1983-84 Art Instructor & Consultant, Department of Education, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
• 1982-Fall Visiting Artist/Silkscreen Instructor, Curry College, Milton, MA
• 1980-82 Graphic Artist, Pilgrim Plastics Printing and Label Company, Boston, MA
• 1979-80 Coordinator and Head Teacher, Prints in Progress Program, Department of Education, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
• 1978 Visiting Artist, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
• 1977-79 Coordinator of Expressive Therapies Program, Massachusetts Prison Art Project, Framingham, MA
• 1976-77 Artist/Therapist, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, MA
• 1976 Art Instructor, Salem Youth Commission, Salem, MA
• 1975-76 Art Instructor/Group Leader, Art To People, Middleton, MA
• 1975-76 Assistant Director/Graphics Designer, Massachusetts Prison Art Project, Framingham, MA
• 1974-75 Art Consultant, Department of Mental Health of the State of Massachusetts
• 1973-75 Bilingual Art Instructor, Massachusetts Prison Art Project, Framingham MA