SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 FROM CHAOS TO THE SUBLIME . Curator: Leslie Wasserberger, chashama 461 Galleries, New York, NY
2008 URBAN COMPOSITION . chashama 461 Gallery, New York, NY
2005 The ABSTRACTED SOUL . Bronxville Public Library, Bronxville, NY
2002 PAINTINGS BY DIANE DAVIS . Oresman Gallery, Larchmont Public Library, Larchmont, NY
1996 PAINTINGS BY DIANE DAVIS . Countee Cullen Library, New York, NY
1995 THE NEW HARLEM GALLERY . Curator: Anne Tally, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019. THE UNAMBIGOUS LINE, Curated by Jennie Booth, Friday Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
VALORES ESTETICOS / AESTHETIC VALUES, Curated by Dianne Hebbert, Chashama Gallery, NYC
2018 ORGANIC/INORGANIC . Curated by Deborah Oster Pannell, TheYard, Brooklyn, NY.
2016 MEMENTOS . Curator: Lisa Lebofsky, Panepinto Galleries, Jersey City, NJ
2015 HOT OR COLD . Guest Curators: Laura James and Eileen Walsh, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY
2014 CHASHAMA STUDIO ARTIST . Curator: Katie Fischer Cherry and Janusz Jaworski, Lobby Gallery 4 Times Square
I KAN DO DAT . Curator: Danny Simmons and Oshun Layne, Salena Gallery LIU, Brooklyn, NY
2012 SCOPE NYC 2012 ART FAIR . Curator: chashama, New York, NY
SHIFT: ART & SPIRIT . Curator: Kristin Reed, Knox Gallery, New York, NY
2011 POINT OF ABSTRACTION . Curator: Paula Coleman, RFA Gallery, New York, NY
2009 461 GROUP EXHIBITION . chashama Gallery 42nd Street, New York, NY
NATIONAL BLACK FINE ARTS SHOW . Curator: Averlyn Archer, Canvas Paper and Stone Gallery, New York, NY
2008 NEW POWER GENERATION 2008 . Curator: Vanessa D. Thaxton Ward, Hampton Museum, Hampton, VA
2007 LONGWOOD ART GALLERY . Curator: Edwin Ramoran, Bronx, NY
2005 CLINTON HILL ART GALLERY . Curator: L.B. Brown, Brooklyn, NY
2004 MOMENTUM . Sponsored by The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts; The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2002 NATIONAL BLACK FINE ARTS SHOW . Curator: Loris Crawford, Savacou Gallery, New York, NY
1998 BLACK NEW YORK ARTIST OF THE 20th Century . Curator: Victor N. Smythe, The Schomburg
Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY
COMMISSIONS
My public arts commissions include: (1) 2016 - Illustrated Children’s book titled “Elijah Muhammad Builder Of A Nation”, by Yusef Salaam, NYC, (2) 2015 - Williamsbridge Early Childhood Development Center NAACP, facilitated art project for a large mural painted by 4 year olds in school lobby, Bronx, NY, (3) 1996, Children’s Village, Dobbs Ferry, NY, painting for school corridor. (4) Riverbank State Park, Mural for backdrop for outdoor performance, (5) 1996 Bridgefield Civics League, Painted a 30’ mural on outside of building, Bronx, NY (4) The Bronx Health Plan painted 3 three murals for their offices, Bronx, NY.
NEWS ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS/FILM
2014 HUFFINGTON POST
2009 365 DAYS OF BLACK HISTORY; IN PRAISE OF WOMEN ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR; 2009 ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR
2007 Genocchio, BenjaminFOUR SHOWS IN ONE CELEBRATION ETHNIC DIVERSITY, New York Times Art Review,
2006 “WINTER PRINT SALON 2005”, Journal of the Print World, Inc.
2006 Whatley, Harlan, Director, “NINE BY FIVE DOCUMENTARY”, Skyfilms
2006 Baillou, Charles “ARTIST DIANE DAVIS SPEAKS ABOUT HER ART AND INSPIRATION”, Caribbean Life Newspaper
2005 Miller,, Shane “FROM AN ART GALLERY ON CLINTON HILL”, Greenpoint Star,
2002 Henslin, James M. “ESSENTIALS OF SOCIOLOGY: A DOWN TO EARTH APPROACH”
2001 “ EROTIC WORKS BY BLACK WOMEN” ON EXHIBIT AT DOWNTOWN GALLERY, Daily News
1997 Tuit, Al “LOCAL ARTISTS AT LONDEL’S”, Uptown Express,
1996 Tuit, Al “A TREE GROWS ON LACONIA AVE”, Uptown Express,
COLLECTIONS
SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE, New York, NY
THE ROBERT BLACKBURN PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP, New York, NY
MOCADA MUSEUM, Brooklyn, NY
AWARDS/HONORS
2019 EILEEN S. KAMINSKY FAMILY FOUNDATION Residency
2019 SPACE TO CONNECT, Chashama Residency
2017 THE BEAD PROJECT, URBAN GLASS, Brooklyn, Scholarship
2007 CHASHAMA VISUAL ARTS STUDIO AWARD, Residency
2004 ORA LERMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, Residency
1998 BLACK NEW YORK ARTIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY SELECTIONS FROM THE SCHOMBURB CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE, Honor
1998 ROBERT BLACKBURN PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP, Scholarship