Diana Kurz

I was born in Vienna, Austria, and live in Soho, I received a B.A. from Brandeis University and M.F.A. from Columbia University

The subject matter of my art includes monumental figure paintings, landscapes, still lifes, portraits, animals, the Holocaust. My preferred medium is oil on linen canvas.

My art has been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout the US and Europe, and is in many distinguished collections including Corcoran Gallery of Art; Rose Art Museum; Smith College Museum of Art ; Wien Museum, Vienna; The Jewish Museum of Vienna; Yad Vashem Art Museum, Jerusalem; Bezirksmuseum Josefstadt, Vienna; Brooklyn Botanic Garden; Rowan University, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Wash. DC among others.

Grants and awards I have received include: Fulbright Fellowship to France; American Center Residency in Paris; New York State Council on the Arts CAPS Grant; VCCA/Austrian Ministry of the Arts Artist-In-Residence in Vienna; Atlantic Center for the Arts and artist residencies at Hambidge Center, Atlantic Center for theArts, , Yaddo, McDowell Colony, VCCA among others..

I have taught studio art at Queens College, Pratt Institute, Philadelphia College of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art, Virginia Commonwealth University,...

Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University
Bachelor of Arts, Brandeis University

See my website www.dianakurz.com for a list of exhibitions