Dianna Cohen

EDUCATION 

1989 Bachelors of the Arts, University of California Los Angeles

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Cycle, epOxybOx Gallery, Venice, California

2005 Bag exhibition, Laurie Frank Gallery, Santa Monica, California

2005 solo exhibition, On The Path Gallery, Santa Monica, California

2005 solo exhibition, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2004 bag exhibition, Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam

2004 New works & Installations, downtown, Berkeley, California

2004 New works based on The Curse, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, California

2004 Bag. VAC Victoria Art College, Melbourne, Australia

2003 Bag, Bolsa, ARTKAFFE, Barcelona, Spain

2002 Shine, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA

2001 Bag, POST Gallery, Los Angeles

1999 Harvest Mine: a collaborative Installation with Francisco Letelier & John Trudell, Rico Gallery, Santa Monica

1995 Synthetic Bounty, Artopia, Los Angeles

1993 Puzzle, AMO Contemporary Art, Hollywood

1990 Zecevic Gallery, Belgrade Yugoslavia

1988 Kerckhof Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 ART & THE CITY: Los Angeles Icon, HLABT, Hollywood

2007 Do it Now: Live Green, The Ben Maltz Gallery, OTIS College, LA

2007 Ecosphere, Gallery of Functional Art, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica

2007 Womankind, Creative Galleries, Culver City

2007 Ebb and Flow, East-West Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

2007 Found-the greening of fine art, epOxybOx gallery, Venice, CA

2007 Hausguest, Darfur exhibition, Los Angeles

2006 City of Brea Municipal Gallery, Brea, CA

2006 FLOW fine lines on water, Peter Blake gallery, Laguna Beach; Lisa Coscino gallery, Pacific Grove; Post Ranch, Big Sur; Frank Pictures Gallery, Santa Monica

2006 Raw Materials, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California

2005 The New York Yankees & The American Dream, Tampa Museum of Art

2005 All Girls, Glitter Gloss Gallery, Los Angeles

2004 Ultrachrome Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles

2004 Subway Series: The New York Yankees and The American Dream, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, New York

2003 Weldon Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

2003 Wallspace Gallery, New York

2003 Food For Thought, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, California

2003 Weldon Gallery, Santa Barbara

2003 Sex in Deep Space, City gallery, West Hollywood

2003 Light Among Shadows, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica

2003 California 10 Contemporary, Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago

2003 growing up absurd, Jette Rudolphe gallery Berlin at POST, Los Angeles

2002 west coast, ART AFFAIRS, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2002 POST gallery, Los Angeles

2002 Art In Embassy Program Exhibition, Abu Dhabi

2001-2002 big plastic, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena

2001 Cross-Cuts, seven los angeles artists, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles 

2001 Vinyl. POST Gallery, Los Angeles

2001 Group Exhibitions, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA

2000-2001 AIEP Exhibition, Windhoek Namibia

1999 Threads. Mills Building, San Francisco Fall Group Show. Mad River Post, Santa Monica

FILMS

1999 Choice. A documentary shot at the Lilith Fair in 1998 for Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

1996 Relate. A documentary in progress about relationships 

1994 LA Riots: afterthoughts

1993 Kiss. A film for the Transex 72 hour video marathon The Mondrian Hotel, Los Angeles

MUSIC

1999 girlpatch: G is for girlpatch. All girl rock band, debut album available on CD at www.girlpatch.com

PUBLICATIONS

2004 The Curse: Stories, Writings, Poems, Musings and Snatches of Conversation About Getting Your Period, Edited by Dianna Cohen (nonfiction)

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2007 Ebb and Flow, East/West Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

2006 Flow: fine lines on water, traveling exhibition of original works on surfboard, Peter Blake gallery, Laguna, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove and Frank Picture Gallery, Bergamot Station, LA.

ARTIST/CURATOR LECTURES

2006 Visiting Artist, Multnomah Elementary School, East Los Angeles, CA

Visiting Artist, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

2005 Visiting Artist & Curator, Victorian College of Art (VAC) Melbourne, Australia,

2004 Visiting Artist, Wildwood School, Los Angeles, CA

MEDIA

2007 Living with Ed, West Wing Actor sees Green, HLWED-206, HGTV, September

2007 EcoZone Project, Patrick Warburton Episode #103, CBS September

KCAL 9 morning news for the LiveGreen show September     

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Meyers, Holly, LA Times, Art, Friday, September 12, 2003, E28
Schweid, Richard, Barcelona Metropolitan, April 2003, No, 75
Cheng, Scarlet, LA Times, Thursday October 11, 2001, E2
Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, "Pick of the Week", November 2-8, 2001
Harvey, Doug, Los Angeles Weekly, November 16-22, 2001
Knight, Christopher, Los Angeles Times, Friday November 2, 2001, F22
McGovern, Thomas, Art Papers Magazine, January/February 2002, Pg, 52
Meyers, Holly, LA Times, "LA Evolving Art", Friday 20, 2001, F23
Pagel, David, LA Times, Tuesday October 16, 2001, F9

REVIEWS

The Argonaut, February 1, 2007, 37:5, pg. 6
Dawson, Jessica, Washington Post, Style, Thursday, June 2, 2005, C05
Distinction Magazine, "Plugged In, Who's Doing What..." Culture & More/ Arts, September-October 2005, pg. 68.
Meyers, Holly, Los Angeles Times, Art, Friday, August 12,2004,
Meyers, Holly, Los Angeles Times, Art, Friday, September 12,2003, E28
Santa Monica Mirror, "Green Art at epOxybOx," Life and Arts, April 19-25 2007, 8:45
Schweid, Richard, Barcelona Metropolitan, April 2003, No.75
Cheng, Scarlet, Los Angeles Times, Thursday October 11, 2001, E2
Frank, Peter, Los Angeles Weekly, "Pick of the Week", November 2-8,2001
Hart, Scot. "Remains of the Day: Social and Political Changes at the Hands of Artists." Art Ltd. "Green Art, West Coast Art and Design" May 2007
Harvey, Doug, Los Angeles Weekly, November 16-22,2001
Knight, Christopher, Los Angeles Times, Friday November 2,2001, F22
McGovern, Thomas, Art Papers Magazine, January/February 2002, Pg. 52
Meyers, Holly, Los Angeles Times, "LA Evolving Art", Friday 20, 2001, F23
Pagel, David, Los Angeles Times, Tuesday October 16,2001,F9ALU The Longboarder's Magazine, Japan, May 2007. No. 58
Carpenter, Susan. Los Angeles Times, "The Fine Art of Surfboarding, May 13, 2006, pg. E5.
Counts, Chris. The Carmel Pine Cone, "Surfboards that would fit right in at Mavericks or a Museum" May 15, 2006. Vol. 92 no. 19, pg. 12A.
Harrison, Susie. The Laguna Beach Independent, "Blake Show Carves a Fresh Art Break" May 7, 2006, Vol. 5 no. 14.
Kyle, Hillary. Blade. "Gay Artists to Exhibit at Laguna Beach's Peter Blake Gallery" Apri2006, pg. 98.
The Laguna Beach Independent. "Surf's Icon Gets Artistic Rip in Blake Exhibit" March 31, 2006. Vol. 5 no. 13.
Rupe, Cynthia. SqueezeOC.com, Art Theater "Flow-fine lines on Water" April 26, 2006. Pg. 1-3.
Walsh, Daniella. The Orange County Register, "Border States" Sunday April 9, 2006.
Walsh, Daniella, The Riviera "The Radar Art" April 2006. Pg. 58-59.