Education
2018 MFA, Studio Art, The City College of New York (CUNY)
2013 BFA, Painting and Drawing, State University of New York at New Paltz
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Sites, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, National Park Service, Queens, NY (July 27-September 28)
2024 Pathways and Shadows, The Hendrick I. Lott House, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Works on Paper, Unison Arts, New Paltz, NY
Group Exhibitions
2025 Curina Gallery Night, 225 West 28th Street, New York, NY (curated by Morghan Williams)
2025 Pinwheel, Incubator Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curated by John Holt)
2024 All Who Wander, Rockaway Artists Alliance, Fort Tilden, NY (Juror: Eto Otitigbe)
2024 Metamorphosis, Ubique, New York, NY (online)
2024 Geometric Gestures, dodomu gallery, Brooklyn, NY (online)
2023 Group Exhibition, Bilt Bar, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Accretion: An Exhibition of Faculty Work, 2007-2023, Hall of Fame Art Gallery, Bronx Community College
2023 Group Exhibition, The Honey Badger Motel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curated by William Curry)
2023 Flash 12: A Burst of Color, Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (online)
2023 Flash 11: Textures and Patterns, Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (online)
2023 Memory Mirage, Kunstraum, Brooklyn NY (curated by Christina Massey)
2023 Black, White and Shades of Gray, Townhouse Gallery, Stamford, CT Third Place Award (Juror: Ashley Ouderkirk)
2022 Flat File, Deanna Evans Projects, New York, NY (online)
2022 New Contemporaries, dodomu gallery, Brooklyn, NY (online)
2019 discernment, Dysfunctional Collective, Governors Island, NY (curated by Kathryn Keller Larkins)
2017 In balance / imbalance, Art Lot, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Aimée Burg and Natalia Zubko)
2015 Rockaway art wave, Playland Motel, Rockaway Beach, NY (curated by Tracey Greene)
2015 Young Emerging Artists, Studio 7 Gallery, Fort Tilden, NY (curated by Tracey Greene)
2015 Reflections: Annual Faculty Exhibition, Kingsborough Art Museum, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Two-Person Exhibition, Elevation, Blue Sage Center for the Arts, Paonia, CO (with painter, Mat Dubé)
Grants, Awards and Residencies
2024 PSC-CUNY Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Grant, New York, NY
2024 Residency, SomoS, Berlin, Germany (virtual)
2023 Residency, Nocefreschissima, Milis, OR, Italy
2022 PSC-CUNY Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Grant, New York, NY
2022 Residency, Kunstraum, Brooklyn, NY
2014 TMI Project Grant, New York, NY
2013 Artist-in-Residence, Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO
Commissions
2017 Commission, The Castle, large-scale acrylic theater backdrop on canvas, NYC Department of Education, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Commission, Evening Fog, large-scale acrylic painting on wall, private residence, Neponsit, NY
2014 Commission, Electric Space, large-scale acrylic theater backdrop on panel, Rockaway Artists Alliance, Queens, NY
Online and Print Publications
2024 Time Capsule/Seniority, Volume 3 Issue 4, The Mobile Library Magazine, Aerogramme Center for Arts and Culture, New York, NY (January 29. Print and online)
2023 Featured Artist, Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (November 21. Online)
2023 Winter 2023 Issue, Peatsmoke Journal (January 5. Online)
2018 Parallax Issue Six, Singing Saw Press, Brooklyn, NY (Collaboration with writer Mary Kinney. December 1)
Lectures, Presentations, and Critiques
2024 Artist Talk, Marine Park Community Association, Brooklyn, NY, June 18.
2024 Artist Talk, The Hendrick I. Lott House, Brooklyn, NY, May 4.
2024 Artist Talk, The Honey Badger Motel Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, January 5.
2022 Presentation, Artist Salon, Kunstraum, Brooklyn, NY, August 9.
2015 Critiques, Graduate and Undergraduate, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, April 8.
2014 Artist Talk, Rockaway Artists Alliance Membership Meeting, Queens, NY, October 19.
2013 Artist Talk, Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO, August 5.
Bibliography
Untapped New York, “Must-See Public Art Installations in NYC, May 2024,” Nicole Saraniero, May 1, 2024, online.
VoyageLA’s Bold Journey, “Interview,” March 2024.
CanvasRebel Interview, “Meet Diana Naccarato,” December 13, 2023.
Peatsmoke Journal, “Artist Mini-Interview,” January 2023.