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
Teaching
2019- The City College of New York (CUNY) - Adjunct Faculty
2018- Bronx Community College (CUNY) - Adjunct Faculty
2018-19 Dieu Donné Papermill, Brooklyn, NY - Part-Time Instructor
Grants, Awards and Residencies
2024 PSC-CUNY Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Grant, New York, NY
2024 Residency, SomoS, Berlin, Germany (virtual)
2023 Residency, Nocefresca, Milis, OR, Italy (short-stay)
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
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2025 Sites, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, National Park Service, Queens, NY (July 27, 2025-September 28, 2025)
2024 Pathways and Shadows, The Hendrick I. Lott House, Brooklyn, NY (solo show, May 4-October 18)
2016 Works on Paper, Unison Arts, New Paltz, NY (solo show)
2013 Elevation, Blue Sage Center for the Arts, Paonia, CO (two-person show with Mat Dubé)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
All Who Wander, Rockaway Artists Alliance, Fort Tilden, NY (Juror: Eto Otitigbe)
Metamorphosis, Ubique, New York, NY (February 29, online)
Geometric Gestures, dodomu gallery, Brooklyn, NY (February 1-March 21, online)
2023
Group Exhibition, Bilt Art, Brooklyn, NY (December 10-March 1, 2024)
Accretion: An Exhibition of Faculty Work, 2007-2023, Hall of Fame Art Gallery at Bronx Community College (CUNY) (December 13-February 15, 2024)
Group Exhibition, The Honey Badger Motel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (December 16-January 7, 2024)
Flash 12: A Burst of Color, Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (online)
Flash 11: Textures and Patterns, Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (online)
Memory Mirage, Kunstraum, Brooklyn NY (curated by Christina Massey)
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)
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)
Young Emerging Artists, Studio 7 Gallery, Fort Tilden, NY (curated by Tracey Greene)
Reflections: Annual Faculty Exhibition, Kingsborough Art Museum, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
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
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.
ART BEAT: Unison Arts Center in New Paltz displays works by Diana Naccarato, Thomas Sarrantonio, Daily Freeman, October 3, 2016.
Online and Print Publications
2024 Time Capsule/Seniority, Volume 3 Issue 4, The Mobile Library Magazine, published by The 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 (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.