Diana Copperwhite

BA,MFA.

Part-time Lecturer

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016 Depending on the Morning Sun,532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel,New York.

2016 Forthcoming, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin Forthcoming, Thomas Jaeckal Gallery, New York.

2015 A Million and One Things Under the Sun, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.Solo presentation, Pulse, Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York.

2014 Shadowland, Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York.

2013 Loose Ends, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York Solo presentation at VOLTANY, Kevin Kavanagh, New York.

2011 An Island from the day before, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.

2009 perfect near miss, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.

eclipse of a title, Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery, Drogheda.

eclipse of a title, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris.

2008 eclipse of a title, West Cork Arts Centre.

2007 BLIND SPOT, Limerick City Art Gallery.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016 Winter Salon, Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York.

2015 A Lonely Impulse of Desire, group exhibition celebrating 150th of W.B. Yeats’ birth, the international tour will include venues in the USA, Sweden, UK, France and Japan.

The Art of a Nation, works from the AIB collection, Mall Galleries, London.Group presentation with Kevin Kavanagh, VOLTA Basel.

2014 Inside the Palace, with Danny Rolph, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.

Chancery Lane, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.

Two person presentation with Armando Marino, Pulse, Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York.

The Artist’s Eye, AIB Art Collection, Hunt Museum, Limerick. Curated by Donald Teskey including Sean Scully and Corban Walker.

Re-framing the Domestic in Irish Art, Highlanes Gallery, Droheda. Including Dorothy Cross, Alice Maher,Isabel Nolan, William McKeown, Siobhán Hapaska and Kathy Prendergast.

Personal Choice, Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick City of Culture, Limerick.

New Acquisitions, RHA, Dublin.

2012 Into the Light, The Arts Council-60 Years of Supporting the Arts Crawford Art Gallery, Cork.

Anna Bjerger, Diana Copperwhite and Oliver Comerford, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.

Painting Now, Ron Mandos, Amsterdam.

Making Familiar; Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, curated by James Merrigan and Robert Armstrong Group show and Symposium, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.

Group presentation with Kevin Kavanagh, VOLTA Basel, Switzerland.

Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Temporary public Art Commission.

The Mind was Dreaming, the world was its Dream, Diana Copperwhite, Michael Kalmbach & Hiraki Sawa.

Curated by Jacqui McIntosh, Solstice Art Centre, Navan, Ireland.

2011 The Fold, Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow.

New Works Visiting Artists, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.

Graphic Studio: 50 Years in Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.

2010 Collecting the New: Recent Acquisitions to the IMMA Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.

Regarding Painting, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.

The Marianbad Palace, Haroon Mirza, Diana Copperwhite, Laura Buckley, Jorge de la Garza, Alicja Kwade and Ian Monroe, Highlanes Gallery and Driochead Arts Centre, Drogheda Arts Festival, curated by Jacqui McIntosh.

Abundance, Limerick City Gallery of Art.

2009 Above the Fold, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.

Alchimie – Multiples – Papiers, Françoise Besson, Lyon, curated by Michael Woolworth, Lyon Biennale.

Visiting Artists, Graphic Studio Gallery.

To Have & Have Not, curated by Gemma Tipton, Kinsale Arts Week, Cork.

2008 Group Therapy, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.

Winter Salon, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.

International Painting Prize, Guasch Coranty Fundacio, Tecla Sala, Barcelona.

2007 Presence, Limerick City Gallery of Art.

The Big Store, curated by Alan Butler & Rayne Booth, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.

Group show, curated by Martin Gale Fenton Gallery, Cork.

Invited artist, RHA Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin.

2006 Other Visions, curated by Aidan Dunne, Art Critic, The Irish Times, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London.

2005 A Moment In Time, Temple Bar Gallery.

Reality Show, curated by Gemma Tipton, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee.

Group Show, From the Liberties to Parramatta, University of Western Sydney, Australia.

2000 Aqui/alli, Can Felipe, Poblenou Barcelona.

1998 E+va, Exhibition of Visual Art, curated by Jeanne Greenberg, Limerick City Gallery of Art.

Fantastic Overload, Rubicon Gallery Dublin

Site Specific Projects

2012 Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Temporary public Art Commission.

2008 eclipse of a title, Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery, Drogheda.

eclipse of a title, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris.

Awards and Residencies

2015 Nominee, Pulse Prize, New York.

2012 Invited Artist, Josef Albers Foundation, Connecticut.

2008 Finalist, International Painting Prize, Guasch Coranty Fundacio, Barcelona.

Project Residency , Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin.

2007 Winner, AIB Prize, Dublin.

Selected Bibliography

2015 Worlds on the brink and cosmic explorations, Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, April 2015.

A walk through the art fairs, Brian P.Kelly, Arma Virumque, The New Criterion, March 10th 2015.

A Scanner Darkly, Diana Copperwhite in conversation with Helen O’Leary, Professor of Painting, Penn State, Two Coats of Paint, Painters Table, April 2015.

This lasted until dawn – works from the IMMA collection, Irish Times, May 2015.

2014 Pulsing Pulse, 2014 New York edition, Sharon Butler, Two coats of Paint, May 2014.

What Lies Beneath, Niall MacMonagle, Irish Independent, February 2014.

RHA Annual Show, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, June 2014.

2013 Painting in Chelsea: September, Elizabeth Condon, Painter’s Table, September 2013.

Highlights from Armory Week: Recap from Artist’s Point of View, Dana Nichols, Cartwheel Art, March 2013.

2012 The mind was dreaming, the world was its dream, John Gayer, The Visual Artist’s News Sheet, March –April 2012.

The Hellfire Club, Maria Tanner, Paper Visual Art Journal, September 2012.

2011 The Fold: A Painting Show, Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Gemma Tipton, Artforum Critic’s Pick.

Spirits in the material world, Cristín Leach Hughes, The Sunday Times, October 2011.

Carlow’s Visual Joins the Fold, Gemma Tipton, The Irish Times, May 2011.

The Fold: A Painting Show, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, February 2011.

A view from the island, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, November 2011.

2010 On a Lighter Note, Gerry McCarthy, The Sunday Times, May 2010.

2009 Diana Copperwhite: Perfect Near Miss, Kate Butler, The Sunday Times, May 2009.

2008 Spliced Realities, Alanah Hopkin, Irish Arts Review, Autumn 2008.

Past, Present and Future, All at Once, Eimear McKeith, Sunday Tribune, October 2008.

Eclipse of a Title, Chris Clark, CIRCA, Winter 2008.

Painted from a Personal Palette, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, November 2008.

2007 AIB Prize, Marian O’Kane Boal, Irish Arts Review, Summer 2007.

Selected Publications

2016 Forthcoming publication, monograph published by Colm Tóibín, writing by Gail Levin, New York, 2016.

2015 Forthcoming publication by SO Fine Art, in conjunction with A Lonely Impulse of Desire, Dublin, 2015.

A Scanner Darkly, Diana Copperwhite in conversation with Helen O’Leary, for Pulse New York, 2015.ISBN: 978-0-9560538-6-2.

2012 The Mind was dreaming, the world was its dream, Jacqui McIntosh, Solstice Arts Centre, ISBN: 978-0-9560538-2-4 .

The Hellfire Club, Michelle Horrigan, Padraic E. Moore, Brian O’Doherty, Askeaton Contemporary Arts, ISBN: 978-0-9558630-5-9.

2011 Creative Ireland: The Visual Arts, (anthology) Noel Kelly, Sean Kissane,Visual Artists Ireland, ISBN: 978-1- 907683-11-4.

2010 Dictionary of Living Irish Artists, (anthology) Robert O’Byrne, Plurabelle Publishing, ISBN: 978-0-9563011-0-9.

2009 Eclipse of a Title, Colm Tóibín, Skye Sherwin, West Cork Arts Centre, ISBN 1-904354-20-3.

2007 Flat Earth, Kevin Kavanagh for ARCO Madrid, ISBN 978-0-9555164-0-5.

Selected Collections

Irish Museum of Modern Art.

Allied Irish Bank.

Arts Council of Ireland.

Limerick City Gallery of Art.

Office of Public Works.

Contemporary Irish Art Society.

Bank of Ireland.

Dublin Institute of Technology.

Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery.

Smurfit Kappa Group.

KPMG.

Arthur Andersen Plc.

International Red Cross Netherlands.

Mariehamn Stadbiblioteque, Aland, Finland.

The Office of the President of Ireland.

Town and Country Bank, Manhattan.

Private collections in Ireland, Belgium, Finland, France, USA and UK.