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
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Solo Exhibition, One River, Manhasset, NY
2025 Solo Exhibition, Sites, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY
Curina Gallery Night, 225 West 28th Street, New York, NY
Pinwheel, Incubator Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Solo Exhibition, Pathways and Shadows, Hendrick I. Lott House, Brooklyn, NY
All Who Wander, Rockaway Artists Alliance, Fort Tilden, NY (Juror: Eto Otitigbe)
Metamorphosis, Ubique, New York, NY (online)
Geometric Gestures, dodomu gallery, Brooklyn, NY (online)
2023 Accretion: An Exhibition of Faculty Work, 2007-2023, Hall of Fame Art Gallery, Bronx Community College
Black, White and Shades of Gray, Townhouse Gallery, Stamford, CT (Juror: Ashley Ouderkirk)
Memory Mirage, Kunstraum, Brooklyn NY (curated by Christina Massey)
Textures and Patterns, Decagon Gallery (online)
2022 Flat File, Deanna Evans Projects, New York, NY (online)
New Contemporaries, dodomu gallery, Brooklyn, NY (online)
2019 discernment, Dysfunctional Collective, Governors Island, NY
2017 In balance / imbalance, Art Lot, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Two-Person Exhibition, Works on Paper, Unison Arts, New Paltz, NY
Grants, Awards and Residencies
2024 PSC-CUNY Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Grant, New York, NY
2024 Residency, SomoS, Berlin, Germany (virtual)
2023 Residency, Nocefresca short-stay program, Sardinia, 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
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 (print)
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.
Daily Freeman, “Unison Arts Center displays works by Naccarato, Sarrantonio,” October 2016.
Lectures, Presentations, and Critiques
2025 “Individuality in Two-Dimensional Design,” Embodied Art Making, panelist, Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE) Conference, D.C.
2024 Artist Talk, Marine Park Community Association, Brooklyn, NY, June 18.
2024 Artist Talk, The Hendrick I. Lott House, Brooklyn, NY, May 4.
2022 Presenter, 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.
Teaching Experience
2019-present, Adjunct Professor, The City College of New York, CUNY, New York, NY
Introduction to Drawing; Two Dimensional Design
2018-present, Adjunct Professor, Bronx Community College, CUNY, Bronx, NY
Introduction to Art History