DIANE McGREGOR
Diane McGregor is an abstract painter from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work explores the metaphysical relationship between the natural world and the spiritual realm. She was born in Philadelphia, and grew up in rural areas of Connecticut and New Jersey. The lakes, fields, and woodlands of her childhood provided her with a deeply emotional connection to nature from a very early age. McGregor studied Studio Art and Art History at the University of Arizona, graduating with a BFA with Honors in 1985. She has been exhibiting her work for more than three decades, and her art can be found in public and private collections throughout the United States and Europe.
Born Philadelphia, PA, 1958
Currently lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico
EDUCATION:
1987 Art History Graduate Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1987 Museum Internship, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1985 BFA in Studio Art with Honors, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Heidenry, Rachel, “Systematic Devotion at Crane Arts,” The Artblog, April 21, 2013
Abatamarco, Michael, “Tea for Seven,” Pasatiempo, July 13, 2012
Roberts, Kathaleen, “Opened by Limits,” Albuquerque Journal North, July 12, 2012
ART Santa Fe Magazine, July 2012
New Mexico Showcase, Exhibition Catalogue, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM, 2012
Lynette Haggard Art Blog, Artist Interview Series, November 22, 2011
Schneider, Wolf, “In Essence,” New Mexico Magazine, July 2011
Rasmason, Kari, Luminous Abstractions: Drawings and Paintings by Diane McGregor, Blurb, 2010
Studio Visit Magazine, Spring 2010, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
Xhibit: 2009 Summer Exhibition, Catalogue, Preston Contemporary Art Center, 2009
Kate Beck Art Notes (Blog), “Happenings: NOW,” April 28, 2009
Ancient Vessel Art Blog, “Time/Ritual/Collections Interactive Blog,” February 28, 2009
P Farrell Artblog, “Interactive Studio Blog Project: Installment No. 16,” February 15, 2009
Jennifer Jones Art Blog, “InnerViews: Diane McGregor,” January 6, 2008
“Behind Glass: Galleries and Openings,” Las Cruces Bulletin, December 2, 2005
“Exhibits,” El Paso Times, November 25, 2005
“Director’s Gallery,” Las Cruces Bulletin, November 25, 2005
Morris, Ashleigh, “Art Exhibitions,” Santa Fean Magazine, May 2004
Pulkka, Wesley, “Three Artists’ Flow,” Albuquerque Journal, May 10, 2004
Shift, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Contributing Artist, December 2003 to June 2008
American Journal of Nursing, March 2003 (Cover Art)
Hawaii Tribune-Herald, January 18, 1998
Tanner, Jerré, Hawaii Island Artists, Volume 3, Malama Arts Inc., 1997
Ka‘u Landing Magazine, (Hawaii) December 1997
Art Centering, East Hawaii Cultural Council, Hilo, Hawaii, January 1996
National Drawing Exhibition, Catalogue, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 1991, Juror’s Award
Tanner, Jerré, Hawaii Island Artists, Volume 2, Malama Arts Inc., 1990
COLLECTIONS:
Westin Hotels and Resorts, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Merrill Lynch, Honolulu, HI
Shojin Corporation, Kealakekua, HI
Pacific Tsunami Museum, Hilo, HI
Numerous private collections in the United States and Europe
DIANE McGREGOR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010 The Meditative Surface, SMINK, Dallas, TX
2008 New Paintings, Judy Youens Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005 From Water Into Light, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
2005 Resonance, Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Myth·Memory·Metaphor, Ramsay Galleries, Honolulu, HI
1996 Myth·Memory·Metaphor, East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI
1992 Celestial Sojourn, Solani Galerie, Vienna, Austria
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2014 City Grid/Urban Pattern, SMINK, Dallas, TX
Surface, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Nocturne, SMINK, Dallas, TX
2013 Elemental New Mexico, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
Systematic Devotion, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Lines & Grids, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Black and White, SMINK, Dallas, TX
2012 New Mexico Showcase, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM
Lady Minimalists Tea Society, ART Santa Fe, Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Bare Essentials: Minimalism in the 21st Century, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Small Works Invitational, Costello-Childs Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
2010 The Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Costello-Childs Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
2009 Feminine Essence, Judy Youens Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Costello-Childs Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
Summer Exhibition, Preston Contemporary Art Center, Mesilla, NM
2008 The Women, Salon Mar Graff Artspace, Santa Fe, NM
Collect: Inside 8, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Collect: Inside 8, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Fluid Form: Diane McGregor and Bob Emser, Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Flow, Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
Lucas Gallery, Telluride, CO
2003 Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Invitational, Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
Rocky Mountain Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
2000 Hawaii’s Women Artists, East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI
Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
1995 Volcano Art Center, Volcano, HI
Hana Coast Gallery, Maui, HI
1994 Space Art: William Hartmann and Diane McGregor, Volcano Art Center, Volcano, HI
1991 National Drawing Exhibition, Campus Center Gallery, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
Hawaii Island Artists, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI
1990 American Drawing Biennial, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA
1989 Drawing 1989, Harris Fine Art Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1988 New Directions in Art, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI