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Diana Zipeto
Diana Zipeto studied painting and illustration at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions, including the Ceres Gallery in New York, the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans, and numerous Massachusetts galleries. Her paintings are in private collections and institutes in the United States. In 2021 and 2017, she received artist grants from the Lowell Cultural Council to produce group and solo exhibits. She lives in Lowell, MA, and works in Lowell's energizing artist community at Western Avenue Studios.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Beyond Repair, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA (upcoming)
2024 Inner Workings, Western Avenue Studios, Lowell, MA
2022 Resonance, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2021 The Liberty Series, The Flower Mill, Lowell, MA
2021 Virtue Signaling, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2020 Tectonics, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2018 In The Folds, Firehouse Gallery, Newburyport, MA
Two-Person Exhibitions
2019 Complex Systems, Conant Gallery, Groton, MA
2018 Color Play/Paper Folds, Uncharted Gallery, Lowell, MA
Select Group Exhibitions
2021 85th Regional Exhibition, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2021 Women in Abstraction, virtual gallery, New Art Center @ Trio, Newton, MA
2020 ART4EQUALITY X Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness,
The Untitled Space, NY, NY
2020 Red, White and Blue, Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell, MA
2020 Light from Above: Emerging Out of Isolation, Galatea Gallery, Boston, MA
2019 Freedom: Art as the Messenger, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
2018 83rd Regional Exhibition, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Juror: Francine Weiss, Senior Curator at the Newport Art Museum
2018 New England, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA
2018 Women Looking at Women II, Artspace Gallery, Maynard, MA
2017 Saints, Sluts and Sirens, UnchARTed Gallery, Lowell, MA
2017 Unmentionables, Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell, MA
2017 No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2017 New England Collective VIII, Galatea Gallery, Boston, MA
Juror: Charles Giuliano, Publisher/Editor, Berkshire Fine Arts
2017 Mon•o•chrome, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2017 Habitat/ion, Bakalar Gallery, Massachuestts College of Art, Boston, MA
2017 Women Looking at Women, ALL Greenwald Gallery, Lowell, MA
2017 WAGE ON! Women, Art, and Money, Ceres Gallery, New York City, NY
Juror: Helga Christoffersen, Assistant Curator, New Museum, NY
2017 Women in Jeopardy, MRT Gallery, Lowell, MA
2017 20 Lessons from the 20th Century, LTC, Lowell, MA
2016 Juried show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
Jurors: Paula Estey, Paula Estey Gallery, Newburyport
Sandra Lepore, Lepore Fine Art Gallery, Newburyport
2016 100 Years of Women in Government, Dole Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL
Sponsored by Illinois State Representative Barbara Wheeler
2016 Alienation, National Juried Show, The Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell, MA
2016 Art Projections, The Brewery Complex, Jamaica Plain, MA
2013 Lowell Illustrators’ Show, Zeitgeist Gallery, Lowell, MA
2012 Juried show, Whistler House Museum, Lowell, MA
2012 Regional Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
2011 Les Femmes, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA
2010 Off the Wall, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
Juror: Jen Mergel, Sr. Curator, MFA; Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator, ICA
2008 Juried show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
Juror: Carole Anne Meehan, Curator, ICA, Boston, MA
2007 100 Under 100, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA
2007 Juried show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
2007 Landscapes/Mindscapes, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA
2006 Juried show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
Juror: Brian Allen, Director, Addison Gallery, Andover, MA
2006 Seekers and Visions, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA
Bibliography/Video
2024 McQuaid, Cate. "Render, rend, surrender.” Ocean in a Drop, Substack, 4 June. 2024. Web.
2022 Carrigan, Hannah. “Rendering Disorder: Diana Zipeto’s Resonance Grapples with Loss.” Artscope Magazine. November/December 2022.
2021 Morris, E. “6 Art Galleries to Safely Visit in Person this Winter.” ArtsBoston. 16 Feb. 2021. Web.
2020 Shurtleff, S. “Fall for ArtoberFest.” Lowell Sun. 1 Oct. 2020. Web.
2020 “May/June 2020 Centerfold.” Artscope Magazine, Boston Publishing House LLC, 18 May 2020. Web.
2020 “Western Avenue Artist Talk: Diana Zipeto.” YouTube, uploaded by Marte Media, 12 June 2020, Web.
2020 Bennett, S. “Artist Profile: Diana Zipeto.” Blog. Galatea Fine Art. 16 Jan. 2020. Web.
2018 So To Speak. Online Journal. Summer 2018. Web.
2017 ‘Women Looking at Women’ Kicks Off Women’s Week.” Blog. Nancye’s World. 8 Feb. 2017. Web.
2006 "Seekers and Visions Exhibit Blends Spirituality, Art." Lawrence Eagle Tribune 2006: n. pag. Print.
Exhibits Organized/Curated
2018 Women Looking at Women II, Maynard Artspace Gallery, Maynard, MA
2017 Women Looking at Women, ALL Greenwald Gallery, Lowell, MA
Grants/Residencies
2024 Mosaic Lowell Artist Grant
2022 Finalist, Dementia Spring Grant Award
2021 Lowell Cultural Council/Massachusetts Cultural Council grant
2020 Florence Residency, Feminist Art Collective (postponed)
2017 Lowell Cultural Council/Massachusetts Cultural Council grant
Affiliations
Galatea Gallery, Boston
Western Avenue Studio Artist Association
Education
2006 BFA, Massachusetts College Of Art and Design
1991 Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Training
2020 Assets for Artists, North Adams, MA
2017 Assets for Artists, North Adams, MA
2009 Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
2000 Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA