DIANE SOPHRIN
 
24  St. Paul Street,  Montpelier,  Vermont 05602,  USA  ·  (802) 223-3395
Vasvári Pál u. 8 II/21,  1061 Budapest,  Hungary  ·  (36 1) 317-1982  ·  (36 20) 234-1665
 
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CURRICULUM VITAE

 July 7, 1950     Born in New York City.

                          Education
1965 -1967      High School of Music and Art.  New York City.
1968 -1972      State University of New York, Binghamton. Bachelor of Arts, studio art.
1973 -1974     Jan Van Eyck Akademie.  Maastricht, Nederlands.  Graduate painting. 
1978                 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  Traditional painting techniques.
1988 - 1990     State University of New York, Buffalo.   Master of Fine Arts in painting and Printmaking.
                                                                 
                         Teaching
1985 -1988     Rochester Institute of Technology.  Rochester, New York.  2-dimensional design, foundation drawing. 
1987                University of Rochester.  Rochester, New York.  Painting. 
1988 -1990     State University of New York, Buffalo.  Intermediate and figure drawing. 
1992                State University of New York, Alfred.   Intermediate drawing. 
1993                University of Tennessee at Knoxville.  Intermediate drawing, figure drawing, advanced figure drawing, graduate level advising. 
1997 - 2001    Vermont College.   Montpelier, Vermont.  Independent graduate painting.
1999 - 2002    Norwich University.  Northfield, Vermont.   Life drawing. 
2002 - 2003    Union Institute.  Montpelier, Vermont.  Independent graduate painting.

                         Professional Organizations
2007 - 2011    Hungarian Painters' Association.  Budapest, Hungary.
2009                The Mednyánszky Association. Budapest, Hungary.
 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1980, 1981     Thomas W. Wood Art Gallery.  Vermont College.  Montpelier, Vermont.
1981                McCarthy Fine Arts Center.   St. Michael's College.  Winooski, Vermont.
1987                University of Rochester.  Rochester, New York.
1990                State University of New York,  Buffalo, New York.
1990                State University of New York, Binghamton.
1994                Lyndon State College.  Lyndonville, Vermont.  USA.
1994                American Association of University Women.  Rochester, New York.
1994                Adams Art Gallery.  Dunkirk, New York.
1997                Gallery Arta Casa.  Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 
1999                Norwich University.  Northfield, Vermont.
2000, 2003     Mű-Terem Gallery.  Debrecen, Hungary. 
2001                Helen Day Art Center.   Stowe, Vermont.
2003                Gallery of Contemporary Art.  Przemyśl, Poland. 
2004                Ráday Bookstore Gallery.  Budapest, Hungary.  
2005                Beth Jacob Synagogue. Montpelier, Vermont, USA.
2005                Bálint Jewish Community Center.  Budapest, Hungary. 
2007                Pestújhely Community Center Budapest, Hungary.
2008                Ferencváros Historical Museum.  Budapest, Hungary.
2008                Ferencváros Pince Gallery.  Budapest, Hungary.

 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1982                Berkshire Museum.  Pittsfield, Massachusetts. 
1993                University of Massachusetts.  Amherst, Massachusetts.
1983                Salmagundi Club.  New York.
1983                Bromfield Gallery.  Boston, Massachusetts. 
1983                Brattleboro Museum. Brattleboro, Vermont. 
1984                Wells College.  Aurora,  New York. 
1985                Boise Gallery of Art. Boise, Idaho, USA.
1985                San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California. 
1986                DeCordova Museum. Lincoln, Massachusetts.
1986                Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University. Evanston, Illinois.
1986 - 88        Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, New York, USA.
1987                Williams College Museum of Art,  Williamstown, Massachusetts.
1987                Madison Art Center.  Madison, Wisconsin.
1987-88          National Academy of Design.  New York City. 
1988                Smith College Museum of Art, Northhampton, Massachusetts.
1988                The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas.
1988                The Butler Institute of American Art. Youngstown, Ohio.
1988, 91, 92   Memorial Art Gallery.   Rochester, New York. 
1989, 94         Albright-Knox Art Gallery.  Buffalo, New York.  
1991                Hudson River Museum.  Yonkers, New York. 
1993                State University of New York at Buffalo.  Buffalo, New York. 
1993                University of Tennessee.  Knoxville, Tennessee. 
1993                Boise Art Museum.  Boise, Idaho. 
1995                Adams Art Gallery. Dunkirk, New York.
1996                Vigadó Gallery.  Budapest, Hungary. 
1996                Gallery Vieleers.  Amsterdam, Nederlands. 
1999                Chandler Music Hall. Randolph, Vermont, USA.
2000                20 X 20 Small Pictures Festival, Fony, 1997- 2000. Fony, Hungary.        
2000                Second Debrecen Contemporary Art Expo.  Debrecen, Hungary. 
2002                International Fair of Visual Arts.  Bucharest, Romania. 
2003                Art Museum of Satu Mare.  Satu Mare, Romania. 
2004                Galeria Sztuki Współzesnej. Przemyśl, Poland. 
2005 - 2009    Lessedra Gallery.   International Art Print Annual.  Sofia, Bulgaria.   http://www.lessedra.com
2007                ArtMill Cultural Center.  The Hungarian Painters' Association National Exhibition.  Szentendre, Hungary.
2007                Csepel Gallery Art Center. The Hungarian Painters' Association National Exhibition – The Face of Dreams.  Budapest, Hungary.
2008                Your Documents Please: International Bureau of Identity Documentation. (IBID).  http://yourdocumentsplease.com/. 
                         Museum of Arts and Crafts - Itami-shi, Japan;  ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan; 2B Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; Gallery Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany;
                         GALLERY Z - Bratislava, Slovakia; Ajolote Contemporary Art Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico; Alma in Manhattan - Fine Light, New York City. 
2008                The Szekszárd Cultural Center and Artists’ House.  Szekszárd Painting Triennale:  In Memory of Babits Mihály. Szekszárd, Hungary.
2008                Csepel Gallery Art Center.  The Hungarian Painters' Association Invitational Exhibition:  Black Pictures.  Budapest, Hungary.
2009                Csepel Gallery Art Center.  The Hungarian Painters' Association Invitational Exhibition: The Now of Today. Budapest, Hungary.
2009                Simontornya Castle Museum.  The Mednyánszky Association Exhibition.  Simontornya, Hungary.
2010                House of Hungarian Creative Artists. The National Association of Hungarian Creative Artists & the Hungarian Painters' Association Invitational Exhibition: 
                         Black Pictures – Second Round. Budapest, Hungary.
2010                Csepel Gallery Art Center. The Hungarian Painters' Association & the Hungarian Sculptors’ Association  Invitational Exhibition: 
                         Ironic and Sublime – In Memory of Paizs László. Budapest, Hungary.
  
ART COLONIES and SYMPOSIUMS

2000                International Colony of Artists of Hajdú County. Hajdúböszörmény, Hungary. 
2000-2007      Hortobágy International Artists' Colony.  Hortobágy, Hungary.
2000-2005      Vámospércs International Artists' Colony. Vámospércs, Hungary. 
2001-2008      Cívis International Artists' Colony.  Hajdúszoboszló, Hungary. 
2002                D. Fleiss East-West Artists' Symposium.  Carei, Romania. 
2002                Miskolc Gallery Printmaking Residency.  Miskolc, Hungary. 
2003                East-West Painting Symposium 2003.  Gorlice, Poland.  
2003                International Art Symposium.  Słonne, Poland. 
2004                Gallery U Jaksy Artists' Colony.  Miechów, Poland. 
2005                Hel-Bór International Artists' Symposium.  Hel-Bór, Poland. 
2005                Széchényi Artists' Colony - Papermaking Residency. Gyermely, Hungary.
2006                Kecel Bozsó János Artists' Colony.  Kecel, Hungary.
 
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
 
1983-1997      Nancy Hoffman Gallery.  New York City.
2001- 2004     Patak Gallery.  Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
 
1981 -1982      Vermont State Council on the Arts Grant.  Painting.  Montpelier, Vermont.
1988 -1990      State University of New York, Buffalo.  Presidential Research Fellowship. Buffalo, New York.
1988 -1990      State University of New York, Buffalo. Diamond Research Grant. Buffalo, N.Y.
1988                Chautaqua Institute.   Drawing Award. Chautaqua, New York. 
1992                Memorial Art Gallery.  Excellence in Painting Award.   Rochester, New York. 
1994                New York State Council on the Arts Grant.  Painting.
1995                New York State Council on the Arts Grant.  Writing.
1998 -1999     Vermont Arts Council Grant.  Painting.
2002                Fulbright Alternate Fellow.  University of Debrecen, Hungary. 
 
CURATING

1995                Genesee Center For the Arts.  The Letchworth Muse.    Batavia, New York. 
2001- 2004     World Encyclopedia International Artists' Book Project:  
                         Ráday Bookstore Gallery, Budapest, Hungary;   
                         Gallery of Contemporary Art, Przemysl, Poland;  Mű-Terem Galéria, Debrecen, Hungary;  Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Vermont.  
                         http://www.geneseo.edu/~sophrin/worldencyclopedia.html   
2003                Thomas Waterman Wood Gallery and Art Center. Contemporary Drawing  2003.  Montpelier, Vermont.    
 
EDITING

2006                Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, Re:mbrandt 400, Modern Hungarian Artists Respond:  Exhibition catalog. 
                         Linguistic Editor, Diane Sophrin.  Curator, Rényi András.  Budapest, Hungary.
 
LECTURING

1988                Bowdoin College.  Recent Work.  Brunswick, Maine. 
1990                State University of New York at Binghamton:  Rosefsky Visiting Artist.   The Gaze:  Paintings, Drawings and Prints.  Binghamton, New York.
1991                State University of New York at Geneseo.  Gender and Image:  Recent Paintings & Drawings.  Geneseo, New York.  
1993                University of Tennessee.  A Body of Work and Historical Contexts:  Recent Paintings and Drawings.  Knoxville, Tennessee. 
1994                American Association of University Women.  Women of Perry:  Portraits From Life.  Rochester, New York. 
1994                Maine College of Art.  Recent Work/ Historical Influences.  Portland, Maine.
1997                Women's Caucus for Art Conference. Panel Chair:  Tradition:  Who Names It, Who Claims It? Philadelphia, Pennyslvania. 
1998                College Art Association.  Contemporary Women Figurative Artistis.  Toronto, Canada.
1999                Norwich University.   Selections of a Decade:  Drawings by Diane Sophrin /Historical Influences. 
1999                Thomas Waterman Wood Arts Center.  Montpelier, Vermont.  Women Figurative Artists:  Contemporary Voice and Vision. Northfield, Vermont.
2001                Hortobágy International Creative Arts Colony.    Recent Works;  Twentieth-Century Jewish-American Artists. Hortobágy, Hungary. 
2001                Helen Day Art Center.   Figures at Work/Patterns at Play. Stowe, Vermont.
2002                Beth Jacob Synagogue.   Central European Art and Synagogue Architecture.  Montpelier, Vermont.
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY

2002                The Ancient Art of Emulation.  Elaine K. Gazda, Editor.  University of Michigan Press. 
1989                In Western New York.  Albright-Knox Art Gallery. 
1987                Realism Today:  Drawings and Watercolors from the Collection of Rita Rich.  National Academy of Design. 
1986                American Realism:  20th Century Drawings and Watercolors.  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 

 

 

 



  
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