DIANE SOPHRIN
24 Saint Paul Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602, USA ˇ (802) 223-3395
Bérkocsis u. 12-14 II/9, 1084
Budapest, Hungary ˇ (36 20) 580-3656
ˇ http://www.geneseo.edu/~sophrin ˇ
CURRICULUM VITAE
1950
Born in New York City
EDUCATION
1990
University at Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. MFA.
(1988-1990)
1978
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
1974
Jan Van Eyck Akademie. Maastricht, Nederlands. (1973 -
1974)
1972
Binghamton University. Binghamton, New York. BA. (1968 -
1972)
1967
High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. New
York City. (1965 - 1967)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
2016
Hungarian Painters' Association. Budapest,
Hungary. (2007- 2016)
http://magyarfesteszet.hu/
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Brody ArtYard Gallery. Dom
Feliksa; The Yellow-Star Houses Project. http://yellowstarhouses.culturalspot.org/browse/Diane_Sophrin.
Budapest, Hungary.
2012
Mercure Budapest Museum Gallery. Fragmentáció. Budapest,
Hungary
2008
Ferencváros
Pince Gallery. Witness& Form.
Budapest, Hungary
Ferencváros
Historical Museum. Łódź The Returning. Budapest, Hungary
2007
Pestújhely
Community Center Budapest, Hungary
2005
Bálint Jewish Community Center. Strange Fires and Other
Stories.
Budapest, Hungary
Beth
Jacob Synagogue. Strange
Fires. Montpelier, Vermont
2004
Ráday Könyvesház Gallery. World Encyclopedia International Artists'
Book Project: performance/installation. Budapest, Hungary
2003
Contemporary Art Gallery of Przemysl. Summer Paintings/ World
Encyclopedia International Artists' Book Project.
Przemyśl, Poland
Mű-Terem
Gallery. World
Encyclopedia International Artists' Book Project. Debrecen,
Hungary
2001
Helen Day Art Center. Figures at Work/Patterns at
Play. Stowe, Vermont
2000
Mű-Terem
Gallery.
Debrecen, Hungary
1999
Norwich University. Selections of A Decade.
Northfield, Vermont
1997
Gallery Arta Casa. The
Opening of the Box. Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1995
Arts Council for
Wyoming County. Perry, New York. Women of Perry: Portraits
From Life.
Traveling Exhibition and Readings (1994 -
1995): American Association of University Women, Rochester,
New York
Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, New York
1994
Adams Art Gallery. Recent Bodies of Work. Dunkirk, New York
Lyndon
State College. Small
Lessons. Lyndonville, Vermont
1990
Bethune Gallery. University at Buffalo. Reality and Myth: Works by
Diane Sophrin and Brian Hoover. Buffalo, New York
Rosefsky
Gallery. Binghamton University. The Gaze: Paintings,
Drawings and Prints. Binghamton, New York
1987
University
of Rochester. Recent
Works. Rochester, New York
1981
McCarthy Fine Arts Center. St. Michael's College.
Winooski, Vermont
Thomas
W. Wood Art Gallery. Vermont College. Montpelier, Vermont
1980 Thomas W. Wood Art Gallery. Vermont College. Montpelier, Vermont
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture. Hungarian Painters'
Association Invitational Exhibition: 3rd Jubilee
Exhibition. Budapest, Hungary.
2014 Binghamton University Art Museum. Alumni Art Show 2014. Binghamton, NY
2014
Woodstock
Art Association & Museum. The 6th Annual Woodstock
Regional
Exhibition. Woodstock, New York
2013
Maringer
Kunst & Wein. Das Kleine Format: International.
Ottenthal, Austria
2013
Mazart
Galéria. Hungarian Painters Association Invitational
Exhibition:
Monokrómia. Budapest, Hungary
2013
FUGA: Budapesti Építészeti Központ. Hungarian Painters
Association National Invitational Exhibition: Fragmentum.
Budapest, Hungary
2013
Marczibányi
Téri Művelődési Központ. Hungarian Painters Association
Invitational Exhibition: New Collages. Budapest,
Hungary
2013 Lessedra Gallery. International Art Print Annual. Sofia, Bulgaria. (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013)
2012
Vízvárosi Gallery. Hungarian Painters
Association Invitation Exhibition: New Collages.
Budapest, Hungary
2011
Vízvárosi Gallery. Hungarian Painters Association
Invitation Exhibition: The Artists Objects. Budapest, Hungary
Contemporary
Hungarian Gallery, Vermes-Villa. Hungarian Painters Association
Invitation Exhibition:
Black Pictures3. Dunaszerdahely,
Slovakia
2010
Csepel Gallery Art Center.
Hungarian Painters' Association and the Hungarian
Sculptors Association Invitational Exhibition: Ironic and Sublime In
Memory of Paizs László. Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian
Creative Artists Center. National Association of Hungarian Creative
Artists & Hungarian
Painters'
Association Invitational Exhibition: Black Pictures Second
Round. Budapest, Hungary
2010
Museum
of Arts & Crafts, Itami-shi, Japan. Your Documents
Please.
Traveling
(2008 2010):
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, New York City. http://yourdocumentsplease.com/index.html
2009
Simontornya Castle Museum. Mednyánszky
Association
Exhibition. Simontornya,
Hungary
Csepel Gallery Art Center. Hungarian
Painters'
Association Invitational Exhibition: Today. Budapest,
Hungary
2008
Csepel Gallery Art Center. Hungarian
Painters' Association Invitational Exhibition: Black Pictures. Budapest,
Hungary
The Szekszárd Cultural Center. Szekszárd Painting
Triennale. Szekszárd,
Hungary
2007
Csepel Gallery Art Center. Hungarian
Painters'
Association National Exhibition: The Face of Dreams. Budapest,
Hungary
Art Mill Cultural Center. Hungarian Painters'
Association National Exhibition: Spring games - Serenity in
Painting. Szentendre,
Hungary
2004
Contemporary Art Gallery of Przemysl.
Słonne 15. Przemyśl,
Poland
Gallery U
Jaksy. International
Painting Meeting Exhibition. Miechów, Poland
2003
Dwór Karwacjanów
Museum. East-West
Symposium Exhibition.
Gorlice, Poland.
2003
Art Museum of Satu Mare. East-West
Artists Symposium.
Satu Mare, Romania. (2002, 2003)
2002
International Fair of Visual Arts. Bucharest, Romania
2000
Second Debrecen
Contemporary Art Expo. Debrecen, Hungary
20 X 20 Small
Pictures Festival, Fony, 1997- 2000. Fony, Hungary
1999
Chandler Music Hall. Images of Women. Randolph,
Vermont
1996
Gallery Vieleers. Amsterdam, Nederlands
Vigadó Gallery. Budapest, Hungary
1995
Adams Art Gallery. R.E.C.Y.C.L.E. Dunkirk, New York
1994
Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
45th Western New
York. (1989, 1994) Buffalo,
New York.
1994
Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho. American Realism: The Urban
Scene
Traveling (1993 -94) : Redding Museum of Art, Redding,
California
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Georgia
Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio
Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida
Sunrise Art Museum, Charleston, West Virginia
Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York
1993
University of Tennessee. 1993 Visiting Artists'
Exhibition. Knoxville, Tennessee
Bethune Gallery. University at Buffalo. UB Printmakers.
Buffalo, New York
1992 Memorial
Art Gallery. Rochester
Finger Lakes Exhibition. Rochester, New York. (1991, 1992)
1991
Hudson River Museum. Hudson River Open '91.
Yonkers, New York
1989
Albright-Knox Art Gallery. In Western New York 1989.
Buffalo, New York
1988
National Academy
of Design. Realism Today.
New York City
Traveling (1986 - 1988): Smith College, Northampton,
Massachusetts
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
1988
Memorial
Art Gallery. Rochester
Finger Lakes Exhibition. Rochester, New York
1988
Chautauqua Institution. 31st Annual National
Exhibition. Chautauqua, NY
1988
Rochester Institute of Technology. Faculty Exhibition. (1986 - 1988)
Rochester, New York
1987
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and
Watercolors.
Traveling (1985 - 1987): Decordova Museum, Lincoln,
Massachusetts
Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas
Block Museum of Art, Evanston, Illinois
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1985 Boise Gallery
of Art. Focus on Realism.
Boise, Idaho
1984
Wells
College. Five Realist
Painters. Aurora, New York
1983
Brattleboro Museum. Local Landscapes.
Brattleboro, Vermont
Bromfield Gallery. Fifteen
Vermont Artists. Boston, Massachusetts
Salmagundi
Club.
American Artists League
55th National Exhibition. New York
University
of Massachusetts. Amherst, Massachusetts
1982
Berkshire Museum. Works
on Paper. Pittsfield, Massachusetts
RESIDENCIES
2015
Bernecebaráti International Artists' Colony.
Bernecebaráti, Hungary. (2013)
2014 Kecel Bozsó János Artists'
Colony. Kecel, Császártöltés, Hungary. (2006, 2014)
2008
Cívis International
Artists' Colony. Hajdúszoboszló, Hungary. (2001 - 2008)
2007
Hortobágy
International Artists' Colony. Hortobágy, Hungary. (2000 -
2003, 2007)
2005
Széchényi Artists' Colony. Gyermely, Hungary
Hel-Bór International Artists' Symposium. Hel-Bór, Poland
Vámospércs International Artists' Colony.
Vámospércs, Hungary. (2000, 2002, 2003)
2004
5th International Painting Meeting. Gallery U Jaksy.
Miechów, Poland
2003
International Visual Art Symposium. Słonne, Poland
Dwór
Karwacjanów Museum East-West
Painting Symposium. Gorlice, Poland
2002
Miskolc
Gallery Printmaking Residency. Miskolc, Hungary
4th East-West Artists Symposia and Residency. Carei,
Romania
2000
International Colony of Artists of Hajdú County.
Hajdúböszörmény, Hungary
GRANTS AND
AWARDS
2002
Fulbright Alternate Fellow. University of Debrecen,
Hungary
1999
Vermont Arts Council Grant.
Body and
Soul: Painting the Human Figure. (1998-1999)
1995
New
York State Council on the Arts Grant. Women of Perry, Portraits From Life. Writing
project
1994
New York State Council on the Arts Grant. Women of Perry, Portraits From Life. Painting
project
1992
Memorial
Art Gallery. Excellence
in Painting Award. Rochester,
New York
1990
University at Buffalo. Presidential Research Fellowship. (1988 - 1990)
Buffalo, New York
1990
University at
Buffalo. Diamond
Research Grant. Buffalo, New York. (1988 - 1990)
1988
Chautaqua Institute. Drawing Award,
Chautaqua, New York
1982
Vermont State Council on the Arts Grant. (1981 - 1982)
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
2004 Patak Gallery. Szigetszentmiklós (Budapest), Hungary. (2001 - 2004)
1997
Galerie Arta Casa. Amsterdam, the
Netherlands. (1996 -1997)
1997
Nancy Hoffman Gallery. New
York City. (1983 - 1997)
1996
Galerie Vieleers. Amsterdam, the Netherlands
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago
Ferencváros District Historical Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Miskolc Gallery. Miskolc, Hungary
Satu-Mare Museum of Art. Satu-Mare, Romania
Municipalities of Hortobágy, Hajdúböszörmény, Jászdózsa,
Vámospércs, Fony, Hungary
University of Tennessee. Knoxville, Tennessee
Amarada Hess Corporation. New York City
Chemical Bank. New York City
St. Michael's College. Winooski, Vermont
CURATING AND JURYING
2003
Thomas Waterman Wood Gallery and Art Center. Contemporary Drawing 2003.
Montpelier, Vermont
2004
World Encyclopedia International Artists' Book
Project.
Ferencváros District Historical Museum permanent collection,
Budapest, Hungary
Traveling (2001 - 2004): Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Vermont
Mű-Terem Gallery, Debrecen, Hungary
Contemporary Art Gallery of Przemysl, Poland
Ráday Könyvesház Gallery,
Budapest, Hungary
http://www.geneseo.edu/~sophrin/worldencyclopedia.html
1995
Genesee
Center For the Arts. The Letchworth Muse. Batavia, New
York
EDITING
2006
Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, Re:mbrandt 400, Modern Hungarian Artists
Respond: Exhibition catalog.
Curator, Rényi András. Budapest, Hungary
LECTURING
2002
Beth Jacob Synagogue. Central European Art and
Synagogue Architecture. Montpelier,
Vermont
2001
Helen Day Art Center. Figures at Work/Patterns at
Play. Stowe, Vermont
Hortobágy
International Creative Arts Colony. Recent Works
Twentieth-Century Jewish-American Artists. Hortobágy,
Hungary
1999
Thomas Waterman Wood Arts Center. Women Figurative Artists:
Contemporary Voice and Vision. Montpelier, Vermont
Norwich University. Selections of a Decade: Drawings by Diane Sophrin
/Historical Influences. Northfield, Vermont
1998
College Art Association. Contemporary Women
Figurative Artists. Toronto, Canada
1997
Women's Caucus for Art Conference. Panel Chair.
Tradition: Who Names It,
Who Claims It? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1996
Women's Caucus for Art Conference.
Reconstructing a Feminist Figuration. Boston, Massachusetts.
1995
Perry Public Library. Women of
Perry: Writings. Perry, New York
Finger Lakes Community College. Women of
Perry: Portraits from Life. Canandaigua, New York.
1994
Maine College of Art. Recent Work/ Historical
Influences. Portland, Maine
1994
American Association of University Women. Women of Perry: Portraits
from Life. Rochester,
New York
Canisius College. Recent Work of a Woman
Artist. Buffalo, New York.
Lyndon State College. Small Lessons.
Lyndonville, Vermont.
State University of New York. A Body of
Work: Recent Paintings and Drawings. Fredonia, New York.
1993
University of
New Hampshire. A Body of Work: Recent Paintings and
Drawings. Durham, New Hampshire.
University of
Tennessee. A Body of
Work and Historical Contexts: Recent Paintings and Drawings. Knoxville,
Tennessee
1991
State University of
New York at Geneseo. Gender
and Image: Recent Paintings and Drawings. Geneseo,
New York
1990
Binghamton University. Rosefsky Visiting Artist.
The Gaze: Paintings, Drawings
and Prints. Binghamton, New York
1988
Bowdoin College. Recent
Work. Brunswick, Maine
1984
Wells College. Egg Tempera/Gold-leaf gilding workshop. Aurora,
New York.
TEACHING
2003
Union Institute. Montpelier,
Vermont. (2002 - 2003)
2002
Norwich University. Northfield, Vermont.
( 1999 - 2002)
2001
Vermont College.
Montpelier, Vermont. (1997 - 2001)
1993
University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Artist-in-Residence
1992
Alfred University. Alfred, New York
1990
University at Buffalo. Buffalo,
New York. (1988 - 1990)
1988
Rochester Institute of
Technology. Rochester, New York (1985 - 1988)
1987
University of Rochester. Rochester, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
Új utak felé. New Directions. Pages
49 - 50. Faludy Judit. Új Művészet. Budapest, Hungary
http://www.ujmuveszetfolyoirat.hu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2012_szeptember.pdf
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