Diane Ayott, Artist

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Moment to Moment, New England Currents, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA

2006

Defining Surface, Hall Space, Boston, MA

2005

Diane Ayott, Johnson Gallery, Glen Urquhart School, Beverly, MA

2002

The Paintings and Drawings of Diane Ayott, Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College, Salem, MA

2000

Particular Surfaces, New England College Art Gallery, Henniker, NH

2000

Personal/Pictorial, Time Warner Gallery, Lynn, MA

2000

Diane Ayott, Carol Schlosberg Gallery, Montserrat College of Art

2000

New Work, Endicott College Art Gallery, Beverly, MA

1999

Distillations, Pat Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1998

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1998

Layer Upon Layer, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA

1996

Paintings, Johnson Gallery, Glen Urquhart School, Beverly, MA

1996

Objects in a Landscape, Johnson Gallery, GUS, Beverly, MA

1994

Landschaftmalerei, Gallerie M, Kassel, Germany

1990

Objekte in der Landschaft, Stadtisches Museum, Herford, Germany

1989

Landscape Imagery, The Corner Gallery, Salem, MA

1988

Gloucester Landscapes, Bravos Arts Gallery, Gloucester, MA

1986

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Boston Color, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York

2008
Curated by Kathryn Markel

NO CHROMOPHOBIA, OK Harris, New York

2008
Curated by Richard Witter

New England New Talent, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

2008
Curated by Kristina Durocher, museum curator; juried by both Ms. Durocher and Cynthia Reeves of Reeves Contemporary, NYC

Consequences of Geometry, McCoy Gallery, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA

2008
Curated by David Raymond

Consequences of Geometry, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA

2007–08
Curated by Craig Bloodgood

Abstract & Geometric, WomanMade, Chicago, IL

2007
Curated by Julie Karabenick

National Prize Show, CAA, Cambridge, MA

2007
Juried by Thomas W. Lentz, the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge

A Community of Artists, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA

2006
Curated by Katherine French

National Prize Show, CAA, Cambridge, MA

2006
Juried by Cheryl Brutvan, Beal Curator of Contemporary Art, MFA, Boston

10 – To The Power Of, Ahimsa Studio, Dorchester, MA

2006

By Arrangement, Jane Deering Gallery, Annisquam, MA

2005
By Arrangement, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

2005
Curated by Katherine French

Annual Juried Show, Essex Art Center. Lawrence, MA

2004
Juried by Joseph D. Ketner II

Salon Exhibit, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

2004

New Art ’04, Kingston Gallery, Boston

2004
Juried by Anne Wilson Lloyd

New Work, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

2004

Town & Gown, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

2004

Annual Small Works Exhibition, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA

2004
Juried by Dorothy Simpson Krause

Faculty Exhibition, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

2004

Lynn Creates, The Gallery at Lynn Arts, Lynn, MA

2004
Coordinated by Sara Ashodian

North Shore Artists, Wenham Museum, Wenham, MA

2004
Juried by Kim Radochia

New England/New Talent, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

2002
Curated by Anja Chavez
Jurors: John Woodward, Woodward Gallery, NYC; Lisa Skrabec, Babcock Galleries, NYC; and Catherine Redmond

Meditations, Memories and Explorations, Gallery of Modern Art, Marblehead, MA

2001

Salon, Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Beverly, MA

2001
Salon Redux, Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA

2001
Both Salon Exhibits curated by Laura Donaldson

What Do You See? Gallery of Modern Art, Marblehead, MA

2001

Anymore, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

2001
Curated by David Borowski

Ten Contemporary Artists, Gallery of Modern Art, Marblehead, MA

2000

The National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

2000
Juried by Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University

Manifest, A Biennial Survey of Contemporary Visual Art, The Copley Society of Art, Boston

1999
Juried by Allison Ferris, Curator of Contemporary Art, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Allison Kemmerer, Assistant Curator, Addison Gallery of American Art and Linda Norden, Barbara Lee Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Harvard University Art Museums

The Persistence of Paint, Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA

1998
Juried by Nina Nielsen, owner of the Nielsen Gallery and Magdelena Campos-Pons, Bunting Fellow

150 X 150, The Gallery @ Green Street, Jamaica Plain, MA

1998–2005

Unseen, Pat Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1997

Informants, Pat Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1997

Graduate Summer Exhibition, Huntington Gallery, Mass. College of Art, Boston, MA

1997

Menage A Trois; Ayott, Keefe & Scott, Pat Doran Gallery, Mass. College of Art, Boston, MA

1997

Animal Prints, Furniture and Fine Art, Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, MA

1997

Tend Your Garden, Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, MA

1997

144 Square Inch Exhibition, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT

1996
Juried by Robert Reed

Metaphor for the 20th Century; Personal Perspectives, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI

1996
Juried by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Curator, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA

READ, White and Black, Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, MA

1996

New Work, Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, MA

1996

Hearts and Other Body Parts, Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, MA

1995

Imagining Angels; Invitational Installation for Paper Prayers, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA

1995
Juried by Tom Grabosky

New Work, Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, MA

1995

The Drawing Show, Boston Visual Artists Union Gallery, Boston, MA

1990
Juried by Howard Yezerski, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA

Die Bruderkirche, Kassel, Germany

1989
Juried by Professor Werner Kausch

New England Landscapes, Lotus Arts Gallery, Cambridge, MA

1987

PUBLICATIONS

"The Language of Abstraction, Diane Ayott," Sextant, The Journal of Salem State College, Fall/Spring, 2002

"Profile — Diane Ayott, Today," New England College Journal, Spring, 2002

RECENT REVIEW

Kristen I. Pounds, "HallSpace/Boston, MA — Diane Ayott: Defining Surface," Art New England, Feb/March, 2006

CURRENT COLLEGE TEACHING

Associate Professor, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

	RECENT EXHIBITIONS Moment to Moment, 2006 Danforth Museum Framingham, MA Download brochure "We are held not only by the perfection of surface, but also by the sheer ability of these paintings to speak. In much the same way that a child will become delighted with one sound, Ayott can fall in love with a single shape, which she then repeats with various levels of intensity... Ayott is capable of telling a number of stories that involve careful looking, each of which can be privately embraced and then retold by the viewer." —Katherine French Director, Danforth Museum
	Defining Surface, 2005 Hallspace Boston, MA Installation view "Diane Ayott uses abstraction to dissect the English language. Layers of oil paint reflect the strata of meaning in a word or the complexity of a human life. She delves deep into the canvas to illustrate her personal definitions with each piece. The bright colors and sense of movement in Defining Surface offer a terrific energy boost in addition to the artist's metaphoric expressions... The paintings layer dots upon dots; seeing through these transparent forms the viewer slowly notices new motifs. Moment to Moment presents orderly superficial grids and translucent spots with ovals skillfully placed underneath. As the viewer starts to make sense of the first image, another emerges in our peripheral vision, but with a darting glance it disappears. It may happen several times while viewing the same painting, but the mind refuses to stop trying to grab hold of that elusive illusion." —Kristen I. Pounds Art New England, Feb/March 2006
	By Arrangement, 2005 Concord Art Association, Concord, MA Jane Deering Gallery, Gloucester, MA "Her abstract paintings are highly expressive and emotionally charged, using colors, which call forth a sensation of memory. Their complex and layered structure conveys subtle shifts of information in a way that is both striking and delicate." — Katherine French Director, Danforth Museum Exhibition Curator
	Diane's work is included in: http://www.geoform.net