Diane McGregor is an American abstract painter based in Montrose, Colorado. Her work explores the metaphysical relationship between the natural world and the spiritual realm. McGregor was born in Philadelphia, and grew up surrounded by nature in rural areas of Connecticut and New Jersey. She attended the University of Arizona, where she received a BFA in 1985. McGregor has been exhibiting her work professionally for more than three decades. Her art can be found in public and private collections throughout the United States and Europe. She is represented by Space Gallery in Denver and is a member of Pell Lucy, an international collective of visual artists.
Education
1987 Art History Graduate Program, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
1987 Graduate Internship, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1985 BFA in Studio Art, with Distinction, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Selected Exhibitions
2023
SHIM Art Network, Pell Lucy Summer Exhibition: Thinly and Thickly (online)
Westbeth Gallery, Luminous Elsewheres, New York, NY
2022
SHIM Art Network, Pell Lucy Summer Exhibition: Of A Chord (online)
Piano Craft Gallery, In Praise of Form, Boston, MA
SHIM Art Network, Pell Lucy Winter Exhibition: Safekeeping the Not Knowing (online)
2021
SHIM Art Network, Pell Lucy Fall Exhibition: More Than (online)
SHIM Art Network, Pell Lucy Summer Exhibition: Indelibles, (online)
SHIM Art Network, Pell Lucy Spring Exhibition: Intimately Enthralled, (online)
2020
SHIM Art Network, Pell Lucy Winter Exhibition: Signs of Work, (online)
2019
SMINK, Far and Near: Minimal and Abstract Landscapes, Dallas, TX
Space Gallery Annex, Momentum, Denver, CO
2018
Space Gallery, Best of 2017, Denver, CO
SMINK, Paperwork 3, Dallas, TX
2017
SMINK, Paperwork 2, Dallas, TX
Space Gallery, WHITE, Denver, CO
2016
SMINK, Paperwork, Dallas, TX
Space Gallery, The Best of 2016, Denver, CO
2015
Space Gallery, BLACK, Denver, CO
Peters Projects, Axle Indoors, Santa Fe, NM
Oasis Institute, Three Dimensions, Albuquerque, NM
2014
Space Gallery, Surface, Denver, CO
SMINK, City Grid/Urban Patterns, Dallas, TX
Shaun Gilmore Studio, A Conversation: Lady Minimalists Tea Society, Galisteo, NM
SMINK, Nocturne, Dallas, TX
2013
Las Cruces Museum of Art, Elemental New Mexico, Las Cruces, NM
Crane Arts, Systematic Devotion, Philadelphia, PA
Space Gallery, Lines and Grids: Works on Paper, Denver, CO
SMINK, Black & White, Dallas, TX
2012
516 ARTS, New Mexico Showcase, Albuquerque, NM (Juried by Peter Frank)
Santa Fe Convention Center: ART Santa Fe, The Lady Minimalists Tea Society, Santa Fe, NM
2011
Woman Made Gallery, Bare Essentials: Minimalism in the 21st Century, Chicago, IL
Costello-Childs Contemporary, Small Works Invitational, Scottsdale, AZ
SMINK, Dallas, TX
2010
SMINK, The Meditative Surface, Dallas, TX (Solo Exhibition)
The Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Costello-Childs Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2009
Judy Youens Gallery, Feminine Essence, Santa Fe, NM
Preston Contemporary Art Center, Summer Exhibition, Mesilla, NM
Costello-Childs Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2008
Judy Youens Gallery, New Paintings, Santa Fe, NM (Solo Exhibition)
Salon Mar Graff Artspace, The Women, Santa Fe, NM
Center for Contemporary Art, Collect: Inside 8, Santa Fe, NM
2007
Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2006
Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2005
Las Cruces Museum of Art, From Water Into Light, Las Cruces, NM (Solo Exhibition)
Tadu Contemporary Art, Resonance, Santa Fe, NM (Solo Exhibition)
2004
Tadu Contemporary Art, Fluid Form: Diane McGregor and Bob Emser, Santa Fe, NM
Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Flow, Albuquerque, NM
2003
Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2002
Coleman Gallery Contemporary Art, Invitational, Albuquerque, NM
Museum of Contemporary Art, Rocky Mountain Biennial, Fort Collins, CO
2000
East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hawaii's Women Artists, Hilo, HI
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
1997
Ramsay Galleries, Myth·Memory·Metaphor, Honolulu, HI (Solo Exhibition)
1996
East Hawaii Cultural Center, Myth·Memory·Metaphor, Hilo, HI (Solo Exhibition)
1995
Volcano Art Center, Volcano, HI
Hana Coast Gallery, Maui, HI
1994
Volcano Art Center, Space Art: William Hartmann and Diane McGregor, Volcano, HI
1992
Solani Galerie, Celestial Sojourn, Vienna, Austria (Solo Exhibition)
1991
University of Hawaii, National Drawing Exhibition, Hilo, HI (Juror's Award, Howardena Pindell)
Wailoa Center, Hawaii Island Artists, Hilo, HI
Kealakekua Art Center, Invitational, Kealakekua, HI
1990
Muscarelle Museum of Art, American Drawing Biennial, Williamsburg, VA
1989
Harris Fine Art Center, Brigham Young University, Drawing 1989, Provo, UT
1988
Wailoa Center, New Directions in Art, Hilo, HI
Selected Collections
Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
Westin Hotels and Resorts, Fort Lauderdale, FL
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