Selected Solo Exhibitions

Core, Under Minerva Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Intimacy of Memory, Galería Nacional, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.  
Women in the Heights, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
PERFECT 8 Poster Project, ABC No Rio, NYC
NoMAA Grantees, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
Body Politic, The Jungle, NYC
NoMAA Grantees, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
The Body as Image, Philoctetes Center, NYC                          
Heart and Soul, Younity, NYC   
Trading Places, Canco Loft, Jersey City, NJ   
Beneath the Skin: a Perfect 8 Exhibit, Chashama ABC, NYC
NoMAA Grantees, Malcolm X Center, NYC
Salad Days, Haven Arts, NYC
Women Power and Politics, International Museum of Women,  San Francisco,CA
Ides of March, ABC No Rio, NYC
Uptown Art Stroll, High Bridge Park, Bodre, Ring Garden,NYC
Resonance New York, in association with Perfect 8, Chelsea, NYC
Younity “Crossover”, Showroom Gallery, NYC
Canco Art Show, JCTC & Arts on the Hudson, Jersey City, NJ
Sketch Detail, Ryan Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center, NYC
Chashama North Artist Residency Show, Mountain Cow, Pine Plains, NY
Integrity, Irvington Hall, Irvington, NY
Permanent Collection, Tiny Fine Art Gallery, NYC
Penetrating Empathy, Haven Arts, NYC
Tiny Fine Art Exhibit, Art at Large Gallery, NYC
Redhead, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC                       
Entangled Orbits: you could be me, Play Space Gallery, San Francisco,CA
Secret Affinities, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Alumni Exhibit, The Mooney Center Exhibit Hall, New Rochelle, NY
Crossed Destinies - A Tarot of the Artists, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Big Proportions, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY
Sensuous Abundance, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn
Preview, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY
Art 101, Red Wing Gallery, Tarrytown, NY                       
Accumulative Efforts, Phoenix Gallery, NYC
Three Graces, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY
Eat Art 5, HEREart Co-Gallery, SOHO, NYC

Manhattan Times, Cover Story, ”Women in the Heights “                   
Manhattan Times, Cover Story, “Perfect 8 Newsstand Hits the Streets”
Manhattan Times, Cover Story, “New Exhibit at K.B. Gallery”
Artist Unite, review, “Diana Schmertz at Gallery”
The Herald, article, “Unity in Irvington”
TV Interview on “The New Yorkers”
Artist Unite, review, “Da Bronx”
The Best of New York, Kennedy Promotions, NYC
Manhattan Times, article, “The Opening Reception”.
Manhattan Times, article, “Art, Art, Everywhere Art”.
Direct Art, article, “Recent Works at Limner Gallery”.
Durma, Dutch Art magazine, article,  “Problemen Kan Ik  Sublimeren In Mijn Kunst”

Chashama North, New York
School of Visual Arts Residency Program
De Ateliers 63.  Amsterdam, Holland

Creator & Art Director of the Perfect 8 magazine.
Creator & Director of artist organization:  More Art Discourse.
Curator “Beneath the Skin”, A Perfect 8 Exhibit, Chashama ABC, NYC
Curator for “Unity” @ Irvington Hall, Irvington, NY
Curator for “Penetrating Empathy” exhibit @ Haven Arts, NYC.

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2003-5   
2003-5  
2001    
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1998   
1994-5    

Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance - Artist Grant for Installation Project
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance - Artist Grant for Bodega Installation
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council – Manhattan Community Arts Grant
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance - Artist Grant for painting
The Best of New York, 1st Place - Acrylic Painting, Kennedy Promotions
Irvington Education Foundation Grant - create permanent sculptures  within the town and community
Irvington Education Foundation Grant - run free photo classes for  children
Irvington Education Foundation Grant - create public murals with High School students
Mural @ The Jefferson Valley Mall - create mural with HS students
“Lakeland Alternative Mural Project for Active Learning” - public mural create with "At-Risk" students
De Ateliers 63 -  Grant awarded by the Dutch Government to live and work in Amsterdam, Holland for two-years.