ARTWORK
Paint The Mother Series (2022-Present)
As a woman, mother, and artist, I am seeking to address the struggles women face with isolation and connection, joy and fulfillment, representation, self-realization, and personal power. My current series, Paint The Mother (2022-present), explores these themes as well as the restrictions mothers still face in divisions of domestic labor, cultural expectations, in the art world, and in the power of motherhood at the threshold between representational and expressionistic painting, by channelling intuitive, vibrant, feminine energy onto larger canvases.
Becoming a mother gave me the greatest amount of perspective and empowerment I have ever known. I felt a deepened strength in my body for what it had achieved by developing, giving birth to and nourishing another human, all without my direct control or planning. By simply allowing my body to do what it knows how to do, I finally felt the most at ease with myself and the most full of my own power as a woman and as a person.
As a stay at home mother of two young children, my time for myself can be drastically limited. I have to be very deliberate in finding time for my own self-care, a connection to my community and a world outside of my home, my relationship with my partner, and painting in my home studio. This has forced me to become very purposeful in my art practice and very focused, present, and grateful for each minute I spend making work. Mothers have to be strong and compassionate, patient and loving, protective and determined. We are often left to figure many things out on our own, carrying an overwhelming mental load, while we privately drown in exhaustion, guilt, and isolation.
As women artists, specifically mothers, continue to fight for representation in the art world we are left with little time for art fairs or gallery openings. We are often, circumstantially, left out of the traditional realms where these connections happen. I am hopeful that my work will help align other artists and parents who are naturally isolated by circumstances so that we may find our way towards each other and build a nurturing community of support for each other.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am interested in the powerful undercurrent of the divine feminine and how this force presents itself within us and our society. My most recent series of large scale acrylic on canvas paintings is a reflection of my first year as a mother, through which I am seeking to understand my relationship to joy, isolation, expectation and fulfillment, and to myself. It feels very important to me right now to paint the mother and put her at the center of my work where she can be seen.
I am drawn to joyful, luminous colors. I’ve been working mostly in acrylic on canvas, varying between a more structured style of painting and a looser style, letting those styles find their way towards merging.
ARTIST BIO
Diane Belgrod is inspired by form, movement and color, and seeks to highlight those elements in her pieces. By drawing attention to the intricate universes of the often unseen, she invites the viewer to witness the inherent beauty of our natural world. She received her B.S. from New York University (2000) Magma Cum Laude with a major in Communication Studies and a minor in Studio Art, including a semester at NYU Florence with a fine art concentration (1999).
Her work has been included in group exhibitions: Power, Artwork Gallery Digital Exhibition (2023); Textures 2021, Las Lagunas Gallery (2021); Every Woman Biennial, La Mama Galleria, New York, NY (2019); Baker’s Dozen, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY (2018); Flowers and Monsters, Trans-cen-der Gallery at Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY (2018); Flowers, South Fourth, Brooklyn, NY (2017); The Sideshow Bazaar, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2016); and solo exhibition: Nature, South Fourth, Brooklyn, NY (2016).
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DIANE BELGROD
Born 1978, Long Island, New York
EDUCATION
B.S. Communications Studies Magna Cum Laude, Minor, Studio Art, New York University, New York, NY 2000
Study Abroad in Florence, Italy, Studio Art concentration, New York University, Florence, Italy 1999
EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Power” Artwork Gallery, Digital Exhibition, artworkgallery.net
2021 “Textures 2021” Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2019 “Every Woman Biennial” La Mama Galleria, New York, NY
2019 “Figures and Genders” Mark Quinlin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 “420” Safehouse, Brooklyn, NY
2018 “Bakers’ Dozen”, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, New York
2018 “Flowers and Monsters”, Trans-cen-der Art, Brooklyn, New York
2018 “Leonard Cohen”, South Fourth, Brooklyn, New York
2018 “Friends We Know”, South Fourth, Brooklyn, New York
2017 “Flowers”, South Fourth, Brooklyn, New York
2016 “Dada Trump”, The Rosemont, Brooklyn, New York
2016 “The Sideshow Bazaar”, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2016 Solo exhibition, “Nature”, South Fourth, Brooklyn, New York
2015 “Color’s Swarm, a Microscopera” Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Meet Diane Belgrod”, Bold Journey, August 11th, 2023
“Meet Diane Belgrod”, Canvas Rebel Magazine, August 9th, 2022
“Meet Diane Belgrod | Artist”, Shoutout So Cal, March 22nd, 2022
“Conversations With Diane Belgrod”, SD Voyager, November 8th, 2021
Contact
For any and all art inquiries please contact Diane Belgrod at dianebelgrod@gmail.com or contact here. Thank you!