Diana Copperwhite

Diana Copperwhite RHA (born 1969) is an Irish painter.[1] She is a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists.[2][3]

Diana Copperwhite
Born1969 (age 53–54)
Limerick, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Alma materNational College of Art and Design
Winchester School of Art
Limerick School of Art and Design
Known foroil painting
StyleAbstract expressionism
ElectedAosdána (2021)
Websitedianacopperwhite.net

Early life

Copperwhite was born in Limerick in 1969.[4][5] She grew up in Patrickswell. Her father, Patrick Copperwhite, was a science teacher and self-taught artist who exhibited at the Oriel Gallery.[6]

Career

Copperwhite studied at Limerick School of Art and Design, the National College of Art and Design (NCAD, Dublin) and Winchester School of Art.[7]

Copperwhite is chiefly known for her work in oil painting; art critic Gail Levin says that her work "creates an exquisite tension between abstraction and figuration or representation of any kind. […] vibrating spectral bands have become a kind of a trademark in Copperwhite’s recent large paintings […] Copperwhite believes that in her paintings she has responded to Ireland’s changeable weather, which may have caused her to see the world as if she was looking through a visor into a “grey low-light vision."[8] She has also named 1960s psychedelic album covers as inspiration.[9]

She lives and works in Dublin and New York City.[10] She has lectured at NCAD, Western Sydney University and the University of Massachusetts; she was elected to Aosdána in 2021.[11] Her work is on permanent exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Limerick City Gallery of Art and Áras an Uachtaráin (the residence of the President of Ireland).[12]

References
  1. Shane, Robert R. (5 June 2019). "Diana Copperwhite: The Clock Struck Between Time". The Brooklyn Rail.
  2. "Virtual Studio Visit with Diana Copperwhite RHA". 18 May 2020.
  3. Dunne, Aidan. "It's all too much – and too little – in this world of bounty". The Irish Times.
  4. "What Lies Beneath". independent.
  5. "Diana Copperwhite: I think about what the paintings can't do and then I try to do it". 10 April 2015.
  6. Dunne, Aidan. "Big pictures, big colours". The Irish Times.
  7. Diana Copperwhite CV (2020)
  8. "Diana Copperwhite - Overview". Kevin Kavanagh.
  9. O’Sullivan, John P. "Art review: Bounty" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  10. "About – Diana Copperwhite".
  11. "Aosdána names five newly elected members". The Irish Times. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. Moriarty, Aoife (12 June 2020). "19 of Limerick's most influential women making a difference". RSVP Live.
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