ABOUT
Diana de Avila, an artist hailing from Sarasota, FL, started her creative journey in 2017 despite the challenges posed by relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) and worsening traumatic brain injury (TBI). In the face of these obstacles, she nurtured her artistic talents, fueled by acquired savant syndrome and synesthesia.
Creating over 2000 digital art pieces, de Avila drew inspiration from fractal geometry, quantum physics, chaos theory, and divine order. She actively engages with the "Techspressionism" movement, spearheaded by Colin Goldberg, pushing the boundaries of digital art with innovative techniques like augmented reality.
As an artist affiliated with ArtLifting and a member of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) and the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW), she contributes to the creative dialogue in the SArtQ collective. Her works are showcased at DEFINE Art Gallery in Sarasota, FL, and the McKernon Gallery in Hudson Falls, NY. Co-author of "Soldier, Sister, Savant," de Avila shares her artistic evolution from 2017 to early 2021. Her illustrated children's book, "Super Cat! Splat! Splat!," authored by Wilma Davidson was released in February 2024. Additionally, as a proud US Army Veteran, she actively participates in diverse military artistic endeavors.
In April 2024, Diana was featured by the magazine Psychology Today in "The Mystery of Sudden Genius."
Gallery Representation
ArtLifting, Boston, MA.
April 2024.
DEFINE Art Gallery, 68 South Palm Ave. Sarasota, FL
September 2023.
The McKernon Gallery - 216 Main St, Hudson Falls, NY
January 2024
Grants / Fellowships
2022 Halo Arts Fellowship Recipent, Sarasota, FL.
Organizations
March 2024 -ArtLifting Artist - ArtLifting, Boston, MA..
June 2023 -Artist Member SartQ, Sarasota Fl.
January 2021 -Signature Member - NAWA (National Association
of Women Artists)
Permanent Collections
Virginia War Memorial, Richmond, VA.
The Treffert Library, Fon du Lac, WI.
Commercial Work
November 2020 - “LeGaleriste” - creating clothing with my art at LeGaleriste
November 2020 - “Blackdove Artist” - creating motion art for Blackdove
May 2020 - “Sedition Art Artist” - creating motion art for Sedition Art
Group Exhibitions:
November 2021 - Shifting Perceptions - SPAACES 2087 Princeton Street
Sarasota, Florida 34237
Awards:
February 2024 - Merit - “Summer Dreaming” - “Winter Small Works” - NAWA (The National Association of Women Artists) - Online
January 2024 - Third Place / Merit - “Uranium Tower” - “Frozen Dreams and Abstract Realities: Winter's Dual Nature” - NAWA (The National Association of Women Artists) - Online
July 2023 - Honorable Mention - “Summer Dreaming” - “The National 2023” - Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA.
November 2022 - Merit Award - “The Engineered Lady” - “Inspired” - Venice Art Center, Venice, FL
June 2022 - "Toys in the Attic" - Honorable Mention - "Summer Small Works 2022" NAWA (The National Association of Women Artists) - Online
November 2021 - "Splinter Man" - Fourth Place - "2021 Utterly Unfathomable and Powerfully Profound" ISEA (The International Society of Experimental Artists) - Online
September 2020 - "Journey with Morpheus" Award of Excellence & Publicity Award - "The Spirit of Resilience" The Healing Power of Art and Artists - Manhattan Arts International - New York, NY.
May 2020 - “Antibodies" - Special Recognition - "Art and Vision" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
February 13, 2020 - Featured Artist - ArtsyShark juried competition.
January 2020 - Honorable Mention - “Third Eye” - “Eye Candy” Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
December 2019 - Second Place - “Hanging by a Thread” - “Flashes of Brilliance” Venice Art Center, Venice, FL
December 2019 - Special Award - “13 Thousand Bezier Curves” - “OPEN SEASON” Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
September 2019 through September 2020 - One of the 41 Winning Artists for “8th Annual ‘Celebration of the Arts’” - “A Modern Interpretation” - Tampa Bay Lightning, Amelie Arena
September 2019 - Merit Award - “Spectra” - “Welcome Back To Paradise” Venice Art Center, Venice, FL
Juried Exhibitions
January 2024 - February 2024 - "Summer Dreaming" - "Winter Small Works"- National Association of Women Artists, Inc | NAWA , New York, NY.
January 2024 - February 2024 - "Hallucinating with Humpty" - "Annual Members Show"- Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
January 2024 - February 2024 - "Hallucinating with Humpty" - "Annual Members Show"- Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
January 2024 - February 2024 - "Hallucinating with Humpty" - "Limitless International Exhibition"- Define Art Gallery (online), Sarasota, FL.
November 2023 - December 2024 - "After Humpty's Fall" & "Swirly Whirly Woo!" - "Limitless International Exhibition"- Define Art Gallery (online), Sarasota, FL.
November 2023 - May 2024 - "After Humpty's Fall" - "Flowing"- NAWAFL, Art Ovation Hotel, Sarasota, FL.
November 2023 - "Atrocities" & "Anomie" - "Our True Heroes" Veteran's Exhibit- 6th Street Studios & Art Center, Gilroy, CA.
October 2023 - "After Humpty's Fall" - "Storytelling: A Visual Narrative"- Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
2023 - For the Love of Color - "Jubilation" Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA. Online.
2023 - The National 2023 - "Summer Dreaming" Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA. July 10-August 12, 2023.
September 2022 - "Communion of the Saints"-"Seeing Beyond: An Online Photography and Digital Art Exhibition"- Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI.
June 2022 - "Life Gets Messy" and "Threshold" - "Places and Faces: Regional Juried Exhibition"- Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
May 2022 - "Toys in the Attic" - "The Space in Between": Digital Art Online Exhibit -Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA.
August 2021 - "Ascent" and "Digital Valium No. 2" time-based art - "Here Comes the Sun: Regional Juried Exhibition"- Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
May 2021 - "13 Thousand Bezier Curves," "Hanging by a Thread," and "My Mind Wanders" - "The 49th Annual Melvin Gallery Art National Exhibition" - The Lakeland Art Guild, Lakeland, FL.
March 2021 - "Journey with Morpheus" - "HERStory 2021"-National Association of Women Artists, Inc | NAWA , New York, NY.
October 2020 - "Journey with Morpheus" and "Fractal Sunflower- "Onward and Upward" -Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
September 2020 - "Journey with Morpheus" (Award of Excellence & Publicity Award) - "The Spirit of Resilience" "The Healing Power of Art and Artists - Manhattan Arts International - New York, NY.
July 2020 - "Gravitational Pull" - "Less is More" - Venice Art Center, Venice, FL.
July 2020 - “A Strange and Wonderful World" - "The Big Show - National Juried Exhibition" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
May 2020 - “Antibodies" (Special Recognition) - "Art and Vision" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
January 2020 - “Third Eye" (Honorable Mention) - "Eye Candy" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
January 2020 - “A Wandering Soul” - "Untamed" - Venice Art Center, Venice, FL.
December 2019 - “Hanging by a Thread” (Second Place) - "Flashes of Brilliance" - Venice Art Center, Venice, FL.
December 2019 - “13 Thousand Bezier Curves" (Honorable Mention) & “Spectra”- "Open Season: National Juried Competition" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
November 2019 - “Majestic" - "Giving Thanks" - Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL.
October 2019 - “Glitter Bomb” - “In Gold We Trust” - Ashton Gallery at Art on 30th, San Diego, CA.
September 2019 - “Spectra” (Merit Award) and “Majestic" - "Welcome Back to Paradise" - Venice Art Center, Venice, FL.
June 2019 - “Majestic" - "Made Fresh" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
June 2019 - “Majestic" - "National Veterans Art Competition" - Tampa FL and USA
June 2018 - “Technicolor Kiss" - "Florida’s Finest" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
March 2018 - "Arabian Nights" - "REAL - NOT REAL" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
December 2017 - "Blocked" Diptych - "New and Now" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
Group Exhibitions:
Nov 2023 - Feb 2024 - Art for Hope - "After Humpty's Fall" at Florida Cancer Specialists in Lakewood Ranch, FL
Nov 2023 - March 2024 - The Wrong Television" - Dubby Wubby," "Purple Haze in the Fun House," and "When the Angels Dance," TheWrong.tv via The Wrong Studios by David Quiles Guilló.
Nov 2023 - March 2024 - The Wrong Biennale - Techspressionism: Digital and Beyond, "The City Hustles and Bustles" (NFT) via The Wrong Studios by David Quiles Guilló
2023 - Sarasota Pen Women Exhibit - "Kaleidoscopic Symphony" Venice Art Center, Venice, FL. September, 2023
2022 - Veteran's Art Show - "Popsicle City" 6th Street Studios & Arts Center, Gilroy, CA. November 5 - 27, 2022.
2022 - Techspressionism Digital and Beyond - "The City Hustles and Bustles, NFT" Southampton Arts Center, April 21-June 4, 2022.
2022 - Techspressionism Digital and Beyond - "The City Hustles and Bustles, NFT" Southampton Arts Center, April 21-June 4, 2022.
2022 - Techspressionism Digital and Beyond - "The City Hustles and Bustles, NFT" Southampton Arts Center, April 21-June 4, 2022.
2021 - Techspressionism 2021 - International Online Exhibition - "Eruption"- curated by Colin Goldberg and Patrick Lichty
2021 - NAWA New Members Show - "Tree of Life" - NAWA | National Association of Women Artists, Inc., National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, NY
2021 - Techspressionism Collab No. 1 - Bradley x de Avila
2020 - All Members Online Exhibition - ISEA (International Society of Experimental Artists)
2020 - VX 2020 - The Center for Global Art
2020 - “Artscape 2020 - Virtual Artists' Market” - Baltimore, MD
2020 - “Off the Wall” - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2019 - “Star Spangled Art Exhibit” St Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs, FL
2019-2020 - “Inaugural Exhibit” Veterans Art Gallery at the Virginia War Memorial
2019 - MSAA (Multiple Sclerosis Association of America) Four Seasons Art Showcase
Memberships:
National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW)
National Association of Women Artists (NAWA)
National Association of Women Artists - Florida Chapter (NAWA)
International Society of Experimental Artists (ISEA)
National Association of Digital Artists (naDA)
Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County - Sarasota, FL
Cape Cod Art Center
Morean Art Center
Movement:
Techspressionism - as of (March 2021): 214 artists from 33 countries
Education:
1996 - MS. Ed., School Psychology - The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
1994 - B.S., Sociology - Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
SRQ Magazine - Visions and Virtuosity
By Phil Lederer - November 2021
October 2020 - "Meet the Veteran Artist" Interview
with The Virginia War Memorial Director
Dr. John Mountcastle (38:24)
