Press & Media
Introduction
My work has been featured in conversations, articles, podcasts, and publications that explore the evolution of digital practice, the role of neurodivergence in creativity, and the way fractal geometry and motion art can reshape visual storytelling.
The pieces below document how my studio practice moves through public art, technology, sacred themes, and personal transformation. They span reflections on my journey, the mathematics of my images, and the environments where my art lives — museums, airports, galleries, book pages, and digital spaces.
Each interview or feature offers another perspective on what it means to make art from memory, intuition, trauma, and faith — and how digital media becomes a language of its own
Featured Insight
Kaleidoscope Magazine — 2024
This conversation dives into the intuitive mechanics of my process — how geometry, motion, and neurodivergence generate visual worlds that are not engineered, but arrive. The article traces my evolution from fractal-based images to ambient digital environments and examines how trauma, faith, and cellular memory inform the art itself.
🔗 Resilience!
SELECTED PRESS & APPEARANCES
Voyage Tampa — September 2025
A feature on artistic evolution, fractal interfaces, and working at the intersection of digital abstraction and personal transformation.
🔗 DIana de Avila on Life, Lessons, Legacy
I’ll Be Your Words — Podcast — 2025
A recorded dialogue about geometry, compassion, healing, and the private mental processes behind motion art.
Cooter Mag — From Trauma to Transformation - 2025
An interview exploring how a traumatic brain injury and acquired savantism ignited my digital art practice, and how that evolution led to the creation of the Super Cat! children’s book series rooted in hope, resilience, and compassion.
🔗 From Trauma to Transformation: The Digital Art of Diana de Avila
Psychology Today — 2024
Coverage focused on sensory integration, memory, and the synesthetic role of perception i
n digital artmaking.
🔗 The Mystery of Sudden Genius
Science Times — 2024
"Diana de Avila is one of the most interesting cases of this disease; following a string of medical occurrences, including a serious accident and multiple sclerosis, she noticed a marked change in her cognitive functioning. De Avila experienced a sudden and intense drive to paint after experiencing brilliant colors and shapes while recuperating from an attack of ocular neuritis in 2017. Despite having no official art instruction, she quickly gained the capacity to create intricate works of art, a significant change from her previous existence."
- Science Times - June, 2024
Bold Journey — 2023
A feature on career resilience, stamina, and the disciplined nature of large-scale digital practice.
Voyage Tampa — 2021
An early conversation about rediscovery, creative momentum, and the beginnings of my fractal-based work.
NAWA: Art in Conversation — 2023
A deeper discussion about community, women artists, and the narrative and technical architecture behind my series.
🔗 Art in Conversation with Farrin and Diana de Avila
Virigina War Memorial - Interview - 2020
Meet the Veteran Artist - Diana de Avila
🔗 Meet the Veteran Artist - Interview by Director Clay Mountcastle
More Local Press: 2019 - 2022
August 11, 2022 Interview on the Suncoast View with Linda Carson, Sarasota ABC7
Lederer, Phil (2021, November) Visions and Virtuosity: A story of computers and compulsion, savants and self-realization. SRQ Magazine.
Kim, Irene (2021, September 22) Diana de Avila G'96: Creating a prolific body of 'other worldly' artwork The College of Saint Rose.
Nat Kaemmerer (2021, September 20) Writer Wilma Davidson and savant Diana de Avila team up for book "Soldier, Sister, Savant" tells de Avila's story and the arrival of acquired savant syndrome.
Davidson, Wilma (2020, October 1) Diana de Avila - Featured Artist - Sarasota Scene Magazine.
dDavidson, Wilma (2020, September 1) Art Explosion - Pen Woman Magazine.
Daly, Sean (2019, August 8) Sarasota Army vet discovers rare artistic talent after injuries and illness - ABC Action News - WFTS - Tampa Bay - https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-sarasota-manatee/sarasota-army-vet-discovers-rare-artistic-talent-after-injuries-and-illness
Becnel, Tom (2019, August 5) Sarasota Veteran Overcomes Brain Injury to Become Digital Artist - Sarasota Herald Tribune - https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20190805/sarasota-veteran-overcomes-brain-injury-to-become-digital-artist
Lang, Jessica (2019, June 10) Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Turns a Disabled Army Veteran’s Disabilities into Artistic Ability - Suncoast News Network - https://www.snntv.com/story/40621550/multiple-sclerosis-relapse-turns-a-disabled-army-veterans-disabilities-into-artistic-ability