American, b. 1964
Diana Cooper is a New York-based mixed-media artist whose abstract works are inspired by patterns found in nature and the artificial human environment, which she transforms and translates into her own visual language. Cooper’s most recent artwork Double Take (2023), is a permanent installation commissioned by MTA Arts & Design on Roosevelt Island, NYC. She has also participated in major public art commissions such as the NYC Percent for Art Program, the NYC School Construction Authority, and the Virginia Tech Moss Art Center. In 2007 Ms. Cooper had a 10-year retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland. Cooper has exhibited at numerous institutions domestically and abroad, including PS 1/MOMA, the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, the Sharjah Biennale and the He Xiangning Museum in Shenzhen. She is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim, a Pollock-Krasner, NYFA, a Joan Mitchell, and Anonymous Was a Woman. Ms. Cooper received a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.F.A. from Hunter College. She also attended the New York Studio School. Cooper’s work can be found in numerous public collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The British Museum and the New York Public Library.
