Diana Thater
Born 1962, San Francisco, California. Lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
EDUCATION
1990 M.F.A., Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
1984 B.A., Art History, New York University, New York, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Chernobyl, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
Nature Morte, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
Peonies, Solo show, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Chernobyl, Hauser & Wirth, London, England
2010 Between Science and Magic, David Zwirner, New York, NY
Between Science and Magic, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Delphine, Kulturkirche St. Stephani, Bremen, Germany
2009 Diana Thater: gorillagorillagorilla, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria (a collaborative project with the Natural History Museum, London, England),[catalogue]
Diana Thater, Hauser & Wirth, Swallow Street, London, England
Tigers and Other People, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, England
Butterflies and Other People, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2008 Diana Thater, 1310PE, Los Angeles, California
Diana Thater: Here is a text about the world, David Zwirner, New York, New York
Delphine, New Children’s Museum San Diego, San Diego, California [extended loan]
2007 OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, OSRAM Art Projects / Seven Screens, Munich, Germany [catalogue]
relay, a collaboration with T. Kelly Mason, West of Rome, 1033 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Perfect Devotion, The best space is the deep
space, Leo S. Bing Theater, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles,
California
2005 Perpetual Motion, Perfect Devotion, Haunch of Venison, London, England
Continuous. Contiguous., David Zwirner, New York, New York [catalogue]
Diana Thater, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, New York [catalogue]
Pink Daisies, Amber Room, 1301PE, Los Angeles, California
White is the Color, 1301PE, Los Angeles, California
2004 Diana Thater. Keep the Faith. A Survey Exhibition., Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany and Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen, Germany [catalogue]
2003 Transcendence is expansion and contraction at the same time., Haunch of Venison, London, England [catalogue]
2002 Bastard Pink, Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan, Italy
Diana Thater, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
2001 knots + surfaces, Dia Center for the Arts, New York, New York [catalogue]
The sky is unfolding under you, David Zwirner, New York, New York
The sky is unfolding under you, 1301PE, Los Angeles, California
2000-05 Broken Circle, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen, Germany [extended loan] [catalogue]
2000 Delphine, Vienna Secession, Vienna, Austria [catalogue]
The Caucus Race, Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan, Italy
Delphine, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
Diana Thater, 1301PE, Los Angeles, California
Diana Thater, Tensta Konsthall, Spånga, Sweden
1999 The best sense is the nonsense, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [catalogue]
The best outside is the inside, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri [catalogue]
The best space is the deep space, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Diana Thater, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France
The Caucus Race, Patrick Painter, Santa Monica, California
Diana Thater, H & R Projects, Brussels, Belgium
1998 Projects 64. Diana Thater: The best animals are the flat animals, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York [pamphlet]
The best space is the deep space, Time-Based Media 1998-99: Diana Thater, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio [catalogue]
The best animals are the flat animals - the best space is the deep space, MAK Center for Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, California [catalogue]
Diana Thater, Artpace San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Diana Thater: Video Installations, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1997 Diana Thater: Orchids in the Land of Technology, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1996 Electric Mind and Recent Works, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon [itinerary: SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico; The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas;
University Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts]
Wicked Witch, Temporary Contemporary at The Baltic Flour Mills, Gateshead, England[catalogue]
The individual as a species, the object as a medium, Diana Thater: Selected Works 1992-1996,
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland [itinerary: Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany] [catalogue]
Electric Mind, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria [publication by the artist]
China, Crayons & Molly Numbers 1 through 10, David Zwirner, New York, New York
1995 China, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois [itinerary: Le Creux de l’Enfer - Centre d’Art Contemporain à Thiers, Thiers, France] [catalogue]
Crayons & Molly Numbers 1 through 10, Galerie Schipper & Krome, Cologne, Germany
1994 Diana Thater, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands [catalogue]
Ginger Kittens, Friesenwall 116a, Cologne, Germany
1993 Late & Soon (Occident Trotting), David Zwirner, New York, New York
Abyss of Light, 1301, Santa Monica, California
1992 Up to the Lintel: Bliss, The Bliss House, Pasadena, California
Up to the Lintel: Bliss, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1991 Dogs and Other Philosophers, Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1990 With/Out, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Barroco Nova, Neo-Baroque Moves in Contemporary Art, Museum London, London, Ontario
2010 Taking place, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
One Room, One Work, 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA
Anonymous Sculptures, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany
Simply Video, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2009 Magnetic Landscape, The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
After Darwin: Contemporary Expressions, Natural History Museum, London, England [catalogue]
childsplay, The New Children’s Museum, San Diego, California
Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing
Planet, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film
Archive,
Berkeley, California [catalogue]
Infinitum, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess, Francis M. Nauman Fine Art, New York, NY
2008 Whitney Storefronts, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
The Artist as Troublemaker, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, New York
The Gallery, David Zwirner, New York, New York
Group Show, 1301PE, Los Angeles, California
Southern Exposure: Works from the Collection
of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Museum of
Contemporary Art,
Sydney, Australia [catalogue]
California Video, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California [catalogue]
Collecting
Collections: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California [catalogue]
Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing
Planet, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego,
California [itinerary: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and
Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California] [catalogue]
Progress, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Multiverse, Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, California
2007 Xmas Hysteria, Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan, Italy
…drawling, stretching and fainting in coils…, FestSpiele + 2007, Pinakothek der Moderne and National theater,Munich, Germany [catalogue]
L.A. Desire, Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, Düsseldorf, Germany
Soundwaves: The Art of Sampling, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California
The Experience of Color: Ann Veronica Janssens & Diana Thater, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
Touch My Shadows: New Media from the Goetz Collection in Munich, Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
The Present: The Monique Zajfen Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Leitmotifs, Palais Delphinal, Saint Donat-sur-l’Herbasse, France
I Don’t Do Nature, 1301PE, Los Angeles, California
After the Situation: Moment Making, Artspace, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
Imaging + Imagining California Modern, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
Elsewhere?, Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan, Italy
2006 Beyond Cinema: The Art of Projection, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany [catalogue]
IDYLLE: Traum und Trugschluss, Sammlung Falckenberg, Phoenix Kulturstiftung, Hamburg,
Germany [itinerary:
Domus Atrium 2002, Salamanca, Spain; National Gallery in
Prague, Prague, Czech Republic] [catalogue]
Yes Bruce Nauman, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, New York
Ballerina in a Whirlpool: Works by Isa Genzken, Richard Jackson, Roman Signer, and Diana Thater from the Hauser & Wirth Collection, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany [catalogue]
Ecotopia: The Second ICP Triennial of Photography and Video, International Center of Photography, New York, New York [catalogue]
Nature Attitudes, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Four Thursday Nights: Group Dynamics, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York [catalogue]
2005 Weathervane, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [itinerary: Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario, Canada; Galerie de l'UQAM, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada [catalogue]
Guardami: Percezione del video, Palazzo Delle Papesse - Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy [catalogue]
The Real Ideal, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, England
Water, Air, Earth, Fire. At the origins of life between Art and Science, Palazzo della Borsa, Genoa, Italy
Main Line Collects: Distinctive Choices, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, Pennsylvania
Die Ordnung der Natur, OK Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich, Oberösterreich, Austria [itinerary: Museum Moderner Kunst - Stiftung Wörlen, Passau, Germany] [catalogue]
The Shape of Colour: Excursions in Colour Field Art, 1950-2005, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada[catalogue]
Vertiges, Printemps de Septembre à Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Beyond the Painted Horizon, Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, California
Artists’ Books, Revisited, Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [catalogue]
2004 Natur ganz Kunst, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany [catalogue]
Animals, Haunch of Venison, London, England [catalogue]
Not Done! (Het Kunstenaarsboek), Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium [catalogue]
Ein-leuchten, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria [catalogue]
2003 100 Artists See God, Independent Curators International, New York, New York [itinerary: The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach,
California; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia] [catalogue]
Of Earth and Sky: Elements in Abstraction, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
Fast Forward: Media Works from the Goetz Collection, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany [itinerary: Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain [catalogue]
An International Legacy: Selections from Carnegie Museum of Art, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [itinerary: Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio] [catalogue]
Sitings: Installation Art 1969-2002, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
2002 Moving Pictures: Contemporary Photography and Video from the Guggenheim Museum Collections, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York [itinerary: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain [catalogue]
Ten Years, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
Parallels and Intersections, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Sculpture Contemporaine, Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Rhône-Alpes, Lyon, France
Das Tier in Mir. Die Mensch-Tier-Verwandtschaft in der Zeitgenössischen Kunst, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden,Baden-Baden, Germany
Claude Monet…bis zum Digitalen Impressionismus, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
Making Nature, Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark [itinerary: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria] [catalogue]
Vidéo Topiques: Tours et Retours de l’Art Vidéo, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France [catalogue]
Keine Kleinigkeit, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2001 Wechselstrom (Alternating Current) Part 2, Sammlung Hauser und Wirth, St. Gallen, Switzerland [catalogue]
Elusive Paradise: The Millennium Prize, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [catalogue]
BitStreams, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York [catalogue]
Public Offerings, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California [catalogue]
Parkett: Collaborations and Editions Since 1984, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York [itinerary: Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England] [catalogue]
I© NY, David Zwirner, New York, New York
Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California [catalogue]
Post-Landscape: Between Nature and Culture, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, California
2000 To Infinity and Beyond: Editions for the Year 2000, Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, New York
Herausforderung Tier, Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany [catalogue]
Electronic Images: Videokunst 1965-2000, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
Enclosed & Enchanted, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, England [itinerary: Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, England[catalogue]
Lasting Legacy: Recent Additions to the Collection, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
Making Time: Considering Time as a Material in Contemporary Video and Film, Palm Beach
Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida [itinerary: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California [catalogue]
Thinking Space: Selections from the Ann & Marshall Webb Collection, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada [catalogue]
L.A.-ex, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany [catalogue]
Sites Around the
The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000, Part II, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York [catalogue]
1999 Carnegie International 1999/2000, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [catalogue]
Collection FRAC Rhônes-Alpes, Fonds Régional Art Contemporain - Rhône-Alpes, Institute d`art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
Searchlight: Consciousness at the Millennium, curated by Larry Rinder, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California [catalogue]
Art/Journalism, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Gallery Artists Summer Show, David Zwirner, New York, New York
Trouble Spot. Painting, curated by Luc Tuymans, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium [catalogue]
1998 Five Years, 1993-1998, David Zwirner, New York, New York
View One, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, New York
Span: Jessica Bronson, Mariko Mori, Diana Thater, Artspace, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand [itinerary: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand; Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand] [catalogue]
Auf der Spur: Kunst der 90er Jahre im Spiegel von Schweizer Sammlungen, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Light x Eight: The Hanukkah Project, The Jewish Museum, New York, New York
1997 Trade Routes: History and Geography, 1997 Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg, South Africa [catalogue]
Between Lantern and Laser, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Sunshine & Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997, Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark [itinerary: Castello di Rivoli - Museo d’Arte Contemporaneo, Turin, Italy; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg,Wolfsburg, Germany] [catalogue]
1997 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York [catalogue]
Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997, Münster, Germany [catalogue]
Multiple Identity: American Art from the Whitney Museum 1975-1995, Castello di Rivoli - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy [Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy; Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany][catalogue]
1996 Painting: The Extended Field, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden [itinerary: Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden] [catalogue]
Jurassic Technologies Revenant: 10th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia [catalogue]
Being and Time: The
Emergence of Video Projection, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York [itinerary: Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan; Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; Contemporary Arts Museum,
Houston, Texas; SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico] [catalogue]
Art at the End of the 20th Century: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery, National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece [catalogue]
Wunderbar, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Someone Else with My Fingerprints, curated by Wilhelm Schürmann, David Zwirner, New York, New York [catalogue]
True. BLISS., Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California [catalogue]
1995 Limiares/Threshold: Recent American Sculpture, Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal [catalogue]
Beyond the Borders: Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju, South Korea [catalogue]
Surroundings, Museum Fridericianum Kassel, Kassel, Germany [catalogue]
Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France [catalogue]
1995 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York [catalogue]
1994 Temporary Translation(s): Sammlung Schürmann, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Haus der Photographie - Aktuelle Kunst, Hamburg, Germany [catalogue]
Pure Beauty, The American Center, Paris, France [itinerary: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California]
Summer Group Show, David Zwirner, New York, New York
1993 Emblazoned Ciphers of the Visible, California State University, Los Angeles, California
Sugar ‘n’ Spice, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
The Time, Anders
1992 Very, Very, Very, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Into the Lapse, 1301, Santa Monica, California
1991 Rhythms of Earth and Water, Los Angeles Airport International Terminal, Los Angeles, California
1990 Heart in Mouth, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California
PERFORMANCES AND SCREENINGS
2007 Virtuosic Siblings: Berlin - LA Festival of Film/Art, Villa Aurora, Los Angeles, California [itinerary: Goethe Institut Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; REDCAT Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, California]
2006-2008 JUMP, a collaboration with T. Kelly Mason, Tate Modern: International Modern and Contemporary Art, London, England; Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, California; Whitney Biennial 2006, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
1998-2000 The future that almost wasn’t, a collaboration with T. Kelly Mason [Artpace San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel/Marstall, Munich, Germany; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California]
PUBLIC PROJECTS
2007-2008 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
2005-2007 The
Colburn School, Los Angeles, California
2003-2005 Shaw Tower, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Ross, Christine. “The Insufficiency of the Performative: Video Art at the Turn of the Millennium.” Art Journal (Spring 2001): 28-33.
Schwendener, Martha. “Winter Preview: Diana Thater Dia Center for the Arts.” Artforum (January 2001): 37.
Skarf, Shayna. “Diana Thater, knots + surfaces.” Time Out New York (September 27 - October 4, 2001): 84.
Solomon, Deborah. “Tastemaker, New in Town, Dives into a Caldron.” The New York Times (May 2, 2001): H1, 9.
Tumlir, Jan. “Public Offerings. Museum of Contemporary Art.” Artforum (January 2001): 43.
“Back to the Future with Bitstreams.” Art in America (September 2001): 61-63.
“Bitstreams.” Tema Celeste (March/April 2001): 116.
“Dia Center for the Arts.” Tema Celeste (November/December 2001): 105.
“Dia Center for the Arts.” The New Yorker (February 12, 2001): 20-21.
Connaissance des Arts: Chelsea (2001) [ill.]
2000 Amanshauser, Hildegund. “A Living Theatre.” Salzburger Kunstverein: Jahresbericht 1999,
Magazin, No. 4 (2000): 74-83.
Arrhenius, Sara. “Come Closer: On the Intimacy of Vision in the Art of Diana Thater.” Parkett, No.60 (December 2000): 78-81.
Buchhart, Dieter. “Diana Thater: ‘Delphine’.” Kunstforum, No. 151 (July 2000): 394-395.
Doswald, Christopher. “Hollywood der Kunst.” Facts, No. 15 (April 13, 2000): 158-164.
Gilbert-Rolfe, Jeremy. “Water, Sun and Thinking Bodies.” Parkett, No. 60 (December 2000): 102-115.
Haslinger, Regina. “Art Remembers the Animal.” Parkett, No. 60 (December 2000): 88-101.
Hofleitner, Johanna. “Zeitgeist als Kopie Seiner Selbst.” Die Presse (February 17, 2000)
Horny, Henriette. “Kluge Tiere und traurige Kids.” Kurier (January 28, 2000)
Krumpl, Doris. “Flipper und der Jugend-Style.” Der Standard (January 27, 2000): 17.
Schröck, Petra. “Diana Thater. Natur ist eine Sprache.” Eikon, No. 33 (September 2000): 29-36. [ill.]
Stammen, Sylvia. “The Future That Almost Wasn’t.” Süddeutsche Zeitung (May 19, 2000)
Telenko, Sherri. “Moluccan Cockatoo Molly # 1-10.” View (September 28 - October 4, 2000)
1999 Binder, Mary. “...And Illusion.” Pittsburgh City Paper (July 7, 1999)
Buskirk, Martha. “Art Around the Hub.” Art in America, No. 87 (June 1999): 57-63.
Cooke, Lynne. “Diana Thater: On Location.” Parkett, No. 56 (September 1999): 177-182.
Dannatt, Adrian. “The Old Masters of Tomorrow.” The Art Newspaper (December 1999)
Frank, Peter. “Diana Thater.” ARTnews (March 1999): 139.
Hettig, Frank-Alexander. “Diana Thater.” Kunstforum, No. 143 (January/February 1999): 428-429.
Intra, Giovanni. “La Struttura Mobile.” Tema Celeste (January/February 1999): 50-53.
Joyce, Julie. ”Diana Thater.” Art Issues (March/April 1999): 44.
Kraynak, Janet. “Diana Thater.” Documents (Winter 1999): 33-38.
Rickels, Laurence A. “Art/Journalism.” X-TRA (Summer 1999): 11-18.
Shearing, Graham. “Video Harnessed.” Tribune Review (July 1, 1999): 29.
Thomas, Mary. “Thater video installation plays with the senses at Carnegie.” Post Gazette (June 26, 1999)
“Diana Thater: The best space is the deep space.” Carnegie (May/June 1999): 26.
1998 Fogle, Douglas. “Diana Thater. Being Inside of a Work of Art.” Flash Art (January/February 1998): 86-89.
Johnson, Ken. “Diana Thater.” The New York Times (October 30, 1998): E38.
Lunenfeld, Peter. “Diana Thater/Constraint Decree.” Art/Text, No. 63 (August/October 1998): 66-72.
Neumaier, Otto. “Diana Thater: Wer Sind.” Noema Art Journal (October/November 1998): 46-51.
Saltz, Jerry. “Projects 64: Diana Thater.” Time Out New York (November 5-12, 1998): 76.
Sichel, Berta. “Diana Thater.” Flash Art (November/December 1998): 107.
Sykes, Martin. “Split Images.” New Zealand Herald (February 6, 1998)
1997 Cameron, Dan. “Glocal Warming.” Artforum, Vol. 36, No. 4 (December 1997): 17-22, 130.
Dany, Hans-Christian. “Diana Thater.” Frieze (June/July 1997): 90-91.
Ellison, Victoria. “Girl is a Camera.” Aorta (April 15, 1997): 16-17.
Fielder, Nadine. “Diana Thater at the Portland Art Museum.” Artweek (January 1997)
Gerlach, Gunner F. “Was nahe liegt ist doch so fern und Diana Thater’s Video-Räume.” TAZ (February 15-16, 1997)
Goodeve, Thryza Nichols. “Signs of the Times: Diana Thater.” Artforum (May 1997): 25.
Höepker, Thomas. “Szene Los Angeles.” Art das Kunstmagazin, No. 12 (December 1997): 30-41.
Mason, T. Kelly and Diana Thater. “The Future that Almost Wasn’t.” Transcript, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1997): 38-43.
Mummenhoff, Julia. “Von Wölfen und Konstrukten.” Szene Hamburg (March 1997): 70-97.
Rugoff, Ralph. “L.A.’s Female Art Explosion.” Harper's Bazaar (April 1997): 204-205, 246.
Salvioni, Daniela. “The Whitney Biennial.” Flash Art, Vol. 30, No. 195 (Summer 1997):114-117. [ill.]
Seyfahrt, Ludwig. “Abbild und identität.” Hamburger Rundschau (March 6, 1997): 50.
Staniszewski, Mary Anne. “Diana Thater: Orchids in the Land of Technology.” Artforum (May 1997): 74.
Usherwood, Paul. “Diana Thater.” Art Monthly, No. 202 (December/January 1997): 36.
1996 Amanshauser, Hildegund. “Diana Thater.” Camera Austria, No. 54 (1996): 22-28.
Avgikos, Jan. “Sense Surround: Diana Thater.” Artforum (May 1996): 74-77, 118.
Domesle, Andrea. “A Mouse is a Cat, is a Chimp, is a Girl.” Neue Zürcher Zeitung (October 19, 1996): 46.
Gassert, Siegmar. “Neue Identität?” Dreiland Zeitung (October 4, 1996)
Gragg, Randy. “Electric Nature.” The Sunday Oregonian (November 20, 1996): 1, 4.
Huntington, Richard. “Phantom Figures, Screaming Clowns Enliven Albright-Knox Video Show.”
Buffalo News (November 10, 1996): F1, F6.
Johnson, Ken. “Diana Thater at David Zwirner.” Art in America (May 1996): 103-104.
Müller, Hans-Joachim. “Blumen, Buntheit, Bilder und Bedingungen.” Basler Zeitung, No. 217 (September 17, 1996)
Qualls, Larry. “Five Video Artists.” Performing Arts Journal (September 1996): 1-13.
Row, D.K. “A Small Victory.” Willamette Week (November 20, 1996): 56.
Russ, Sabine. “Zwischen den Bildern.” Neue Bildende Kunst (April/May 1996): 82-83.
Smith, Roberta. “Diana Thater.” The New York Times (February 23, 1996): C32.
Smith, Roberta. “The Gallery Doors Open to the Long Denied.” The New York Times (May 26, 1996): C1, C29.
Spinelli, Claudia. “Gelb, Zyan, Grün, Magenta, Rot und Blau. Zu den Arbeiten von Diana Thater.” Das Kunst-Bulletin (October 1996): 16-23.
Spinelli, Claudia. “Wer sind wir? Wie verhalten wir uns? Ein Gespräch mit Diana Thater.” Basler Zeitung (September 17, 1996)
Wallach, Amei. “Up and Coming: This Video Artist Runs With the Wolves.” The New York Times (February 4, 1996)
1995 Palmer, Laurie. “Diana Thater: Renaissance Society.” Artforum (Summer 1995) [ill.]
Gottlieb, Stacey. “Whitney Biennial Unplugged.” The Manhattan File (March 1995): 80.
1994 Breerette. Genevieve. “Tout Nouveau, Tout Beau.” Le Monde (June 8, 1994)
Choon, Angela. “Openings.” Art & Antiques (January 1994) de Jonge, Piet. “Diana Thater.” Metropolis M (October 1994)
Martin, Timothy. “Stan Douglas, Diana Thater: Screen Off-Screen.” Witte de With Cahier, No. 3 (1994): 98-104.
Pagel, David. “Into the Light.” Frieze (June 1994): 22-25.
Roos, Robert. “Anders Omgaan Met Film en Video.” Trouw (September 28, 1994)
Saltz, Jerry. “LA Rising.” Art + Auction (April 1994)
Tjon, Carla. “De Verwarde Kijker.” Magazijn (September 1994)
1993 Smith, Roberta. “Diana Thater.” The New York Times (December 23, 1993): C25.
1992 Ross, Adam. “Diana Thater.” Art Issues, No. 26 (Winter 1992/1993)
1991 Gardner, Colin. “Diana Thater: Dorothy Goldeen Gallery.” Artforum (May 1991): 152-3.
Gilbert-Rolfe, Jeremy. “Slaves of L.A.; and Others: Young L.A. Artists.” Artspace (Summer 1991): 73-79.
Zellen, Jody. “Diana Thater.” Arts Magazine (May 1991): 84.
“Diana Thater, Artist-in-Residence.” Digest, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Fall 1991)
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2009 Cologne, Germany. Walther König. Diana Thater: gorillagorillagorilla, 2009. Texts by Peter
Pakesch, Adam Budak, Bergit Arends, Jason Smith, Larry Rickels.
New Haven, Connecticut. Yale University Press. Film, Video and New Media at the Art Institute of Chicago, 2009. Texts by Lisa B. Dorin and James Rondeau
2008 Los
Angeles, California. Getty Publications. California
Video: Artists and Histories, 2008. Edited by Glenn Phillips. Texts by Meg Cranston,
Robert R. Riley,
Kathy Rae Huffman, et al.
Los Angeles, California. The Museum of Contemporary Art. This is Not to be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2008. Texts by Ann Goldstein, Rebecca Morse, Paul Schimmel.
San Diego and Berkeley, California. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet, 2008. Texts by Hugh M. Davies, Stephanie Hanor, Lucí Sanromán, Lucinda Barnes, et al.
Sydney,
Australia. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Southern Exposure:
Works from the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary
Munich, Germany. Pinakothek der Moderne and Nationaltheater. …drawling, stretching and fainting in coils…, FestSpiele + 2007, Munich, Germany, 2008. Texts by Kent Nagano, Bernart Schwenk and Diana Thater.
2007 Munich, Germany. OSRAM Art Projects. OSRAM Art Projects, 2007. Interview with Christian Schoen.
2006 Baden-Baden,
Germany. Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. Ballerina
in a Whirlpool: Works by Isa Genzken, Richard Jackson, Roman Singer, and Diana
Thater from the Hauser & Wirth Collection, 2006. Texts by Fritz
Emslander, Michaela Unterdörfer, Karolin Kober, Sabine Sarwa, Barbara Wagner.
Cologne, Germany. Taschen. Video Art, 2006. Texts by Sylvia Martin, Uta Grosenick.
Hamburg, Germany. Sammlung Falckenberg, Phoenix Kulturstiftung. IDYLLE: Traum und Trugschluss, 2006. Text by Oliver Zybok.
New York, New York. International Center of Photography. Ecotopia: The Second ICP Triennial of Photography and Video, 2006. Texts by Brian Wallis, Edward Earle, Christopher Phillips, Carol Squiers.
New York, New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night, 2006. Texts by Chrissie Iles, Philippe Vergne.
Ostfildern, Germany. Hatje Cantz. Beyond Cinema: The Art of Projection, 2006. Texts by Stan Douglas, Christopher Eamon, Anette Hüsch, Joachim Hunter, Gabriele Knapstein, Britt Schlehahn.
2005 Ghent, Belgium. Imschoot Uitgevers. Not Done! (Het Kunstenaarsboek), 2005. Texts by Stefan Hertmans, Dara Birnbaum, Peter Downsbrough, Lawrence Weiner, et al.
London, England. Phaidon Press. pressPLAY: Contemporary Artists in Conversation, 2005. Texts by Juan Vicente Aliaga, Michael Archer, Carlos Basualdo, Daniel Birnbaum, et al.
New York, New York. David Zwirner and Zwirner & Wirth. Diana Thater: Dreamland, 2005. Text by Diana Thater. [monograph]
white-space: pre;"> Ottawa and Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Ottawa Art Gallery and Oakville Galleries, Weathervane, 2006. Texts by Karen Love, Elizabeth May.
Siena, Italy. Palazzo Delle Papesse - Centro Arte Contemporanea. Guardami: Percezione del video, 2005. Edited by Gli Ori.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Vienna, Austria. Art Metropole and Vienna Secession. Artists’ Books, Revisited, 2005. Texts by Ann Dean, Michael Krebber.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Art Gallery of Ontario. The Shape of Colour: Excursions in Colour Field Art, 1950-2005, 2005. Texts by Mark Cheetham, Robert Hobbs, Sarah K. Rich, Raphael Rubinstein.
Vienna, Austria. Folio Verlag. Die Ordnung der Natur, 2005. Texts by Martin Sturm, Hans-Peter Wipplinger.
Zurich, Switzerland. JRP | Ringier Kunstverlag AG. Recent Pasts: Art in Southern California from the 1990s to Now, 2005. Texts by Connie Butler, Brian Butler, Matthew Coolidge, Dennis Cooper, Mike Davis, Dave Muller, Diana Thater, Frances Stark.
2004 Bremen and Siegen, Germany. Kunsthalle Bremen and Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen. Diana Thater. Keep the Faith. A Survey Exhibition., 2004. Texts by Barbara Engelbach, Wulf Herzogenrath, Diana Thater. [monograph]
Guadalajara, Mexico. Central de Arte, Guadalajara World Trade Center. Dicen que finjo o miento, 2004.
Hamburg,
Germany. Junius. Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im
Hamburger Bahnhof, 2004. Texts by Eugen Blume, Joachim Jäger, Gabriele
Knapstein.
London, England. Haunch of Venison. Animals, 2004. Text by Christiane Schneider.
Munich, Germany. Weltkunst/Bruckmann. Künstler. Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, 2004. Text by Friederike Wappler.
New York, New York. Independent Curators International. 100 Artists See God, 2004. Texts by John Baldessari, Meg Cranston, Thomas McEvilley.
Salzburg,
Austria and Vienna, Austria. Museum der Moderne Salzburg and Thyssen-Bornemisza
Art Contemporary. Ein-leuchten, 2004.
Texts by Margrit Franziska Brehm, Daniela Zyman, Agnes Husslein, Francesca
Siegen, Germany. Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen. Diana Thater: Broken Circle, 2004. Text by Anne Hoormann. [monograph]
Thiers, France. Le Creux de l’Enfer. Le Creux de l’Enfer 1988-2002, 2004. Text by Laurence Gateau
Zurich, Switzerland. Parkett Publishers. Parkett: 20 Years of Artists’ Collaborations, 2004. Text by Mirjam Varadinis.
2003
New York. American Federation of
Arts. An International Legacy: Selections
from Carnegie Museum of Art, 2003. Edited by Sheryl Conkelton, Elizabeth
Thomas.
New York, New York. Independent Curators International. ICI in 2003, 2003. Edited by Stephen Robert Frankel.
New York, New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Moving Pictures: Contemporary Photography and Video from the Guggenheim Museum Collections, 2003. Texts by Lisa Dennison, Nancy Spector, Joan Young, John Hanhardt.
Ostfildern, Germany. Hatje Cantz. Fast Forward: Media Works from the Goetz Collection, 2003. Texts by Fernanda Arruda, Andrea Buddensieg, Michael Clifton, Anne Erfle, et al.
2002 Cologne, Germany. Taschen. Art Now, 2002. Edited by Burkhard Riemschneider and Uta Grosenick.
Copenhagen, Denmark. Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center. Making Nature, 2002. Text by Dieter Buchhart.
New York, New York. Dia Center for the Arts. knots + surfaces, 2002. Texts by Michael Govan, Lynne Cooke, Karen Kelly, Akira Lippit. [monograph]
Stasbourg, France. Musées de Strasbourg. Vidéo Topiques: Tours et Retours de l’Art Vidéo, 2002. Texts by Patrick Javault, Georges Heck, Maurizio Lazzarato, et al.
2001 Los Angeles, California. J. Paul Getty Museum. Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen, 2001. Texts by Barbara Maria Stafford, Frances Terpak, Isotta Poggi.
Los Angeles, California. Museum of Contemporary Art. Public Offerings, 2001. Edited by Howard Singerman.
New York, New York. ApexArt Curatorial Program. Foci. Interviews with Ten International Curators, 2001. Text by Carolee Thea.
New York, New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. BitStreams, 2001. Texts by Lawrence Rinder, Debra Singer.
Ostfildern, Germany. Hatje Cantz. L.A.-ex, 2001. Edited by Christa Häusler, Elisabeth Schweeger. Texts by Andrew Gellatly, Peter Kroher.
Ottawa, Ontario Canada. The National Gallery of Canada. Elusive Paradise: The Millennium Prize, 2001. Texts by Diana Nemiroff, Johanne Sloan.
Siegen, Germany. Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen. Intermedia - Dialog der Medien. 2001. Texts by Barbara Engelbach, Gundolf Winter.
St. Gallen, Switzerland. Sammlung Hauser und Wirth. Wechselstrom (Alternating Current) Part 2. 2001. Edited by Michaela Unterdorfer.
Zurich, Switzerland. Parkett Publishers. Parkett: Collaborations and Editions Since 1984, 2001. Texts by Deborah Wye, Susan Tallman.
2000 Frankfurt, Germany. Deutsche Bank Bauspar AG. Bauen und Wohnen: Grafikeditione Deutsche Bank Bauspar AG 1993 bis 1999, 2000. Texts by Hellmut Seemann, Josefine Raab, Hans Wielens, Margareta Konze.
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Art Gallery of Hamilton. Thinking Space: Selections from the Ann & Marshall Webb Collection, 2000. Texts by Shirley Madill, Loretta Yarlow.
Karlsruhe, Germany. Städtische Galerie. Herausforderung Tier, 2000. Texts by Regina Haslinger, Durs Grünbein, Elfriede Jelinek, Ilya Kabakov, et al.
Lake Worth, Florida. Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art. Making Time: Considering Time as a Material in Contemporary Video and Film, 2000. Edited by Amy Cappellazzo, Adriano Pedrosa, Peter Wollen.
Oxford, England. Modern Art Oxford. Enclosed & Enchanted, 2000. Texts by Kerry Brougher, Michael Tarantino.
Tempe, Arizona. Arizona State University Art Museum. Sites Around the City: Art and Environment, 2000. Texts by Heather Sealy Lineberry, Ronald Jones.
Vienna, Austria. Vienna Secession. Delphine, 2000. Interview with Carol Reese. [monograph]
1999 Antwerp, Belgium. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen. Trouble Spot. Painting, 1999.
Edited by Narcisse Tordoir, Luc Tuymans, Roland Van de Sompel.
Cologne, Germany. Taschen, Art at the Turn of the Millennium, 1999. Edited by Burkhard Riemschneider, Uta Grosenick.
New York, New York. Whitney Museum of American Art, The American Century: Art and Culture 1950-2000, 1999. Text by Lisa Phillips.
New York, NY. Thames & Hudson. Searchlight: Consciousness at the Millennium, 1999. Edited by Lawrence Rinder.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute. Carnegie International 1999/2000, 1999. Text by Madeleine Grynsztejn.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute. Carnegie International 1999/2000: Artists’ Reader, 1999. Text by Madeleine Grynsztejn.
Salzburg, Austria. Salzburger Kunstverein. A Living Theatre, 1999. Edited by Diana Thater.
San Francisco, California. CCAC Institute. Consciousness Cinema: An Art of Its Time, 1999. Texts by Steve Anker, Irina Leimbacher, David Sherman.
St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis Art Museum. Diana Thater: The best outside is the inside, 1999.
1998 London, England. Phaidon Press. Cream (10 Curators, 10 Writers, 100 Artists: Contemporary Art in Culture), 1998. Texts by Francesco Bonami, Dan Cameron, Okwui Enwezor, Hon Hanru, Matthew Higgs, Susan Kandel, et al.
Los Angeles, California. MAK Center for Art + Architecture. The best animals are the flat animals - the best space is the deep space, 1998. Texts by Daniela Zyman, Carol McMichael Reese, Amelia Jones, Diana Thater. [monograph]
New Plymouth, New Zealand. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Span: Jessica Bronson, Mariko Mori, Diana Thater, 1998. Text by Giovanni Intra.
New York, New York. The Museum of Modern Art. Projects 64. Diana Thater: The best animals are the flat animals, 1998. [pamphlet]
Oberlin, Ohio. Allen Memorial Art Museum. The best space is the deep space, Time-Based Media 1998-99: Diana Thater, 1998.
1997 Bonn, Germany. Kunstmuseum Bonn. Multiple Identity: Amerikanische Kunst 1975-1995 aus dem Whitney Museum of American Art, 1997. Texts by Johanna Drucker, Donald Kuspit, Volker Adolphs.
Gateshead, England. Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council Libraries and Arts Services. Temporary Contemporary,1997. Texts by Anna Pepperall, Mike White, Paul Usherwood, et al. Interview with Iwona Blazwick.
Humlebæk, Denmark. Louisiana Museum of Art. Sunshine & Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997, 1997.
Texts by Lars Nittve, William R. Hackman, Mike Davis, Peter Schjeldahl, Laura Cottingham, Terry R. Myers, et al.
Johannesburg, South Africa and The Hague, The Netherlands. Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council and the Prince Claus Fund of Culture and Development. Trade Routes: History and Geography, 1997 Johannesburg Biennale, 1997. Texts by Okwui Enwezor, Francesco Bonami, et al.
Münster, Germany. Verlag Gerd Hatje. Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997, 1997. Edited by Klaus Bußmann, Kasper König, Florian Matzner.
New York, New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. 1997 Biennial Exhibition, 1997. Texts by David A. Ross, Douglas Blau, et al.
Ravenna, Italy. Printed Matter, Inc. Art Recollection. Artists’ Interviews and Statements in the Nineties, 1997. Texts by Diana Thater, Otto Neumaier.
1996 Basel, Switzerland. Kunsthalle Basel. The individual as a species: the object as a medium, Diana Thater: Selected Works 1992-1996, 1996. Interview with Kathryn Kanjo. [monograph]
Buffalo, New York. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Being and Time: The Emergence of Video
Projection, 1996. Text by Marc Mayer.
Cologne, Germany. Salon Verlag. Someone Else with My Fingerprints, 1996. Text by Wilhelm Schürmann.
Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. True. BLISS., 1996. Texts by Julie Joyce, David A. Greene.
Malmö, Sweden. Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art. Painting: The Extended Field, 1996.Text by Sven-Olov Wallenstein.
New York, New York. The Monacelli Press. Echoes: Contemporary Art at the Age of Endless Conclusions. Edited by Francesco Bonami. Texts by Francesco Bonami, Jeffrey Rian, Jen Budney, Keith Seward, Neville Wakefield, Mark Van de Walle.
New York, New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. Art at the End of the 20th Century: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1996. Text by Johanna Drucker.
Sydney, Australia. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Jurassic Technologies Revenant: 10th Biennale of Sydney, 1996. Texts by Lynne Cooke, Jonathan Crary, Elisabeth Sussman, et al.
1995 Chicago, Illinois and Thiers, France. The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago and Le Creux de l’Enfer - Centre d’Art Contemporain à Thiers. China, 1995. Texts by Diana Thater, Colin Gardner, Timothy Martin. [monograph]
Kassel, Germany. Museum Fridericianum. Surroundings, 1995. Text by Pia Witzmann.
Kwangju, South Korea. Kwangju Biennale Foundation. Beyond the Borders: Kwangju Biennale, 1995. Texts by Song Eon-jong, Lim Young- bang, Kathy Halbreich, Clive Adams, et al.
Lyon, France. Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon. Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, 1995.
Texts by Thierry Prat, Thierry Raspail, Georges Rey.
New York, New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. 1995 Biennial Exhibition, 1995. Texts
By Klaus Kertess, John Ashbery, Gerald M. Edelman, Lynne Tillman, et al.
Porto, Portugal. Fundação de Serralves. Limiares/Threshold: Recent American Sculpture, 1995. Texts by Dan Cameron, Fernando Pernes.
1994 Hamburg, Germany. Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Haus der Photographie - Aktuelle Kunst. Temporary Translation(s): Sammlung Schürmann, 1994. Text by Zdenek Felix.
Northbrook, Illinois. Hirsch Foundation. Optimism, 1994. Hirsch Farm Project. Text by Mitchell Kane.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art. Witte de With: Cahiers,No. 3, 1994. Edited by Barbara van Kooij. Text by Timothy Martin. Cover and text by Diana Thater.
EXHIBITIONS CURATED BY THE ARTIST
2009 DIYPDC, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
2007 …drawling, stretching and fainting in coils…, FestSpiele + 2007, Pinakothek der Moderne and Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany [catalogue]
1999 A Living Theatre, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria [catalogue]
1997 Places that are elsewhere, David Zwirner, New York, New York
1996 Sampler 2 - More Videos from Southern California, David Zwirner, New York, New York; included in the exhibition Sunshine & Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997, Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark [itinerary: Castello di Rivoli - Museo d’Arte Contemporaneo, Turin, Italy; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany] [catalogue]
Persona, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois [itinerary: Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland] [catalogue]
PUBLICATIONS BY THE ARTIST
2008 Munich, Germany. Bayerische Staatsoper and Pinakothek der Moderne. …drawling, stretching and fainting in coils…, 2007. Edited by Diana Thater.Text by Kent Nagano, Bernhart Schwenk.
2000 Zurich, Switzerland. Parkett Publishers. Parkett, No. 60. [edition of 150 DVDs]
1999 Salzburg, Austria. Salzburger Kunstverein. A Living Theatre, 1999. Edited by Diana Thater.
1996 Ghent, Belgium. Imschoot Uitgevers. Electric Mind, 1996. Edited by Diana Thater. Texts by Kathryn Kanjo and Pat Murphy.
ESSAYS BY THE ARTIST
2008 Thater, Diana. “Diana Thater in New York.” Artinfo.com (January 18, 2008) [ill.] [online]
Thater, Diana. Pinakothek der Moderne and Nationaltheater. “Anthropodenial.” …drawling, stretching and fainting in coils…(2008)
2005 Thater, Diana. University of California Press and Dia Art Foundation. “A Man Becomes Unstuck in Time in the Film That Became a Classic!” Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty (2005)
2002 Thater, Diana. “Diana Thater: Hotlist.” Artforum (February 2002): 28.
1998 Thater, Diana and Otto Neumaier. “Wer sind wir?” Noema Art Journal, No. 49 (October/November 1998): 46-51.
Thater, Diana. Phaidon Press. “Diana Thater in conversation with Stan Douglas.” Stan Douglas (1998): 6-29.
1997 Thater, Diana and T. Kelly Mason. “The future that almost wasn’t.” Transcript, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1997): 38-43.
Thater, Diana and Otto Neumaier. Danilo Montanari, Exit and Zona Archives Editori. “Who Are We?” Art Recollection: Artists’ Interviews and Statements in the Nineties(1997)
1996 Thater, Diana and Hamza Walker. The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago and Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland. “Gay… Black...Female… Whatever.” Person (1996)
1994 Thater, Diana and Garret Savage. “The Structure of Meaning.” FOCUS, Vol. 14 (1994): 19-31.
AWARDS
2006 James D. Phelan Art Award in Film and Video, The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, California
2005 Fellowship Award, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, New York
1999-present Artist-in-Residence for SaveTaijiDolphins.com, San Francisco, California
1998 The International Artist-in-Residence Program, Artpace San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
1995 Project Grant, Etant Donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art, New York, New York
Prize, Beyond the Borders: Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju, South Korea
1993 Other Genres Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1991 Artists at Giverny Program, Artist-in-Residence at the Claude Monet Foundation, Lila Acheson-Wallace Reader’s Digest Foundation, Giverny, France
LECTURES, PANELS, AND CONFERENCES
2007 Diana Thater: Conversations with Michael Govan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
2005 Diana Thater on Robert Smithson, Dia Art Foundation, New York, New York
2002 Artists on Artists Lecture Series: Diana Thater on Robert Smithson, Dia Center for the Arts, New York, New York
Presentation of the Award for Curatorial Excellence and CSS Conversation with Suzanne Ghez, Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Residency: Ecology, Community Planning, and Social Challenges in Panama, Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, Panama City, Panama
2001 Making Time: Considering Time as a Material in Contemporary Video and Film, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
Art & Optics, New York Institute for the Humanities, New York University, New York, New York
2000 Video Artists on Paik: A Panel Discussion, in conjunction with the exhibition The Worlds of Nam June Paik, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
1999 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium, Center for New Media, University of California, Berkeley, California
1998 Dialogues on Art, in conjunction with the exhibition Sunshine & Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
1996 Mediawork: The Southern California New Media Working Group, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
1997 World Cups of Art: Have we Missed the Goal? MAK Center for Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, California
1994 Optimism, Hirsch Farm Project, Hillsboro, Wisconsin
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Artpace, San Antonio, Texas
Atelier Augarten Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Castello di Rivoli - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
Fonds Régional Art Contemporain - Rhône-Alpes, Institute d`art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Hamburger Banhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
Hauser & Wirth Collection, Henau, Switzerland
Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York