Carol Diehl’s Floating Over You, from a series of paintings that the artist produced between

2004 and 2008, will open at Knox Gallery on Friday, May 5. A reception will celebrate the opening

from 5:30 – 7 p.m. that evening. Please join us!

Diehl uses abstraction and realism in what she calls “a futile attempt to find balance between

order and chaos, precision and spontaneity.” These paintings, which have not been previously

exhibited, are a departure from the diaristic geometric abstractions that have characterized much of

her work.

The artist, who lives in Housatonic, has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions

at galleries and museums including Hirschl & Adler Modern, Sidney Janis, The Berkshire Museum

and the Queens Museum of Art. She has received numerous fellowships, including from the

Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. She is also known as an art

critic and poet, and her book, Banksy: Completed was recently published by the MIT Press. Earlier in

her career she was a longtime contributing editor for Art in America, and was published in many

prominent periodicals including ARTnews, New York, Art & Auction, Art & Antiques (Contributing

Editor, 1984 -1995), Metropolis, Review, Arts, and the New Art Examiner (founding Managing Editor).

In 2011 Diehl received a Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation grant for her blog, Art Vent.

She performs readings of her poetry in performance at various prominent venues.

Diehl taught in the Graduate Fine Arts Program of the School of Visual Arts in New York

from1996-2006, and served on the Core Faculty at Bennington College from 1998-2002. She has

been a Visiting Artist and lectured at, among others, Yale University (Graduate Sculpture), Stanford

University, Massachusetts College of Art, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown (MA.)