Born Brooklyn, New York
Resides and works in Chester, New Jersey
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
2009 Master of Arts in Fine Arts, Montclair State University
2005 AP Studio Art Teacher Certification, Taft Education Center
1976 State of N.J. Department of Education Certificate - Teacher of Art (Permanent)
1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004-2021 Mount Olive High School, Flanders, NJ, Grades 9-12: AP Studio Art, Advanced Art
2013-2021 Adjunct Professor of Art, Seton Hall University and Fairleigh Dickenson University
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Femina 2024, https://www.gallerium.art/femina-2024?AW=AW127873124
2024 “Inspired by Women - Bookmaking as Conversation”, Madelon Powers Gallery, East Stroudsburg University, PA
2024 Postcards From the Edge, Berry Campbell Gallery, NYC, NY
2023 Interview with @orangepeelmag, https://orangepeelmag.wordpress.com/2023/11/25/interview-with-diane-phares/
2023 Two page spread in @orangepeelmag, https://orangepeelmag.wordpress.com/latestissue/
2023 2nd Women in Art Competition, Notable Entry Award, www.womeninartaward.com
2023 Cooper Union Climate Coalition Exhibition, Cooper Union, NYC, NY
2020 Postcards From the Edge, Bortolami Gallery, NYC, NY
2020 Brave100: Art by American Women Visionaries, Juried Exhibit, Eilandarts Gallery, Merchantville, NJ
2019 Postcards From the Edge, Bortolami Gallery, NYC, NY
2018 NAEA Juried Gallery Exhibit, Alexandria, VA
2018 Postcards From the Edge, Gallery 524, NYC, NY
2017 NAEA Juried Gallery Exhibit, Alexandria, VA
2017 Postcards From the Edge, Metro Pictures, NYC, NY
2016 Postcards From the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins, NYC, NY
2015 Postcards From the Edge, Luhring Augustine, NYC, NY
2014 Postcards From the Edge, Luhring Augustine, NYC, NY
2013 Qualms, Wake-Up, Oddities, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
2013 Postcards From the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins, NYC, NY
2011 Art Connections 7, Segal Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2011 Postcards From the Edge, CRG Gallery, NYC, NY
2010 AENJ Member’s Show, Vaughn Eames Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ
2010 Pen + Brush, Art Day Extravaganza, NYC, NY
2010 Emerging Patterns, 14 Maple Gallery, Morristown, NJ
2009 AENJ Exhibit, Vaughn Eames Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ
2009 Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2009 MAST 2009, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, NJ
2009 ArtStart, Power Art Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2008 AENJ Exhibit, Vaughn Eames Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ
2007 The Plastic Club, Artist’s Day, Philadelphia, PA
2006 ArtStart, Power Art Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2019 NJDOE Statewide Equity for All Conference Presenter
2019 New Jersey Education Association Media Training Presenter, Trenton, NJ
2018 Workshop Presenter NJAGC, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
2018 Guest Lecturer at Centenary University, NJ
2017, 2018 Workshop Presenter Marauder Maker Fest, Mt. Olive, NJ
2017 Presenter NJEA Convention, Atlantic City, NJ
2015-2016 Coordinated Design Workshop with Savannah College of Art and Design, Mt. Olive, NJ
2015, 2013 Lecturer at Ramapo College National Endowment for Humanities Program, Landmarks
2010 Presenter at Will Barnet’s 100th Birthday Celebration, George Segal Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2007 Lecturer at Montclair State University Art Galleries
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023 2nd Women in Art Competition, Notable Entry Award, www.womeninartaward.com
2020 Brave100/Women100, National Celebration of American Women, Honorable Mention
2019 Summer Institute for Educators on Art and Thinking at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
2018 Scholarship for NNSTOY Teacher Leadership Conference, Las Vegas, NV
2018 New Jersey Teacher of the Year State Finalist
2017-18 Mount Olive High School Teacher of the Year, Morris County Teacher of the Year
2008-21 8 time teaching award at Morris County Teen Arts Festival “Excellence in Visual Art”
2011 The Joyce Talbot Award for outstanding accomplishments in art education
2011 Summer Scholar Grant for National Endowment for the Humanities