Education

2011 Rothberg International School, Jerusalem, Israel
2010 B.A. Studio Art, cum laude, CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY
Study with Emily Mason and Robert Swain

Related Experience

2014 Participating Artist, 2014 Tacoma Studio Tour, Tacoma, WA
Member, Tacoma Murals Project Artist Roster, Tacoma, WA
Volunteer, June 19, Tacoma Post Office Building Art Walk Hosted by Artist Trust and Spaceworks Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
Volunteer Artist, Sherman Elementary School 2014 Arts and Literacy Night, Tacoma, WA
2013 Volunteer Artist, Art-Full Apprentice Program, Lakewood Family YMCA, Lakewood, WA
Graduate, Artist Trust EDGE Professional Development Program, Seattle, WA
2010 Participant, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Community Paint Day, How Philly Moves Project, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Residency, The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Volunteer, Vermont Studio Center, Arts and Culture Summer School Program, Johnson, VT
2005 Participant, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Martin Luther King Day of Service, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Volunteer, Mark Dion's Urban Field Station, The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA

Commissions

2014 Spaceworks Tacoma, Color Box, (proposal accepted, installation TBD, Fall 2015)
Storefronts Seattle, Color Box, (proposal accepted, installation TBD, Spring 2015)
Spaceworks Tacoma, Show Your Stripes Mural, Tacoma, WA
2013 Masterworks Development, Guest Room Desk Panel Commission, Club Quarters Hotel, Philadelphia, PA

Publications

2014 Spaceworks Tacoma - Related Blog Posts
Tacoma Arts - 2014 Tacoma Studio Tour
"Interview with Diana Surma." Crosscurrents Literary & Arts Magazine of the University of Puget Sound Spring 2014
"GO Arts: Two new Spaceworks murals going up in downtown Tacoma brighten up rainy skies." Tacoma News Tribune. March 26, 2014. Tacoma, WA.
2012 CRED Magazine, Published by The Village of Arts and Humanities, January 2012, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Gift of Life Cancer Foundation, 2012 Limited Edition Silver Project Calendar, December, 2011, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Exhibitions

2014 Off the Wall Banner Project, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Fast Forward, featuring 2013 Graduates of the Artist Trust EDGE Professional Development Program for Visual Artists, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
Artist Trust Annual Benefit Auction, Seattle, WA
Junior League of Tacoma Annual Auction, Tacoma, WA
2013 8th Annual Juried Show, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA
North Light Community Center Gala and Auction, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Collage and Mixed Media, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Take a Seat! Adirondack Chairs Reinterpreted, University of Pennsylvania Morris Arboretum Philadelphia, PA
2011 Recent Work, Pop-up Show, Bohema Philly Store, Philadelphia, PA
The Art of the Flower, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Hunter College Student Exhibition, CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY
2009 Hunter College Student Exhibition, CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY
2008 Group Show, 576 Onderdonk, Brooklyn, NY
January Art Showcase, Think Coffee, New York, NY
2006 End of Year Show, Cooper Union, New York, NY
2005 End of Year Show, Cooper Union, New York, NY
2004 Young Artists Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Art at City Hall, Citywide Student Art Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Young Artists Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA