Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 “Don’t Say Other”, Art House Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2019 Declarations on Human Rights, NOW Project Space, Jersey City, NJ
2018 They Are Each Other For A While, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME
2017 Soma, Muriel Guépin Gallery, New York, NY (Two Person Show)
2014 The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Axioms, cHaSHaMa Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Systemic Constructs for the Reduction of Uncertainty, Garis & Hahn, in conjunction with Ideas City
Biennial Festival sponsored by the New Museum, New York, NY
2011 The Space Between, Russ Berrie Gallery Space, Columbia University, New York, NY
2008 ECHOES, K.B, Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Being, Aphrodisiac, New York, NY
2003 Reverent Awe and The Search For Beauty, Studio 12N, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 CURRENTS: Free Expression and the Inexpressible, Curated by Aliza Shvarts, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Percent for Art 40th Anniversary Celebration, Gracie Mansion, New York, NY
Uptown Treasures: Past and Present, Curated by Niria Leyva-Gutierrez, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Picturing the Constitution, Curated by Katherine Gressel, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY
Women in the Heights: Women of Substance, Past, Present, Future, Curated by Andrea Arroyo, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Sensing Woman: A multi-sensory event for reproductive freedom, C24 Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Among Friends, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
Up Close and Personal, Rio II Gallery hosted by NoMAA and Sugarhill Museum, New York, NY
2021 Only If We Wish To, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
Light/Dark, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, New York, NY
2020 Domestic Brutes, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Come Together, CHaShaMa & New York City Department of Transportation, Fordham Plaza, Bronx, NY
Art Fair 14C, Art House Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Creating for the Future, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) in partnership with Broadway Housing Communities
and The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling - Rio II Gallery, New York, NY
2019 50th Collectors Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Creating For Change, Rio Gallery II – Hosted by NoMAA and Sugarhill Museum, New York, NY
Slow Art, (curator), Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Art Fair 14C, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2018 Social Photography VI, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
Leveling, Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Resistance, Rio II Gallery hosted by NoMAA and Sugarhill Museum, New York, NY
Power Ts 2018, Pierogi, New York, NY
2017 Uproot, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Profest ≠ Protest: Global Burdens, Center For Book Arts, New York, NY
Fact or Fiction, Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Leave Your Swords At The Door, Riverfront Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Disruption, Rio II Gallery hosted by NoMAA and Sugarhill Museum, New York, NY
Just Friends, Riverfront Art Gallery, Yonkers, NY
The Art Of Healing - Allen Pavillon Hospital - Hosted by NoMAA, New York, NY
2016 Under the Influence, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Uptown Arts Review, Rio II Gallery hosted by NoMAA and Sugarhill Museum, New York, NY
2015 Aljira Emerge 11: I put this moment...here. I put this moment... here. I put this moment... over here.
Aljira, Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Shangri-la, The Factory, L.I.C. Arts Open festival, New York, NY
Holiday Salon, Lesley Heller Gallery, LES, New York, NY
2014 The Impossible, Montclair Art Museum @ Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Reflections on Creating, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
Spirit of Community, Interchurch Center, New York, NY
2013 Borderline: Depictions of Skin, Garis & Hahn, LES, New York, NY
Fragment, Saratoga Art Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Infinite Regions, Grady Alexis Gallery, New York, NY
What is an Art Book? Garis & Hahn, LES, New York, NY
2012 Contact and Exchange, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
Intersections, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
2011 NoMAA Grantees, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
Perspectives, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
2010 The Intimacy of Memory, Galería Nacional, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Core, Under Minerva Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Women in the Heights, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
PERFECT 8 Poster Project, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
NoMAA Grantees, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Body Politic, The Jungle, New York, NY
NoMAA Grantees, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
2008 Heart and Soul, Younity, NYC
Trading Places, Canco Loft, Jersey City, NJ
Beneath the Skin: a Perfect 8 Exhibit, chashama ABC, New York, NY
NoMAA Grantees, Malcolm X Center, New York, NY
Salad Days, Haven Arts, New York, NY
Women Power and Politics, International Museum of Women, San Francisco, CA
Ides of March, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
The Body as Image, Philoctetes Center, New York, NY
2007 Younity “Crossover”, Showroom Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Penetrating Empathy, a Perfect8 Exhibit, Haven Arts, New York, NY
Tiny Fine Art Exhibit, Art at Large Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Entangled Orbits: you could be me, Play Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Secret Affinities, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Big Proportions, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY
Accumulative Efforts, Phoenix Gallery, NY
Public Art
2020 Come Together, CHaShaMa & New York City Department of Transportation, Fordham Plaza, Bronx, NY
2019 Declarations on Human Rights, NOW Project Space, Jersey City, NJ
2010-16 PERFECT8 Post No Bills Installations, installation at ABC No Rio, NYC, NY
2010 PERFECT8 Post No Bills Installations, multiple city street locations throughout the 5 boroughs of New York City, NY 2009 -10
PERFECT8 Bodega Installation, Last Stop Convenience, New York, NY
2008-9 PERFECT8 Magazine Stand Project, NYC streets & Haven Arts, New York, NY
Selected Publications
2023. Jersey City Times, Diana Schmertz: An Artist Takes on Book Banning and American Politics by Tris McCall
2020 The Journal News & Lohud.com, Pelham exhibit 'a realistic picture of what it means to be a woman today' by Michelle Falkenstein
Art Spiel, Diana Schmertz in Domestic Brutes at Pelham Art Center, Interview by Etty Yaniv
The Fordham Ram, Chashama Art Space Welcomes 25th Year, by The Fordham Ram
2019 Jersey City Times, Art Review: Slow Art, by Tris McCall
2018 Art Spiel, Leveling at Novado, by Etty Yaniv
2017 Artefuse, Uproot: Diversity and Discourse at Smack Mellon, by Thavma Phillips
2016 Anatomy Rocks, by Rodolphe Lachat, publishers Cernunnos
2015 RHINO HORN GROUP, Connecting Figures (part 3): New Humanism in Contemporary Figurative Art, by Adam Zucker
2014 Sugar Mule, Issue 46, Artist Profile, by Alyse Knorr
2013 ArtFuse, Living in Their Own Skin at Garis & Hahn, by Oscar Laluyan
Hyperallergic, Finding Empathy In The Confines Of Our Skin, by Susan Silas
Two Coats of Paint, Careful Observation, by Sharon Butler
Examiner, Borderline: Depictions of Skin, April Gallery Focus
Beautycism, An Art Exhibit That Will Get Under Your Skin, by Maze Mpinja
2010 Costa Verde DR, “Intimdad de la Memoria en la Galeria Nacional de Bellas Artes”
Listin Diario, Doce Artistas de America Exponan en Bellas Artes
Manhattan Times, Cover Story, ”Women in the Heights “
Hoy, ”’Intimdad de la Memoria’ Una Exposicion para recrdar.”
2009 Hetast 2009 ,”New York’s roughest area has a soft side “
Manhattan Times, Cover Story, ”Art Seen Uptown - Perfect8 Newsstand “
2008 Manhattan Times, Cover Story, “New Exhibit at K.B. Gallery”
Artist Unite, review “ECHOES”
Grants, Awards and Residencies
2023 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, Individual Artist Grant, NYC
2020 New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program, Permanent Public Art Commission at Carnegie Library 125th St in Manhattan
2018 Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, Wyoming
2016 Ligo Project, Artist Residency Program for scientists and artists, New York, NY
2013 Aljira Emerge 11 Fellowship, Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Starry Night - Residency Program, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
2012 Vermont Studio Center - Residency Program, Johnson, Vermont
Angel Award - Grant awarded to attend The Vermont Studio Center Residency
2011 The Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance - Grant for Painting
2010 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance - Grant for Installation project
2009 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance - Grant for PERFECT8 Bodega Project
2008 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council – Manhattan Community Arts Grant
2007 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance - Grant for painting
chashama North, Residency, New York
2006 Kennedy Promotions - The Best of New York, 1st Place - Acrylic Painting
2001,3&5 Irvington Education Foundation Grant - create public art in the community
1998 Lakeland Grant - “Lakeland Alternative Mural Project for Active Learning”
1994-5 De Ateliers 63 – 2-year working artist grant awarded by the Dutch Government and residency at De Ateliers 63, Amsterdam, Holland
Talks and Lectures
2018 They Are Each Other For A While, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME
Jentel Presents, SAGE Community Arts, Sheridan, WY
Resist, Rio Gallery II, New York, NY
2017 PROFEST ≠ PROTEST : GLOBAL BURDENS, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Disruption, Rio Gallery II, New York, NY
2016 Uptown Arts Review, Rio Gallery II, New York, NY
2014 Reflections on Creating, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Borderline: Depictions of Skin, Garis & Hahn, LES, New York, NY
Fragment, Saratoga Art Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
2011 Perspectives, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Grantee Artists Panel, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
Women Create; A Conversation with Women Artists of Northern Manhattan, Dwyer Cultural Center, New York, NY
2009 NoMAA Grant Awards Presentation, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
2008 NoMAA talk at Malcolm X Center, New York, NY
Education
2003 College of New Rochelle, Masters of Science in Art Education, New Rochelle, NY
1999 College of New Rochelle, Masters of Science in Art Therapy, New Rochelle, NY
1993 De Hoeg School Voor De Kunst, Fine Arts and Art History, Amsterdam, Holland
1993 SUNY Purchase, BFA, Major: Painting, Minor: Psychology, Purchase, NY
1990 Music and Art (LaGuardia) High School, painting major, New York, NY