May 6- July 1 2005
GHOST STORIES / CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ART, CARMEL CA
Solo exhibit of Polaroid 20x24 prints from the GHOST STORIES series.

October 2nd - 3rd 2004
OPEN STUDIOS/SAN FRANCISCO

Weekend 1 Saturday and Sunday
11am-6pm
Diane will be showing Polaroid 20x24 prints from the GHOST STORIES series. She'll be sharing the space with Tracy Storer and Ruby, his 20x24 Polaroid camera and he'll be exhibiting his photography as well. So if you've been curious about the equipment she's used for the past 4 years to create her large-scale Polaroids, now's your chance to see the BIG camera in the "flesh."
at:
Blue Sky Rental Studio
2325 3RD Street, SUITE 434
San Francisco
cross street is 20th

September 16 - October 17 2004
SECRETS OF THE MAGDALEN LAUNDRIES

Diane Fenster/PhotoInstallation
Michael McNabb/Sound Environment
Opening Reception
Thursday September 16th 6-9pm
Closing Party and Concert
Sunday October 17th 7-9pm
8 pm • Composer Michael McNabb will present a retrospective concert of his award-winning computer music, including surround versions of works from his published CDs, and newer unpublished (part of the installation will not be visible during this final concert)

Blue Room Gallery
2331 Mission Street (between 19th & 20th)
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-282-8411
This installation was initially exhibited in New York City, October 2000 and has subsequently traveled to a number of venues across the U.S. We are very excited to finally be able to bring it to San Francisco.

For a preview of the installation please visit
http://www.dianefenster.com/secrets.html
For more information on the history of the Magdalen Laundries see
http://www.netreach.net/~steed/magdalen.html

August 30 - September 24 2004
GHOST STORIES / Diane Fenster, Photography • Miles Stryker, Paintings

Artists Reception and Lecture Thursday September 9
4:30-6:30 reception • 6:30-7:30 lecture
Cabrillo Gallery at Cabrillo College
6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA
831-479-6308

November 13th 2003 - January 17th 2004
YOUR DREAMS AND OMENS REVEALED

on exhibit at

Art Museum of Los Gatos
4 Tait Avenue, Los Gatos CA
open Wednesday - Sunday noon - 4pm
408.354-2646

OPENING RECEPTION SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH 1PM - 4PM

this exhibit runs concurrently with JUXTApositions by Helen Golden

October 25th 2003
23rd Annual Fall Benefit Auction / San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
Opening Reception: October 3, 6-8 pm
Exhibition: October 3 - 25
Auction: October 25, 6-9 pm

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
451 South First Street
San Jose, CA
408.283.8155
I will have a 20x24 Polaroid print from my new Apparitions series in the auction

October 10, 2003
Book release of
WOMEN, ART AND TECHNOLOGY edited by Judy Malloy, published by MIT Press
My artwork is discussed in the chapter DIANE FENSTER: THE ALCHEMY OF VISION

February 7th thru April 5th 2003
BYTES AND PIECES: THE ART OF CONTEMPORARY COLLAGE
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
451 South First Street
San Jose, CA
408.283.8155
Opening reception Friday, February 7th from 6-8pm

I will have two pieces from the HIDE AND SEEK series in this exhibit
(Canto One and Canto Four)

Also, I have been invited to be an Artist in Residence for one week in March at the SJICA. Please contact the SJICA or check back here later in February for my schedule.

February 4th thru March 15th 2003
SECRETS OF THE MAGDALEN LAUNDRIES photoinstallation will be on exhibit at Hillsborough College in Tampa, Florida. I will be in Tampa from January 30th-February 5th to install the work and give a series of lectures. Opening reception February 4th from 5:30-7:30pm and a public lecture at 8:00pm

November 5th, 2002
My illustrations appearing in the Seattle Opera 2003/04 season brochure and advertising collateral have their debut. Posters will be available from the Seattle Opera in 2003. Check back here in the near future for more information or contact me to be added to a mailing list.

October 17th -December 1st, 2002
YOUR DREAMS AND OMENS REVEALED
Exhibit of new photographic works, Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco