Diana Coanda

Diana holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Timișoara and received official recognition of her degree in 2009 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Bilbao. She arrived in Spain in 2000, where she continues her career as a visual artist.

Her artistic career began in 1992 with solo and group exhibitions in Romania, Moldova, and the former Yugoslavia, in various international galleries, salons, cultural centers, and museums of significant interest. Upon arriving in Spain in 2001, she received the Caja Madrid Autumn Salon Prize; in 2011, she was selected for the CNAL (Luarca); and in 2018, she was selected for the Casimiro Baragaña National Painting Competition (Siero). She has since expanded her exhibitions throughout Spain, participating in various group shows in Burgos, Madrid, Granada, Gijón, Avilés, and La Rioja, as well as internationally in cities such as Porto and Ireland.

In 2013, the DV Collective was formed, where it continues to work in various disciplines, including artistic photography, experimental video, installation, site-specific art, and mixed media. Highlights of its history include exhibitions at Valey Cultural Center (Castrillón), LABoral Center for Art and Industrial Creation (Gijón), Proyecto SeAlquila (Madrid), the College of Architects of Asturias (Oviedo), Sala Borrón (Oviedo), the Jovellanos Birthplace Museum (Gijón), the ArtBox Project (Málaga and New York), the Niemeyer Center (Avilés), MediaAdvance (Gijón), and awards and selections at CNAL (Luarca), among many others.