Background
Diana Cooper was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, to the artists and teachers Ian Cooper and Faith Cooper.
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Diana Cooper
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She earned her Bachelor in History and Literature from Harvard (1986), and an Master of Fine Arts in painting from Hunter College (1997). Though initially drawn to dance and choreography when young, Cooper turned to the visual arts after college and studied at the New York Studio School, and counts Elizabeth Murray, Lee Bontecou, and Philip Guston among her influences.
Career
She is best known for her hybrid works combining drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and installation.
Achievements
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She is a former Rome Prize Fellow and has received grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Anonymous Was A Woman, the Bogliasco Foundation, the Marie Sharpe Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, Institute for Electronic Arts and other organizations.
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