EDUCATION

1979-80 University of Wisconsin -- Madison, Madison, Wisconsin Master of Arts in Art.

1975-79 University of Manitoba — Winnipeg, Manitoba Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Canada, Myth and History: Group of Seven Awkward Moments, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
        Group of Seven Awkward Moments . Skew Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
        Group of Seven Awkward Moments. Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario      

2008 Galerie ArtMûr, Montreal, Quebec
        Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario

2006 Canadiana Martydom Series. Skew Gallery, Calgary, AB.

2005 The Canadiana Martrydom Series. Galerie ArtMur, Montreal, Quebec

2004 -05 The Doll Mouth Series. Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
        Rodman Hall, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ont.
        7th Internationale Fototage Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany
        Gallery Connexion, Frederiction, N.B.
        Gallery 1C03, Winnipeg, Manitoba   
        Martyrs Murder.Definately Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
        Justina Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Ontario

2003 Martyrs Murder. Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Corner Brook, Newfoundland

2002 Still-life: stilled lives. Lee, Ka-sing Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2000-02 Diana Thorneycroft: The Body, its lesson and camouflage. Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
        Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario; The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta
        Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
        Canadian Museum of Contemporary Art, Ottawa, Ontario
        Embassy of Canada, Tokyo, Japan
        Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
        Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
        The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba

2001 Re/Monstrance. St. Norbert Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

2000 Representation, Presentation, Unpresentable. The Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.

1999 Monstrance. St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
        Patient/Prisoner. Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1998-96 On the Skin of a Doll. The Small Gallery, Harvard University, Boston
        Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1991 Galarie Rochon, Toronto, ON

1987 Solo Show, Postian Gallery, London, ON

1986 Solo Show 222 Laird, Toronto, ON

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 BUN. Kumukumu Gallery, New York, NY
        Darkside - Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed. Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
        Hinterlands. McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario
        Apropos. Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
        Graphic Visions. Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
        Subconscious City. Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2006 Illegal Art. Art and Cutlure Center of Hollywood, Florida
        Hand in Hand. Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, Minnesota
        Faking Death. Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY

2005 Folio Revisited. The Whyte Museum, Banff, Alberta

2004 Latitudes. The Atget Gallery, Belgrade Cultural Centre, Belgrade
        That Obscure Object of Desire. Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario

2003 Not So Cute & Cuddly: Dolls & Stuffed Toys in Contemporary Art. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, Kansas
        Illegal Art. SFMOMA. San Fransisco, California
        Foul Play (with Michael Boss). Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
        Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, New Brunswick; Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2002 Korper - SEXUALITÄT. Fotogalerie Wiens, Vienna, Austria Illegal Art, Gallery 313, New York, N.Y.

2000 The Liminal Body. Australian Center for Photography, Sydney, Australia
        Curator's Choice. The Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA


1998 The Ugly Show. The Bracknell Gallery, Bracknell, England

ARTFAIRS

2009 SCOPE Basel during Art Basel 40, Basel, Switzerland

2008 photoLA, Skew Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007 artLA, Skew Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
        photoMiami, Skew Gallery, Miami, FL

2007 photoMiami, Skew Gallery, Miami, FL

GRANTS

Canada Council Assistance to Visual Artists -- Long-term, 2007
Manitoba Arts Council "A" Grant, 2006, 2005,1996, 1990, 1982
Manitoba Arts Council Major Arts Grant, 2001, 1997, 1991
Established Artist Grant, Canada Council, 2003
Most Outstanding Teacher Award, School of Art, University of Manitoba, 2002
Nomination, Roloff Beny Award, 2002
Fleck Fellowship, Banff Centre for the Arts, 2001
Canada Council "B" Grant, Photography, 1999,1992
City of Winnipeg Visual Arts Grant to Individuals, 2005,1999,1996, 1990
Canada Council Explorations Grant, 1995
Video Pool First Video Fund, 1994
Canada Council "B" Grant, Interdisciplinary/Collaboration, 1993
Manitoba Arts Council Project Grant, 1991, 1984
Canada Council Project Grant, 1990, 1987

COLLECTIONS

Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario
Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario
Gallery 1.1.1., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Manitoba Printmakers Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Rosizo, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, State Museum and Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Russia
The Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta
The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto,Ontario
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba

REVIEWS

Whyte, Murray,"Great Canadian art finally good for a laugh", Toronto Star, 2009.
Adams, James, "Bob and Doug meet Tom and Lauren", The Globe and Mail, 2009
Campbell, James D., "Diana Thorneycroft Edge City", The Next Level Magazine, 2009.
Rodes, Richard. "Year in Review: The Top 10 Exhibitions of 2008", Canadian Art, December 18
Dewolfe, Stacey. "Stuck tongues and eerie eyes", Montreal Mirror, Nov. 6
Sandals, Leah. "If it doesn't kill you..." National Post, Oct. 30
Fadden, Robyn. Welcome to creepy country", www.hour.ca, Oct. 30
Lepage, Jocelyne. "Group of Seven Awkward Moments: Pauvre Canada!"
La Press, Oct. 27 Dewolfe, Stacey. "Diana Thorneycroft and Janieta Eyre at Art Mur", Akimbo, Oct. 21
Redfern, Christine. "The hokey and the sublime." The Montreal Gazette, Oct. 11
Rodes, Richard. "Diana Thorneycroft: Tragicomic Canadiana", Canadian Art, September 11
Giroday, Gabriella. "T is for Thornecroft." The Winnipeg Free Press, Aug.26
Villeneuve, Joanne F. "Artist fills images with dark humour", Brandon Sun, Aug. 6
Enright, Robert. "Ideas of North", Border Crossings Magazine, Issue No. 104
Garth Buchholz. "This dance show shouldn't be avoided", The Winnipeg Free Press, Feb. 22

PUBLICATIONS

Allen, Jan. "The Female Imaginary." (exhibition catalogue) Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, 1994.
Boss, Michael. "The Bloody Theatre: Giving Death Its Due." and Plowman Angela. "At a distance: Investigating sensorial response." (exhibition brochure). St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre,1999.
Brunner, Astrid. "Diana Thorneycroft: Touching: the Self." Blackflash vol. 9, no. 2 (Summer 1991), pp. 7-12.
Carver, Antonio, ed. Blink. Phaidon Press, 2002.
Cousineau-Levine, Penny. Faking Death. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003.
Cronin, Ray. Arena: The Art of Hockey. (exhibition catalogue) Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2008
Dempsey, Shawna. and Millan, Lorri (exhibition catalogue). "Subconscious City". Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2008
Dunbar, Elizabeth. Not so Cute & Cuddly; Dolls & Stuffed Toys in Contemporary Art. (exhibition catalogue) Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, 2003.
Enright, Robert. "Rituals of Outrage.". Border Crossings Issue No. 72, pp. 5-6.
"Memory Feeder: Subjects and Objects in the Art of Diana Thorneycroft." Border Crossings vol.15, no. 3 (Summer 1996), pp. 22-33.
"Touching the Self." Border Crossings vol. 9, no, 4 (Fall 1990), pp. 68-75.
Fulton, Keith Louise. "Opening the Body to Questions", and Madill, Shirley. "Staging the Self" (exhibition brochure) The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Spring 1991.
Greenhill, Pauline. Natalka Husar and Diana Thorneycroft versus the Law: A Critical Feminist Consideration of Intellectual Property and Artistic Practice, Project Muse: Scholarly journals online, 2008.
Gustafson, Paula. and Williams, Carol. "Search, Image and Identity: Voicing Our West." (exhibition catalogue). The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, 1994.
Hatt, Gordon. ed. The Doll Mouth Series. Rodman Hall, University of Brock Press, 2006.
Keshavjee, Serena. ed. Slytod. School of Art Gallery 1.1.1 and The University of Manitoba Press, 1998.
Langford, Martha. "In the Playground of Allusion", Exposure, 1998, Volume 31 3/4.
Scissors, Paper, Stone. McGill-Queens University Press, 2007.
Lipsett, Katherine. "Place of Meaning", Blackflash, vol. 11, no. 4, (Winter 1993), pp. 4-8.
Lovatt, Tom. "On the Skin: Notes Towards a Definition." Critical Distance Ace Art, , Winnipeg, Vol. 1#19 (1996).
Madill, Shirley. "Aioria (Dancing with the Spirits in the Pale Moonlight)." IN VERSIONS, vol. 1, no. 2 (Fall 1990).
New Art From Manitoba. (exhibition catalogue) The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1983.
Mark, Lisa. and Buchanan, Hamish. The Pressing of Flesh. (exhibition catalogue) The Floating Gallery, Winnipeg,1993.
Meskimmon, Dr. Marsha. "The Monstrous and the Grotesque", Make, no. 72 (October- November 1996), pp. 6-11.
The Art of Reflection: Women Artists' Self Portraiture in the Twentieth Century. Scarlet Press, London 1996.
Stahel, Urs. ed. Darkside I - Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed. Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, Steidl, 2008.
Townsend, Chris. Vile Bodies: The Crises of Looking. Prestel-Verlag, Munich, 1998.
Walsh, Meeka, ed. Diana Thorneycroft:The Body, its lesson and camouflage. Bain and Cox, Winnipeg, 2000.
"Snare." Light Year, A Festival of Photography, The Floating Gallery, Winnipeg, 1997.
ed.The Winnipeg Alphabestiary. aBorderCrossingsBook, Winnipeg, 2008.

DOCUMETARIES

2004 Zig Zag 'The Doll Mouth Series', CBC TV
2003 Still-life: stilled lives, CBC Radio 3, www.cbcradio3.com, featured April 13-19
2000 On the Arts, CBC -TV Newsworld, Ross Porter, Host (aired Feb. 11, 12, 13)
1997 Adrienne Clarkson Presents, ‘Diana Thorneycroft: More Than Skin Deep’, CBC-TV, Terrance McCartney-Filgate, Producer (premiered October 15)
1996 Sunday Morning, CBC Radio, Karen Wells, Producer (aired November 10)
1996 Heartland and Midday, CBC-TV, Richard Hunka , Producer (aired October 10 and October 29) 1996 Arts File, CBC Radio, Lori Hoogstraten, Host (aired April 28)
1995 Usual Suspects, BBC Radio Scotland, Peter Easton, Host; Della Matheson, Producer (aired October 11)
1996 The Arts Tonight, CBC Radio, Sheila Rogers, Host; Robert Enright, Arts Correspondent (aired January 9)