Hunter Art Department
Alumni Spotlight


Diana Cooper | MFA 1999
Jules DeBalincourt | MFA 2005
Cheryl Donegan
| MFA 1991
Omer Fast
| MFA 2000
Tom Finkelpearl | MFA
Wade Guyton | MFA 1998
Oliver Herring | MFA 1991
Changha Hwang | MFA 2002
Julia Jacquette | MFA 1992
Marie Losier | MFA 2002
Paul Pfeiffer
| MFA 1994
Lawrence Rinder | MA
Elizabeth Simonson | MFA 1999
Jeff Sonhouse | MFA 2001
Kukuli Velarde | BFA 1992

Diana Cooper
MFA Hunter College 1997

Diana Cooper received her BA from Harvard and an MFA from Hunter College in 1997. In her work, Cooper uses cut paper, foam core, felt, vinyl, pipe cleaners, and pom poms to create delicate and massive structures that evoke both complex circuit boards and intricate neurological paths. Her work as been widely exhibited throughout Europe and the US, most notably at Postmasters, PS 1, and The Sculpture Center in New York City, the Numark Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Carl Berg Gallery in Los Angeles, as well as the Center for Drawing in London and the Museum St. Gallen in Switzerland. In addition, the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, Ohio held a major mid-career survey of Diana Cooper's work in 2007. Cooper received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2000 and was the recipient of the prestigious Rome Prize in 2003. Diana Cooper lives and works in New York City.


Experiments in 3-D, 2000, ink, acrylic and felt tip markers on canvas, 88 x 142 inches