(H±R-A) The Pre-Actual Acorn

In this solo exhibition, Diana Puntar presents sculptural works inspired by her research into American colonial resistance. Drawing on the history of domestic objects such as pickle trays used to conceal anti-monarchist messages, Puntar explores how symbols of rebellion were transformed over time, and how their meanings have been co-opted by contemporary far-right ideologies.

Diana Puntar is a London based artist originally from New York City. Her cross-disciplinary works include sculpture, installation, drawing, and printmaking. Chimera(H±R-A) forms a new chapter of Puntar’s ongoing project Historical Re-Anachronism, where the artist has explored American na...

Diana Puntar is a London based artist originally from New York City. Her cross-disciplinary works include sculpture, installation, drawing, and printmaking. Chimera(H±R-A) forms a new chapter of Puntar’s ongoing project Historical Re-Anachronism, where the artist has explored American national (counter)histories, often using humour as a vehicle to look at colonisation and its continuum, which she feels are reflected in ongoing political and ecological problems.

She has been an artist-in-residence at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, and Eltham College in Southeast London. She is a member of Cubitt Artists, London, where she previously served as Studio Artist Co-Chair of Public Programmes. In 2023, Puntar had her first solo exhibition in London, Historical Re-Anachronism, Ultima Romanus, at the Gerald Moore Gallery. This exhibition invited viewers to reconsider history by questioning the fluidity of cultural identity and the complex tensions between tradition and progress.

Puntar holds an MFA in SMFA/Tufts University, Boston, and a BA in Sculpture from the University of Maryland, College Park.