Diane Ayott

Born 1953 in Lynn MA.
Resides in Salem MA.

Diane Ayott’s abstractions on paper, canvas, and panel are luxuriously physical objects resulting from the accrual of layer after layer of paint, color, and pattern, launched by imaginative titles into the realm of language, play, and political engagement. In their opulent surfaces, the eye experiences depth and continual movement, both spatial and aesthetic, as the mind integrates, deconstructs, and re-integrates the parts into wholes, weaving in new experiences and feelings over time living with her art.

Diane Ayott resides and maintains a studio in Salem MA and is a Professor of Art at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly MA. She is represented by Matthew Swift Gallery and by Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in New York City and Bridgehampton NY.

Past Solo Exhibitions with Matthew Swift Gallery
Diane Ayott: Love in December
December 5, 2015 – January 3, 2016
An exhibition of colorful, patterned, abstract mixed media paintings by Diane Ayott.
Past Group Exhibitions with Matthew Swift Gallery
MMA 67
September 9, 2023 – October 23, 2023
Your favorite mixed media artists squaring off in an aggregate of rectangles.
Explicit Color
July 1, 2022 – August 1, 2022
An exhibition of paintings and sculpture with explicit color: most titles name a color.
Art Miami 2021
November 30, 2021 – December 5, 2021
Matthew Swift Gallery will show work by Peter Lyons, Susan Erony, Erika Marquardt, Timothy Harney, Gabrielle Barzaghi, Aron Leaman, Diane Ayott, Ruth Mordecai, and Kim Radochia.
DIRVEN 2 ABSTRAXION
November 13, 2021 – January 31, 2022
A group exhibition of abstract art.
Threshold
September 5, 2020 – October 4, 2020
An exhibition for a time of danger and transitions.
New Series One
August 10, 2019 – October 7, 2019
The gallery introduces a new name, Matthew Swift Gallery, and a new exhibition format: a group exhibition of individual treasures.
Facing Five Years
January 17, 2019 – March 31, 2019
A program of exhibitions and events revisiting Trident Gallery’s first half-decade years and assaying the next.
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary 2019
January 10, 2019 – January 13, 2019
Trident Gallery showed work by Peter Lyons, Susan Erony, Ed Touchette, and Diane Ayott at the Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary art fair in West Palm Beach, Florida.
SCOPE Miami Beach 2018
December 4, 2018 · 12:00 pm – December 9, 2018 · 8:00 pm
Trident Gallery exhibited work by Peter Lyons, Susan Erony, Diane Ayott, Gabrielle Barzaghi, and Ed Touchette at the 2018 SCOPE Miami Beach art fair.
In With The New
January 26, 2018 – March 25, 2018
An exhibition of new, unseen, and selected works of art by represented artists.
Coming Round
May 6, 2017 – June 4, 2017
An exhibition of thirty exquisite mixed media paintings and collage by Diane Ayott and Suzanne Ulrich.
AD20/21 2017
April 6, 2017 – April 9, 2017
Trident Gallery showed works on paper by Pamela Ellis Hawkes, Zygmund Jankowski, Ruth Mordecai, Diane Ayott, and Susan Erony at the 2016 AD20/21 art fair.
A Time for Blue
January 20, 2017 – March 26, 2017
A themed exhibition of art selected by Director Matthew Swift.
AD20/21 2016
April 7, 2016 – April 10, 2016
Trident Gallery showed works on paper by four represented artists at the 2016 AD20/21 art fair.
In the Time We Have
March 12, 2016 – April 24, 2016
An exhibition of new and selected works of art reflecting themes of time, ephemerality, and maturity.