About

Diana Belenky is an award winning artist whose primary tool for expression is the emotion of light, color, and texture. Belenky has won several competitions and awards including the 2020 Martha’s Vineyard Prize, the 32nd National Drawing Competitive Exhibition at Gormley Gallery and the Posey Grant in Painting. Her work has been included in the de Young Museum and the International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art. She has exhibited at the International Figurative Art exhibition at the Richeson Gallery and is represented by 33 Contemporary Gallery. Belenky has been published in Art Market Magazine and ArtAscent Magazine. She has an MFA from the New York Academy of Art and is a Professor at the Academy of Art University of San Francisco. 

Belenky was born in Minsk, Belarus and came to the US as a child in 1979. During immigration, she and her family lived in Italy. It was there that the Italian Renaissance masters made a lasting impression on her. During her studies at The Art Students League and the New York Academy of Art, Belenky developed an understanding of human anatomy, narrative painting, and color harmony. She later went on to study in a small Atelier with a professor from the Florence Academy of Art. Belenky's art combines classical painting with luminous color, visual mood, and a dynamic modern edge..