Diana Thater

Thater studied Art History at New York University and earned her BA in 1984.{{cite book|title=The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art|year=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford}} In 1990 she was awarded an MFA from Art Center College of Design.

Since 2000, Thater has been the artist-in-residence for The Dolphin Project, a non-profit organization that protects cetaceans from slaughter, captivity, and abuse. In 2009, Diana Thater taught art at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.

Thater's work explores the temporal qualities of video and film while literally expanding it into space. She is best known for her site-specific installations in which she manipulates architectural space through forced interaction with projected images and tinted light, such as knots + surfaces (2001) and Delphine (1999) in the Kulturkirche St. Stephani (2009) and the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (2010).

Thater's primary interest lies in exploring the relationship between humans and the natural world and the distinctions between untouched and manipulated nature. Despite nods to structural film, Thater's underlying reference points are closer to panoramic landscape painting.Liz Kotz in Zoya Kocur, Simon Leung, Theory in Contemporary Art Since 1985, Blackwell Publishing, 2005, p104. {{ISBN|0-631-22867-5}} Thater's stated belief is that film and video are not by definition narrative media, and that abstraction can, and does exist in representational moving images.{{Cite web |url=http://www.davidzwirner.com/pdf.htm?href=%2Fresources%2F37000%2FDT%20Munich%20Interview%20Schoen%2007.pdf |title=David Zwirner |access-date=2019-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927101524/http://www.davidzwirner.com/pdf.htm?href=%2Fresources%2F37000%2FDT%20Munich%20Interview%20Schoen%2007.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead }}

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One of Thater's earliest works is Oo Fifi, Five Days in Claude Monet's Garden (1992), a two part video installation exhibited for the first time in 1992. Thater lived for a time at Claude Monet's former home in Giverny, where she filmed videos on her walks in the home's gardens. The piece is composed of footage of those walks, separated into its component reds, greens and blues; Part I of Oo Fifi is an installation of the three color-separated videos projected on a wall not quite aligned with one another, creating a multi-color effect, while Part II shows the three videos aligned, so the video appears nearly perfectly clear and accurately colored. The third component of the work is wall text listing the scientific names of the plants found in the garden at Monet's home, in addition to a pink light installed in the space where the work is shown.{{cite web |title=Diana Thater: Oo Fifi, Five Day's in Claude Monet's Garden, Part I and II, 1992 |url=https://www.1301pe.com/past-exhibitions-1/diana-thater-oo-fifi-five-days-in-claude-monets-garden |website=1301pe |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220917182056/https://www.1301pe.com/past-exhibitions-1/diana-thater-oo-fifi-five-days-in-claude-monets-garden |archive-date=17 September 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=A Conversation with Diana Thater |url=https://unframed.lacma.org/2015/12/07/conversation-diana-thater |website=Unframed LACMA |date=7 December 2015 |publisher=Los Angeles County Museum of Art |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925063854/https://unframed.lacma.org/2015/12/07/conversation-diana-thater |archive-date=25 September 2021 |url-status=live}}

Thater had recently finished her MFA and was living in Los Angeles when Oo Fifi was first shown in 1992, over the course of two shows. Thater has said that much of the form of early works like this came from necessity; she was unable to afford screens for the work, so she projected the videos onto a wall in the exhibition space and covered the windows with gels.{{cite journal |last1=Butler |first1=Brian |title=What Makes Artist-Run Spaces Flourish |url=https://www.frieze.com/article/what-makes-artist-run-spaces-flourish |journal=frieze |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223140122/https://www.frieze.com/article/what-makes-artist-run-spaces-flourish |archive-date=23 February 2022 |date=22 February 2021 |issue=216 |url-status=live}}

Delphine is one of Thater's most well-known works and was exhibited not only within the United States but also in several different locations around the world, including France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thaterstudio.com/exhibitions/|title=DIANA THATER STUDIO|website=www.thaterstudio.com|access-date=2019-04-04}} The Delphine exhibition consists of the simultaneous projection of multiple footages of underwater and dolphins.{{Cite web|url=https://www.icaboston.org/exhibitions/diana-thater|title=Diana Thater {{!}} icaboston.org|website=www.icaboston.org|access-date=2019-04-04}} The footages are projected on various surfaces, not just the walls, to create an enveloping and engaging space for the viewers. Thater also placed the projectors in a way that the viewer's silhouette created due to the projector light can physically be part of the work and interact with the subjects within her footages. Unlike some films or videos dealing with animals, Thater's Delphine does not include narration. Thater left out narrations and avoided inserting specific narrative because she believes that animals do not live their lives narratively.{{Cite web|url=http://theseenjournal.org/art-seen-chicago/diana-thater-sympathetic-imagination/|title=DIANA THEATER // THE SYMPATHETIC IMAGINATION|date=2016-09-20|website=THE SEEN {{!}} Chicago's International Online Journal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-04}} Thater wanted to show the animals as they are without enforcing human perspective on them.

Exhibited in 2015, Thater's Science, Fiction is a video installation that is divided into two parts.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/arts/design/diana-thater-science-fiction.html|title=Diana Thater: 'Science, Fiction'|last=Johnson|first=Ken|date=2015-01-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} The two parts are placed in separate rooms, but both rooms have blue hue due to the light beams attached on the floor corners. The first part consists of two monitors, facing each other, showcasing footages of planetarium from Griffith Observatory, which is located in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=https://artreview.com/reviews/march_2015_review_diana_thater/|title=Diana Thater, reviewed by Jonathan T.D. Neil / ArtReview|website=artreview.com|access-date=2019-04-04}} The second part consists of huge box, size of a small room, that has a projection of dung beetles above it and intense yellow light under it. The purpose behind this exhibition was to visually show the recent scientific discovery that dung beetles use starlight during night time to navigate themselves. Through her exhibition, Thater commented on impact of light pollution on wildlife.

First exhibited in 2011, Thater's Chernobyl showcases multiple footages recorded in Prypiat in Chernobyl.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/arts/design/diana-thater-chernobyl.html|title=Diana Thater: 'Chernobyl'|last=Smith|first=Roberta|date=2012-11-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} The exhibition consists of simultaneous display of multiple footages of different locations in Prypiat. The center of the exhibition is the footage of a movie theater and all four sides of the movie theater are projected on the gallery space. Over the projection of the movie theater, the other footages, such as buildings, animals and nature, are projected as well. This exhibition is not only about showing negative human impact on nature, but to also show how life still persists even under such condition.{{Cite web|url=https://artreview.com/reviews/jan_feb_2013_review_diana_thater_chernobyl/|title=Art Review, Diana Thater: Chernobyl, David Zwirner, New York, 2012 / ArtReview|website=artreview.com|access-date=2019-04-04}}

Since her first solo show in 1991, Thater has staged many exhibitions in museums and galleries in the United States and internationally. Her notable solo shows include Stan Douglas and Diana Thater (1994), Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam, Netherlands;{{cite web |title=Stan Douglas and Diana Thater |url=https://www.fkawdw.nl/en/our_program/exhibitions/stan_douglas_and_diana_thater |website=Kunstinstituut Melly |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208040940/https://www.fkawdw.nl/en/our_program/exhibitions/stan_douglas_and_diana_thater |archive-date=8 December 2022 |url-status=live}} China (1995), Renaissance Society, Chicago;{{cite web |title=China |url=https://renaissancesociety.org/exhibitions/395/diana-thater-china/ |website=Renaissance Society |publisher=University of Chicago |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208040857/https://renaissancesociety.org/exhibitions/395/diana-thater-china/ |archive-date=8 December 2022 |url-status=live}} electric mind (1996), Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria;{{cite web |title=electric mind |url=https://archive.salzburger-kunstverein.at/at/ausstellungen/1996/1996-06-13/diana-thater |website=Salzburger Kunstverein |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208040746/https://archive.salzburger-kunstverein.at/at/ausstellungen/1996/1996-06-13/diana-thater |archive-date=8 December 2022 |url-status=live}} Selected Works 1992–1996 (1996), Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland;{{cite web |title=Selected Works 1992-1996 |url=https://www.kunsthallebasel.ch/exhibition/selected-works-1992-1996/ |website=Kunsthalle Basel |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208040611/https://www.kunsthallebasel.ch/exhibition/selected-works-1992-1996/ |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=de |url-status=live}} Orchids in the Land of Technology (1997), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis;{{cite web |last1=Staniszewski |first1=Mary Anne |title=Diana Thater |url=https://www.artforum.com/print/previews/199705/diana-thater-orchids-in-the-land-of-technology-52801 |website=Artforum |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208040406/https://www.artforum.com/print/previews/199705/diana-thater-orchids-in-the-land-of-technology-52801 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |date=May 1997 |url-status=live}} The best animals are the flat animals (1998), MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles;{{cite web |title=The best animals are the flat animals |url=https://www.makcenter.org/exhibitions/the-best-animals-are-the-flat-animals |website=MAKCenter |publisher=Schindler House |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208040321/https://www.makcenter.org/exhibitions/the-best-animals-are-the-flat-animals |archive-date=8 December 2022 |url-status=live}} Projects 64: Diana Thater (1998), Museum of Modern Art, New York;{{cite web |title=Projects 64: Diana Thater |url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/221 |website=MoMA |publisher=Museum of Modern Art |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208040202/https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/221 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |url-status=live}} Knots + Surfaces (2001-2003), Dia Chelsea, New York;{{cite web |title=Knots + Surfaces |url=https://www.diaart.org/program/past-programs/diana-thater-knots-surfaces-exhibition/type/exhibitions-projects/year/2001 |website=DiaArt |publisher=Dia Art Foundation |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208035743/https://www.diaart.org/program/past-programs/diana-thater-knots-surfaces-exhibition/type/exhibitions-projects/year/2001 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |url-status=live}} gorillagorillagorilla (2009), Kunsthaus Graz, Austria;{{cite web |title=gorillagorillagorilla |url=https://www.museum-joanneum.at/en/kunsthaus-graz/exhibitions/exhibitions/events/event/1422/diana-thater-1 |website=Kunsthaus Graz |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208035637/https://www.museum-joanneum.at/en/kunsthaus-graz/exhibitions/exhibitions/events/event/1422/diana-thater-1 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |url-status=live}} Between Science and Magic (2010), Santa Monica Museum of Art (former; now Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles);{{cite web |title=Diane Thater: Between Science and Magic |url=http://www.smmoa.org/index.php/exhibitions/details/225 |website=Santa Monica Museum of Art |publisher=Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213174249/http://www.smmoa.org/index.php/exhibitions/details/225 |archive-date=13 December 2009 |url-status=dead}} and Chernobyl (2011-2012), Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia.{{cite web |title=Chernobyl |url=https://www.ima.org.au/exhibitions/diana-thater-chernobyl/ |website=IMA |publisher=Institute of Modern Art |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208035307/https://www.ima.org.au/exhibitions/diana-thater-chernobyl/ |archive-date=8 December 2022 |url-status=live}}

Her numerous group exhibitions include the Whitney Biennial (1995,{{cite web |title=Whitney Biennial 1995 |url=https://whitney.org/exhibitions/biennial-1995 |website=Whitney |publisher=Whitney Museum |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922014347/https://whitney.org/exhibitions/biennial-1995 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |url-status=live}} 1997,{{cite web |title=Whitney Biennial 1997 |url=https://whitney.org/exhibitions/biennial-1997 |website=Whitney |publisher=Whitney Museum |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630210433/https://whitney.org/exhibitions/biennial-1997 |archive-date=30 June 2022 |url-status=live}} 2006){{cite web |title=Whitney Biennial 2006 |url=https://whitney.org/exhibitions/2006-biennial |website=Whitney |publisher=Whitney Museum |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111150025/https://whitney.org/exhibitions/2006-biennial |archive-date=11 November 2022 |url-status=live}} and the Carnegie International (1999).{{cite web |last1=Siegel |first1=Katy |title=1999 Carnegie International |url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/200001/1999-carnegie-international-186 |website=Artforum |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121033741/https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/200001/1999-carnegie-international-186 |archive-date=21 January 2022 |date=January 2000 |url-status=live}}

The artist is represented by David Zwirner, New York.

Thater's Altadena home was destroyed in the Eaton Fire, one of the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.{{cite web |last1=Moffitt |first1=Evan |title=Landmarks destroyed, masterpieces incinerated, communities razed: how the LA fires ravaged culture |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jan/21/landmarks-destroyed-masterpieces-incinerated-communities-razed-how-the-la-fires-ravaged-culture |website=The Guardian |access-date=25 March 2025 |date=21 January 2025}}

In 2011, Thater received an Award for Artistic Innovation from the Center for Cultural Innovation in Los Angeles.[http://www.cciarts.org/_Library/investing_releases/IA_RoundVII_PressRelease.pdf Center for Cultural Innovation Press Release] She used the grant to complete Chernobyl, a large-scale installation project which documents the post-human landscape at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site in Ukraine, marking the 25th anniversary of the explosion in 2011.[http://www.cciarts.org/cgi/page.cgi/past_recipients.html?log=do_search_form Diana Thater - Center for Cultural Innovation] She has been the recipient of other notable awards, including the Phelan Award in Film and Video (2006), a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2005),[http://www.gf.org/05fellow.html gf.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060418030804/http://www.gf.org/05fellow.html |date=2006-04-18 }} an Étant-donnés Foundation Grant (1996), and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1993).

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• Nature Black Square #3 (broken glass with four pink flowers) (1990), Whitney Museum, New York{{cite web |title=Nature Black Square #3 (broken glass with four pink flowers) |url=https://whitney.org/collection/works/19434 |website=Whitney |publisher=Whitney Museum |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703103146/https://whitney.org/collection/works/19434 |archive-date=3 July 2021 |url-status=live}}
• Oo Fifi, Five Days in Claude Monet's Garden, Part 1 (1992), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.{{cite web |title=Oo Fifi, Five Days in Claude Monet's Garden, Parts 1 and 2 |url=https://hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/artwork/?edanUrl=edanmdm%3Ahmsg_14.14 |website=Hirshhorn |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=19 September 2022}}
• Oo Fifi, Five Days in Claude Monet's Garden, Part 2 (1992), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; and Los Angeles County Museum of Art{{cite web |title=Oo Fifi, Five Days in Claude Monet's Garden, Part 2 |url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/2238550 |website=LACMA |publisher=Los Angeles County Museum of Art |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020031551/https://collections.lacma.org/node/2238550 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |url-status=live}}
• Abyss of Light (1993), Los Angeles County Museum of Art{{cite web |title=Abyss of Light |url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/215583 |website=LACMA |publisher=Los Angeles County Museum of Art |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020031414/https://collections.lacma.org/node/215583 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |url-status=live}}
• The Bad Infinite (1993), Whitney Museum, New York{{cite web |title=The Bad Infinite |url=https://whitney.org/collection/works/9791 |website=Whitney |publisher=Whitney Museum |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703103113/https://whitney.org/collection/works/9791 |archive-date=3 July 2021 |url-status=live}}
• Late and Soon (Occident Trotting) (1993), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York{{cite web |title=Late and Soon (Occident Trotting) |url=https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/10518 |website=Guggenheim |publisher=Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805050522/https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/10518 |archive-date=5 August 2021 |url-status=live}}
• Moluccan Cockatoo Molly #1 (1995), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York{{cite web |title=Moluccan Cockatoo Molly #1 |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/852409? |website=MetMuseum |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919235233/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/852409 |archive-date=19 September 2022 |url-status=live}}
• Moluccan Cockatoo Molly Numbers 1-10 (1995), Art Institute of Chicago{{cite web |title=Moluccan Cockatoo Molly Numbers 1-10 |url=https://www.artic.edu/artworks/242022/moluccan-cockatoo-molly-numbers-1-10 |website=ArtIC |year=1995 |publisher=Art Institute of Chicago |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515230329/https://www.artic.edu/artworks/242022/moluccan-cockatoo-molly-numbers-1-10 |archive-date=15 May 2021 |url-status=live}}
• Scarlet Macaw Crayons (1995), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York{{cite web |title=Scarlet Macraw Crayons |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/852408? |website=MetMuseum |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919235119/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/852408 |archive-date=19 September 2022 |url-status=live}}
• Wicked Witch (1996), Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California{{cite web |title=Wicked Witch |url=https://ocma.art/thater/ |website=OCMA |publisher=Orange County Museum of Art |access-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920001931/https://ocma.art/thater/ |archive-date=20 September 2022 |url-status=live}}
• The Best Space is Deep Space (1998), Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh;{{cite web |title=The best space is the deep space |url=https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/bc4e676f-e70e-40e3-ac2b-7d805b4e86b8 |website=CMOA |publisher=Carnegie Museum of Art |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919225331/https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/bc4e676f-e70e-40e3-ac2b-7d805b4e86b8 |archive-date=19 September 2022 |url-status=live}} and Los Angeles County Museum of Art{{cite web |title=The Best Space is Deep Space |url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/215098 |website=LACMA |publisher=Los Angeles County Museum of Art |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020033515/https://collections.lacma.org/node/215098 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |url-status=live}}
• The Caucus Race (1998), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles{{cite web |title=The Caucus Race |url=https://www.moca.org/collection/work/the-caucus-race |website=MOCA |publisher=Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629173004/https://www.moca.org/collection/work/the-caucus-race |archive-date=29 June 2016 |url-status=live}}
• Delphine (1999), Art Institute of Chicago;{{cite web |title=Delphine |url=https://www.artic.edu/artworks/184193/delphine |website=ArtIC |year=1999 |publisher=Art Institute of Chicago |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619061304/https://www.artic.edu/artworks/184193/delphine |archive-date=19 June 2021 |url-status=live}} and Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany{{cite web |title=Delphine |url=https://onlinekatalog.kunsthalle-bremen.de/DE-MUS-027614/object/1016 |website=Kunsthalle Bremen |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208024749/https://onlinekatalog.kunsthalle-bremen.de/DE-MUS-027614/object/1016 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=de |url-status=live}}
• Red-Green-Blue Sun (2000), Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, California{{cite web |title=Red-Green-Blue Sun |url=https://webapps.cspace.berkeley.edu/bampfa/search/search/?idnumber=2000.10.a-i&displayType=full&maxresults=1&start=1 |website=Berkeley |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=20 September 2022}}
• Six-Color Video Wall (2000), Whitney Museum, New York{{cite web |title=Six-Color Video Wall |url=https://whitney.org/collection/works/12783 |website=Whitney |publisher=Whitney Museum |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703103015/https://whitney.org/collection/works/12783 |archive-date=3 July 2021 |url-status=live}}
• RGB Windows for MOCA (2001), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles{{cite web |title=RGB Windows for MOCA |url=https://www.moca.org/collection/work/rgb-windows-for-moca |website=MOCA |publisher=Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629173013/https://www.moca.org/collection/work/rgb-windows-for-moca |archive-date=29 June 2016 |url-status=live}}
• Perfect Devotion Six (2006), Los Angeles County Museum of Art{{cite web |title=Perfect Devotion Six |url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/215136 |website=LACMA |publisher=Los Angeles County Museum of Art |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029203437/https://collections.lacma.org/node/215136 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |url-status=live}}
• Blitz (2008), The Broad, Los Angeles{{cite web |title=Blitz |url=https://www.thebroad.org/art/diana-thater/blitz |website=The Broad |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611193405/https://www.thebroad.org/art/diana-thater/blitz |archive-date=11 June 2017 |url-status=live}}
• Untitled (Butterfly Video Wall #1) (2008), Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California{{cite web |title=Untitled (Butterfly Video Wall #1) |url=https://collections.sbma.net/objects/27385/untitled-butterfly-video-wall-1? |website=SBMA |publisher=Santa Barbara Museum of Art |access-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920002032/https://collections.sbma.net/objects/27385/untitled-butterfly-video-wall-1? |archive-date=20 September 2022 |url-status=live}}
• Untitled (Butterfly Video Wall #2) (2008), San Jose Museum of Art, California{{cite web |title=Untitled (Butterfly Video Wall #2) |url=https://sjmusart.org/embark/objects-1/info?query=Artist_Maker%20%3D%20%22995%22&sort=0 |website=SJMusArt |publisher=San Jose Museum of Art |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919235530/https://sjmusart.org/embark/objects-1/info?query=Artist_Maker%20%3D%20%22995%22&sort=0 |archive-date=19 September 2022 |url-status=live}}
• Female Gyr-Peregrine Falcon (Shumla) (2012), Art Institute of Chicago{{cite web |title=Female Gyr-Peregrine Falcon (Shumla) |url=https://www.artic.edu/artworks/249309/female-gyr-peregrine-falcon-shumla |website=ArtIC |publisher=Art Institute of Chicago |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925081337/https://www.artic.edu/artworks/249309/female-gyr-peregrine-falcon-shumla |archive-date=25 September 2020 |url-status=live}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100825143644/http://www.egs.edu/faculty/diana-thater/biography/ Diana Thater.] Faculty page at European Graduate School (Biography, filmography, photos and video lectures)
• [http://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/diana-thater/ Diana Thater at David Zwirner]. Gallery. New York. (Biography, press and selected Works)
• [http://www.thaterstudio.com Diana Thater Studio]
• [http://www.museum-joanneum.at/de/kunsthaus/ausstellungen_3/diana_thater Diana Thater's GorillaGorillaGorilla at Kunsthaus Graz, 2009]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071115032833/http://www.diacenter.org/exhibs/thater/knots/index.html#biblio Diana Thater's knots + surfaces at Dia, 2001]
• [http://www.cmoa.org/international/html/art/thater.htm Diana Thater at Carnegie Museum of Art]
• [http://www.savejapandolphins.org/ The Dolphin Project]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071231101516/http://www.ghw.ch/index.php Hauser & Wirth, London & Zurich]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20131003044826/http://kadist.org/en/people/diana-thater Diana Thater's profile] at Kadist Art Foundation

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