Bio

Diana Cheren Nygren is a photography based artist located in Boston, Massachusetts. Her work explores the relationship of people to their physical environment and landscape as a setting for human activity. She was trained as an art historian focussed on modern and contemporary art, and the relationship of artistic production to its socio-political context. Diana's photographic work is the culmination of a life-long investment in the power of art and visual culture to shape and influence social change, addressing serious questions through a blend of documentary practice, invention, and humor. Her project "When the Trees are Gone" has been featured in numerous publications and has been shown in galleries and museums worldwide. Among the awards won for this project are Discovery of the Year in the 2020 Tokyo International Foto Awards, 2nd place in Fine Art/Collage in the 2020 International Photo Awards, as well as being a finalist for Fresh2020, Urban2020, the Hopper Prize, and OpenImage Barcelona. The project "The Persistence of Family" has been shown across the globe and was awarded a Lensculture Critic's Choice Award, Best New Talent win the 2021 Prix de la Photographie, Best of Shoot in the 2021 London International Creative Competition, 2nd place in the International Photo Awards, and has appeared in numerous publications. In Spring 2022 "The Persistence of Family" was featured in solo shows at the Soho Photo Gallery and at the CICA Museum in Gimpo, South Korea, and October 2024 was exhibited in Singapore.