Diane Belgrod is a contemporary painter based in San Diego, California, working with emotional experience, color, and form. Her current series, Before Form, explores the gathering of energy through color before it becomes fixed into form. Her practice also includes Paint the Mother, which examines the lived experience of motherhood. She received her B.S. from New York University. Her work has been included in group exhibitions, including the Every Woman Biennial at La MaMa Galleria, New York, which was covered by The New York Times and Hyperallergic. She has also exhibited at Brooklyn Fire Proof, Trans-cen-der Art, and The Sideshow Gallery in Brooklyn.