Dianne Gall is a contemporary Australian painter whose practice spans more than four decades. Celebrated for her luminous realism, Gall creates psychologically charged interiors and figures that explore solitude, identity, and the subtle dramas of human presence. Her paintings, rendered in oil with meticulous attention to light and detail, capture a heightened stillness that is both cinematic and deeply intimate.

Gall has exhibited extensively across Australia and internationally since the late 1980s. She has presented over twenty solo exhibitions, including with Nanda\Hobbs (Sydney, 2020 and 2025), Metro Gallery (Melbourne, 2017), Brenda May Gallery (Sydney, 2014), Beaver Galleries (Canberra, 2009, 2005, 2012), and Hill Smith Gallery (Adelaide, 2006). Her work has also been showcased at major art fairs such as the Melbourne Art Fair, Sydney Contemporary, Palm Springs Art Fair (USA), LA Art Show (USA), and Pulse Contemporary Art Fair (New York).

Gall’s practice has gained international recognition through significant group exhibitions, including Visions of Venus at Zhou B Art Center (Chicago, 2018), Objects of Desire at Bernarducci Gallery (New York, 2018), and Painting the Figure Now at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (Wisconsin, 2021). In 2025, her work featured in Transcending Tradition, the inaugural exhibition at the Bennett Schmidt Pavilion, Muskegon Museum of Art, Michigan, highlighting her as part of The Bennett Collection of Women Realist Artists.

Her paintings are held in major public and private collections, including Artbank, Parliament House (Canberra), Bond University, and the Bennett Collection (USA), as well as numerous collections across Australia, the United States, and Europe.

Over the years, Gall’s work has been widely discussed in critical publications such as Australian Art Collector, American Art Collector, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, and The Canberra Times. Her practice has also been profiled on ABC Radio and Television, podcasts including John Dalton’s "Gently Does It", and multiple international platforms.

Gall remains a vital figure in contemporary realism. Her paintings capturing the tension between elegance and unease, intimacy and estrangement. Inspired by Film Noir, Gall evokes a bygone era with all its mystery, intrigue and psychological interplay, yet her women are strident and powerful, even in uncertainty.