Contact Information
Crane Arts Building
1400 North American Street, Studio 204
Philadelphia, PA 19122
www.dkoppisch.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.
Artist Statement
Love of color, the sense of translucent depth and the surprise of the unexpected have fueled my re-entry to designing on silk. I have spent the last few years working with a variety of printmaking techniques prior to succumbing to the urge to once again make textiles. The images are produced through a variety of resist printmaking and direct painting techniques using dyes on the silk. The richness and variety of silk surfaces, sometimes combined with stitching and fusing, is endlessly fascinating to me.
Artist Bio
Dianne Koppisch Hricko is a printmaker/painter currently working with fiber-reactive dyes on silk. She employs deconstructed silk screening, direct painting and discharge to produce both yardage and images. Her work exploits the layered transparency possible in this medium building rich and ambiguous surface. Color has always been a driving force behind her work.
Having retired from teaching Art in the public schools Dianne is thrilled to be part of the art community in the Crane Arts building. Her large studio provides ample space to do yardage printing and is equipped with both a litho and etching press. She is putting into practice the years of teaching art to others.
Professional Experience
2005 – present
Adjunct Faculty, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, P
2005
Adjunct Faculty, Tyler School of Art , Elkins Park, PA
Supervisor of Student Teachers
1994 – 2003
Adjunct Faculty, Rosemont College Art, Rosemont, PA
1980 – 2004
Art instructor, Upper Darby High School, Upper Darby, PA
Advanced Placement in Studio Art, Studio Art and Graduation Seminar
1979 – 1980
1980 Winter Olympics, Assistant Manager of Social Programs
1979
Teaching Assistantship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Teacher/Crafts Institute
1978 – 1979
Art instructor, Upper Darby High School, Upper Darby, PA
Fiber Arts, Drawing and Painting
1973 – 1978
Art instructor, K-8 schools in Buffalo, NY; East Greenbush, NY; and Upper Darby, PA
Selected Exhibitions
2010
Inside Out, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Seventh International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie, Carnegie Center, New Albany, IN
2009
Absolutely Abstract, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Prize winner
Contemporary Voices, Woodmere Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Artful Accessories, Philadelphia, Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Women’s Art Show, Riverfront Renaissance Center, Millville, NJ
2008 -2010
Sum of The Parts: Surface Design Association Membership Exhibition 07’, Traveling Show
Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; J. Wayne Stark Gallery, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX; The Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN;
Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan, KS
2008
Dear Fleisher, 4 x 6 Inches of Art, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA
Invitational
Fibers Invitational, the Buyers Market
2007
Synthesis: Friends of 705, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
The Art + Furniture Experience II, Inliquid at Dane Decor, Philadelphia PA
National Open Exhibition American Color Print Society, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
Surface Design Association Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Plastic Club, Philadelphia PA
2006
Upper Darby Group Show, Thyme Gallery, Havertown, PA
Dear Fleisher, 4 x 6 Inches of Art, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA
Invitational
Other
2006 – 2009
POST, Philadelphia Open Studio Tour, Philadelphia, PA
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