Beauty, mystery and power exist within color. I strive as an artist to make these qualities visible by working intuitively building texture and pattern combined with a translucent depth, embracing the surprise of the unexpected. I strive to find satisfying compositions working abstractly with geometric shapes and color harmonies. I approach dyeing as painting, but unlike paint, dye colors do not fully reveal themselves until the image is washed, requiring both intuition and faith to match my vision to the final result. I am engaged in this waltz between the process and the final product, my vision and its affect.
Artist Biography
Dianne Koppisch Hricko is a printmaker and painter currently working with dyes on fabrics and paper. She employs deconstructed silk screening, direct painting, discharge and shibori to produce both yardage and images. She exploits the layered transparency possible in this medium building rich and ambiguous surface. Color has always been a driving force in her work. Dianne maintains a studio in the Crane Arts building, lives in Philadelphia with the printmaker Richard Hricko and teaches at the University of the Arts, Tyler School of Art and Fleisher Art Memorial.
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
Exhibitions
2022
Dance at the Pier, Collaboration with the Philadelphia Ballet and Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Open Space, Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, TX
2021
Project Ruffway, The Ritz Carlton, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Time Unbound, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery 29, Textile Study Group of New York, online gallery
CRAFT!, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Poised and Forceful, InLiquid at Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA
The Space Between, Krempp Gallery, Jasper Art Center, Jasper, IN
Unbound, Cape Cod Cultural Center, South Yarmouth, MA
Full Circle, Art Cloth Network at Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Unbound, Art Cloth Network at Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, LA Conner, WA
2018 Confluence, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Life/Death/Rebirth, Philadelphia Arts Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2017 RED, Noho-M55 Gallery, New York, NY
Color Affects, Warren Cultural Center, Greenfield, IA
Material View, Miami International Airport, Miami, FL
2016 Material View, Legacy Arts Park Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL
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
