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.
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 has taught at the University of the Arts, Tyler School of Art and Fleisher Art Memorial.
2005 – present
Adjunct Faculty, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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
2017
Heartstrings Quilt Guild, Wynnewood, PA
2014
SAQA/Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wayne, PA
2012
SDA Conference, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Heartstrings Quilt Guild, Wynnewood, PA
2023
Unfolding, Bloomington Art Museum, Bloomingdale, IL
2021
Fiber and Dance, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2020 - 2021
Monoprinting, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2019 – 2020
Slow Stitching, Fast Dyeing, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Senior Outreach Thermofax & Shibori, Rutgers College, Camden, NJ
Dyeing to Learn: Resist Techniques, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Dyeing to Learn More, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Patterned Play, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Dyeing to Learn, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Conquering Complements, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Shibori Dyeing, Potomac Fiber Arts Guild, Alexandria, VA
Shibori Dyeing, Heartstrings Quilt Guild, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Make Your Mark, PAEA Conference, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Breakdown Monoprinting, PAEA Conference, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2006 – 2009
POST, Philadelphia Open Studio Tour, Philadelphia, PA
ACN, Art Cloth Network, Membership Co-Chair
SDA, Surface Design Association
TSGNY, Textile Study Group of New York
SAQA, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Member
InLiquid, Member Artist
2025
Pop Up, Claudia Mills, Philadelphia, PA
2022
Dance at the Pier, Collaboration with The Philadelphia Ballet and Fleisher, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Permutations, Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA
2021
Project Ruffway, The Ritz Carlton, Philadelphia, PA
2020
CRAFT!, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Poised and Forceful, Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Confluence, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Life/Death/Rebirth, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Natures Mark, Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ
2012
Atmospheric, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Into the Woods, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2026
Layers, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
2025
Blurred Boundaries, Arts Council of Moore County, Southern Pines, NC
ReVision, Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Bloomingdale, IL
Power in Materiality, TSGNY, Virtual Gallery
Spaces Between, Florida Craft Art, St. Petersburg, FL
2024
Unfolding, Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno, NV
2023
Industry & Luxury, Kremerer Decorative Arts Museum, Bethlehem, PA
Unfolding, Bloomington Art Museum, Bloomingdale, IL
Wide Open, Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Bloomingdale, IL
2022
Open Space, Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, TX
2020
Full Circle & Unbound, InLiquid Gallery, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery 29, Textile Study Group of New York, Online Gallery
The Space Between, Krempp Gallery, Jasper Art Center, Jasper, IN
Unbound, Cape Cod Cultural Center, South Yarmouth, MA
Full Circle, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
2019
Unbound, Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, WA
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
2015
Material View, Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, IL
2014
What the Fiber, West Windsor Art Center, Trenton, NJ
2013
Illumination, Gamble Gallery, Dunedin, FL
24 x 80, Palos Verde Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
2012
Lines and Numbers, White Space, Old School, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Uncommon Threads, Artworks, Trenton, NJ
Artwear, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Inside Out, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Fibers Biennial, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Form Not Function: Quilt Art, The Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, NY
