RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
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 “Dance at the Pier” Collaboration with The Philadelphia Ballet and Fleisher, Philadelphia PA.
“Open Space” Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Austin TX
2021 “Project Ruffway” The Ritz Carlton, Philadelphia PA.
2020 “Full Circle & Unbound” Inliquid Gallery, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
“Gallery 29” Textile Study Group of New York, Online Gallery.
“CRAFT!”, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA.
“Poised and Forceful”, 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” Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN.
“The Gold Standard” Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY.
2019 “Unbound” Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, LA Conner WA.
2018 “Confluence: teaching, making, ideation and innovation” Inliquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
“Life/Death/Rebirth” Philadelphia Art 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.
2015 “Material View” Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston IL.
2014 “What the Fiber” West Windsor Art Center, Trenton NJ.
2013 “Natures Mark” Hunterdon Museum, Clinton NJ.
“Illumination” Gamble Gallery, Dunedin FL.
“24 x 80” Palos Verde Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes CA.
2012 “Permutations” Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia PA.
“Atmospheric” Main Line Art Center, Haverford PA.
“Into the Woods” Crane Arts, Philadelphia PA.
“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.
2009 “Sum of The Parts” SDA Member Exhibition, Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan KS.
“Absolutely Abstract” Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA. Prize Winner.
“Contemporary Voices” Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA.
“Herstory” Riverfront Renaissance Center, Millville NJ.
2008 “Dear Fleisher, Invitational” Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA.
“Sum of the Parts” SDA Member Exhibition, The Goldstein Museum of Design, St. Paul, MN.
“Sum of The Parts” SDA Member Exhibition, J. Wayne Stark Gallery, College Station, TX.
“Sum of The Parts” SDA Member Exhibition, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX.
SELECTED CITATIONS
2021 Spotlight: Dianne Koppisch Hricko, Fiber Artist, Create Whimsy, April.
2018 CraftNOW Has Gift Ideas from Philly’s Finest Artists, 6abc, December.
Confluence: Teaching, Making, Ideation and Innovation, Wall Street International, November.
2013 Exploring Natures Mark at the Hunterdon Art Museum, Fiber Art Now, Summer.
2012 Atmospheric at Main Line Art Center, DoNArTNeWs, November.
LECTURES:
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.
SELECTED WORKSHOPS:
2020 - 2021 Monoprinting, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA.
Watch a short demonstration of me monoprinting here
2019 – 2020 Slow Stitching, Fast Dyeing, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA.
2019 Senior Outreach Thermofax & Shibori, Rutgers College, Camden, NJ.
2019 Dyeing to Learn: Resist Techniques, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA.
2018 Dyeing to Learn More, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA.
2018 Patterned Play, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA.
2017 Dyeing to Learn, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA.
2017 Conquering Complements, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA.
2017 Shibori Dyeing, Potomac Fiber Arts Guild, Alexandria VA.
2017 Shibori Dyeing, Heartstrings Quilt Guild, Philadelphia PA.
2016 Make Your Mark, PAEA Conference, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia PA.
2016 Breakdown Monoprinting, PAEA Conference, University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
2005 – 2019
Adjunct Faculty, The University of the Arts
Field Supervisor for Art Education Student Teachers, Instructor of Introduction to Art Education, Elementary Methods, Secondary Methods and Student Teaching Seminar.
2005 – 2006
Adjunct Faculty, Temple University
Field Supervisor for Art Education Student Teachers
1994 – 2003
Adjunct Faculty, Rosemont College
Art in the Secondary Schools
1980 – 2004
Art Teacher, Upper Darby High School
Advanced Placement in Studio Art, Studio Art and Graduation Seminar
1979
Teaching Assistantship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Teacher/Crafts Institute.
1969-1980
Full Time Art Teacher Public Schools in Buffalo NY, East Greenbush NY and Upper Darby PA
EDUCATION:
1981 – Present Masters equivalent and 60+ hours of graduate work in education, fine arts, and design. The University of the Arts, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Haystack School of Art, Art New England and Delaware County Intermediate Unit.
1981 Masters Equivalent Certification, based on studio credits from State University of New York College at Buffalo and Albany, The Philadelphia College of Art, Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
1977 Permanent Certification in New York and Pennsylvania.
1969 B.S. Art Education, State University of New York College at Buffalo.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
National Art Education Association
Pennsylvania Art Education Association
Surface Design Association
Art Cloth Network