Dianne Firth: Profile and Quilts

Dianne Firth: Profile and Quilts

Artist Statement:

Starting with traditional bed quilts several decades ago, I have moved to using the quilt medium as a vehicle to explore issues and express ideas. Many of my works are informed by my training as a landscape architect and also from my observations of the relationships and interactions between nature and people. Using a process of abstraction I like to manipulate line, colour and texture to capture an idea, highlight an issue, or evoke a visual and emotional response in the viewer.

My quilts are held in public and private collections in Australia, Europe and USA including the Powerhouse Museum Sydney, Museum of Australia, Canberra, University of Canberra Art Collection, Wangaratta Gallery Victoria and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.

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RECENT EXHIBITIONS

QUILT NATIONAL, Athens, Ohio, USA 2011, 2007
ELEMENTS, tACTile Travelling Exhibition 2011-2012
COLLECTIONS, tACTile Travelling Exhibition 2009-2010
EYELINE, tACTile Travelling Exhibition 2007-2008
FIVE SQUARED, tACTile Travelling Exhibition 2005-2006
CREATIVE PRACTICE, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT, 2011
UNCONTAINED, Craft ACT Craft & Design Centre, 2011
EXPRESSIONS, Geelong Wool Museum, 2010, 2008, 2006
QUILT VISIONS, Oceanside Museum of Art, San Diego 2010
ART QUILT ELEMENTS, Wayne Art Center, Philadelphia 2010, 2008
THE NEW QUILT, Manly Art Gallery, 2010, 2006
ART QUILT AUSTRALIA 09, Craft ACT, 2009
PROGRESSIONS¸ Toowoomba Regional Art G
A RED WORLD, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, Vic, 2008
COLLECTED, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, Vic. 2007
TOKYO INTERNATIONAL GREAT QUILT FESTIVAL, Tokyo, 2008
CONTEMPORARY QUILTS FROM AUSTRALIA, Museum of the American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, USA, 2005
ACROSS AUSTRALIA, Panorama Mesdag, The Hague, Netherlands and Middle Eastern tour, 2005.