Artist Profile - Dianne Firth
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Red River Flowing
Artist's Statement
I have been involved in art and craft most of my life although quiltmaking has been my passion for the past twenty-five years. Starting with traditional bed quilts, 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.
An accredited member of Craft ACT and part of the recently formed art quilt group tACTile, I am also head of the Landscape Architecture Department at the University of Canberra, Australia, where my work includes teaching landscape design, history and theory.
For more information please contact Dianne.Firth@canberra.edu.au
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Quilt National 2003, USA and world tour, 2003 - 2005
re-fabricating relationships, Braemar Gallery, Springwood, NSW. 2004
Dare to Differ, Prospect Gallery, SA. 2001, 2004
28th Alice Craft Acquisition, Alice Springs, NT. 2003
Spirit and Strength, Husqvarna Viking Gallery of Quilt Art, USA and world tour. 2003- 2005
The New Quilt, Manly Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW. 2004
Pathways, national tour. 2003-2004
World Quilt and Textile, USA tour. 2003
Quilted Journeys: Stories of Immigration, Immigration Museum, Melbourne, Vic and USA. 2001-2002
Transformations Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Qld. 2002
Expressions: the Wool Quilt Prize, The National Wool Museum, Geelong, Vic. 2000 and 2002
The European Quilt Expo, Barcelona, Spain. 2002, Strasbourg, France 2000.
Trademarks, Craft ACT Craft and Design Centre, Canberra, ACT. 2002
Under the Southern Cross, European tour. 2001
Twisted: Interpretations of Australian Landscapes, Australian and world tour. 2001-2002
Celebration Quilts 2001, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT, Montsalvat, Vic. 2001-2002 Dame Mary Durack Outback Craft Awards, Museum, Brisbane, Qld.
Australian Bounty, world tour. 2000
Horizons, world tour. 2000
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