DIANE PIERI

dianepieri@gmail.com
Work can be seen on www.dianepieri.com, InLiquid.com, aPA.org, printcenter.org

EDUCATION

1969
BFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

1966-67
Tyler in Rome Program, Rome, Italy

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
Once Upon a Time, #5 Butchie Alley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2020
Selected Paintings, The National, Philadelphia, PA

2019
Day to Dusk, Cerulean Arts Collective, Philadelphia, PA

2017
Landscape Fragments, Cerulean Arts Collective, Philadelphia, PA

2015
INDIA: Beauty in the everyday, Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, PA

2014
Phases of The Sun, LaSalle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2013
Intimacies of India, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2012
From Then Till Now, The Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA

Waterfall Journeys, Chestnut Hill College Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010
Waterfall Journeys, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2008
Flotillas, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Sightseeing at Mount Meru, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Sacred Lakes, St Joseph’s University Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Sacred Lakes, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2000
Day and Night on Earth, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Symbolic Landscapes, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA

1998
Symbolic Landscapes, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1997
Tears of Living, The Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO

Fire Danger High, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1996
Three Hours Later, Porter Gallery, U of CA Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

1994
Tears of Living, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1992
New Work, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Paintings, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA

1990
Good Luck Bundles, Broad Street Window, U of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

New Work, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1988
Paintings and Sculpture, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1987
Sculpture, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

1986
Guardian Angels, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

Small Sculpture, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1983
Recent Paintings, Noel Butcher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1981
Paintings, Systems and Technology Corp., Malvern, PA

1979
Challenge Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

1974
Paintings, American Medical Association, Philadelphia, PA

1970
Paintings, US Embassy, Bucharest, Romania

 

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

2015
The Goodness Garden, Wayne Avenue SEPTA Overpass Bridge, Mural Arts Program,
Philadelphia PA

2014
Voyages in The Forest, Forest Ridge Elementary School, College Station, Texas

2013
Dear Carl, By (sic) Carrots, Love Mollie: When Jewish Food was the Family Business, Co-curator, Temple Judea Museum, Elkins Park, PA

2013
Sounds of The Forest, Forest Ridge Elementary School, College Station, Texas

2012
Anthropologie, collaboration on apparel design, USA

2012
Walnut Lane Flowers Restoration, SEPTA Overpass-Tulpehocken Station, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

2012
Evening in A Magical Forest, Forest Ridge Elementary School, College Station, Texas

2011
Cruz Bay Courtyard (continuation), Cruz Recreation Center, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia

2011
Forest Ridge Marketplace, Forest Ridge Elementary School, College Station, Texas

2010
A Magical Forest, Forest Ridge Elementary School, College Station, Texas

2009
Forest Flowers, Forest Ridge Elementary School, College Station, Texas

2008
Floral Arrangements, 1% for Art,RDA, Philadelphia, PA (unrealized)

My Journey From South Africa, Lead Artist, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Flowering Friendship Plates, Lowell Elementary School, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

2006
Manayunk Stoops: Heart and Home, Manayunk Canal Towpath, commissioned by Fairmount Park Art Association, Philadelphia, PA

Cruz Bay Courtyard, Cruz Recreation Center, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Many Voices, Many Eyes, John Paul Jones Middle School, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

Waterview Island, Waterview Recreation Center Spray Park, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Walnut Lane Flowers, SEPTA Overpass –Tulpehocken Station, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

2002
Turtle Bay, 48th & Woodland Recreation Center, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Starr Garden, Starr Garden Recreation Center, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

 

GRANTS & AWARDS

2022
Illuminate The Arts Individual Artist Grant, Philadelphia, PA

2021
Illuminate The Arts Individual Artist Grant, Philadelphia, PA

2011
Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts, Independence Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Philadelphia Invitational Portfolio, Philagrafika, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts, Independence Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Pollock-Krasner Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY

1994
Visiting Artist Fellowship, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA

1992
Pollock-Krasner Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY

Individual Creative Artist Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Harrisburg, PA

1991
Artist-in-Residence, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY

1990
Artist-in-Residence, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH Artist-in-Residence, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2022
Once Upon a Time, Youtube video, John Thornton

2022
Once Upon a Time, Robin Rice, Art Critic

2017
Catamaran magazine, Vol.5, Issue 1, Spring 2017, pp 137,138,142

Beyond Boundaries-Feminine Forms, exhibition catalog, essay by Mechella Yezernitskaya, p.32, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

Elephants Marched on the Avenue, Youtube, Germantown Historic Society, Philadelphia

2015
Poetic Visions and Phases of the Sun at LaSalle University Museum, theartartblog.org

2013
Intimacies of India, YouTube film, John Thornton

2010
Diane Pieri- A Space For Joy, YouTube film, John Thornton

2009
“Fifth Graders Star in Art Show”, Traver Riggings,, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7,

“Flowering Up Forest”, The Eagle, College Station, Texas, January 17, p.A7

2007
Public Art Review, Spring/Summer, Issue 36, p.91

2006
More Philadelphia Murals and the stories they tell, Jane Golden, Robin Rice, Natalie Pompilio, Temple University Press, pp 102,131-132

“A Transformation, step by step”, Dafney Tales, The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 10,  B4

“Germantown artist Diane Pieri finds inspiration in ‘stoops’ of Manayunk”, Jeremy Barker, Germantown Courier, September 27, p. 4

“Art along the Towpath”, Jeremy Barker, The Review, September 13, pp. 1 and 6

“Making the Grade”, Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, June 7-13, p. 37

2005
“A neighborly pursuit that’s fast fading away”, Stephan Salisbury, The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 16, Where We Live- G5

2003
“Great Lakes”, Susan Hagen, Philadelphia City Paper, September 25- October 5, p. 28

2001
New Land Marks: public art, community and the meaning of place, exhibition book, ed. Penny Balkin Bach, pp. 128-133

2000
Pieri, exhibition catalog, essay by David Carr, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA “Sight Unseen”, Robin Rice, Philadelphia City Paper, September 28- October 5, pp. 28-29

“Material Wealth”, Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, September 27, p. 55

“Fusion of East and West”, Edward J. Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 7, p. 35

New American Paintings, #27, The Open Studio Press, pp. 122-125

1998
“Symbolic Landscapes”, Edward J. Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 7, p. 35

“New Religion- Exploring divine inspiration at the Art Alliance”, Robin Rice, Philadelphia City Paper, July 24-30, p. 35

1997
“Western Union: Diane Pieri, Fire Danger High”, Robin Rice, Philadelphia City Paper, April 11-17, pp. 32-33

1994
“Diane Pieri at More”, Miriam Seidel, Art in America, November, p. 135

1993
No Man’s Land, exhibition catalog, essay by Monroe Denton, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY

1992
Diane Pieri, exhibition catalog, essay by Impala Corona, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA

1990
Contemporary Philadelphia Artists, exhibition catalog, essays by Alice Beamsdorfer, Danielle Rice and Paula Marincola, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

1988
10 X 12: A Decade of Fleisher Challenge Artists, exhibition catalog, curated by Lanny Bergner, essays by Jody Pinto, Martha Chahroudi, Anne Percey and Judith Tannenbaum, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

1983
Five Years of Fleisher Challenge Exhibitions, exhibition catalog, curated by Stephen Talasnik, essays by Penny Balkin Bach and David Pease, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1982
Collage and Assemblage, exhibition catalog, curated by Francis Nauman, essay by Francis Nauman, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS (Traveling Exhibition)

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Art Museum at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

LaSalle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

The American Consulate, Hong Kong, China

Sapporo Hilton, Sapporo, Japan

State Committee for Culture and Art, Bucharest, Romania

Hewlett Packard, Denver, CO

Walden Group, Palo Alto, CA

Print & Picture Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Aramark Corporation, Philadelphia, PA

Arcadia University, Glenside, PA

William & Uytendale Scott Memorial Study Collection, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

Systems & Technology Corporation, Malvern, PA

State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

Numerous private collections

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997- 2022
Teaching Artist, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2012- 2015
Teaching Artist, The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia PA

2002- 2017
Adjunct Professor, Department of General Studies, Thomas Jefferson University,    Philadelphia, PA

2009- 2020
Teaching Artist, Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership, Philadelphia PA

2005- 2013
Founder and Artist-in-Residence, Cooke Museum of Art, Jay Cooke Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA

2013
Co-Curator, Dear Carl, By (sic) carrots, Love Mollie: When Jewish Food Was the Family Business, Temple Judea Museum. Keneseth Israel Synagogue, Elkins Park, PA