Artist's Statement
After graduating from Moore College of Art and Design in 1966 with a BFA in Graphic Design, I entered the art world in Philadelphia in the areas of package design, corporate logo and promotional design, and worked with magazine layout and design for Ranger Rick, a locally published animal and nature magazine for children.
After 10 years working in the city and freelancing on my own, I decided to return to fine art and my love of printmaking. I worked mainly with linocuts and collagraphs for twelve years and was represented in five tri-state area galleries.
My fascination with color, texture, and pattern has always been my driving force and has allowed me to express and create with techniques that continue to challenge me.
Today, I am a professional papermaker who continues to enjoy color, texture, and pattern combining it now with my collagraph printmaking techniques on my own handmade papers.
I am currently represented by the William Ris Gallery in Stone Harbor, NJ and my artwork continues to be exhibited and collected both nationally and internationally.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 “Paper / Print / Collage" Waverly Gallery, Waverly Heights, Gladwyne, PA
2013 “Paper / Print / Collage"
Fireside Gallery, Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA
2007 Princeton University, Women & Gender Studies Gallery, Princeton, NJ
2007 Nassau Club, Princeton, NJ
1998 Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA
1997 “Recent Works,” Artforms Gallery Manayunk, Phila., PA
1995 Café Procopio, Wayne, PA (Solo Show)
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
JURIED
2015
Main Line Art Center, Professional Artist Member’s Exhibition, Haverford, PA
2014
Museo della Carta e della Filigrana, International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA) 2014 Congress,
Members’ Exhibition “The Nexus of Craft and Fine Art in Papermaking”, Fabriano, Italy
2012
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, National Collage Society 28th Annual, Collegeville, PA
2010
Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, “Paper Runway” with Robert C. Williams Paper Museum, Atlanta, GA (Traveling
Exhibition)
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile, “Paper Runway”, with Robert C. Williams Paper Museum, Atlanta, GA
(Traveling Exhibition)
Galeria La Sala, Santiago, Chile, “Paper Runway” with Robert C.
Williams Paper Museum, Atlanta, GA (Traveling Exhibition)
2009
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA, “Pulp Function”
with Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA (Traveling Exhibition)
Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, “Pulp Function” with Fuller Craft
Museum, Brockton, MA (Traveling Exhibition)
2008 - Traveling Exhibitions
Georgia Tech/Robert C. Williams Paper Museum’s Neely Library,
Friends of Dard Hunter Conference Juried Exhibition “Paper
Runway”, Atlanta, GA
Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA, “Pulp Function” with
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Worcester Center for Craft, Worcester, MA, “Pulp Function” with
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center, Casper, WY, “Pulp
Function” with Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, “Pulp Function” with Fuller Craft
Museum, Brockton, MA
2007
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, “Pulp Function", curator, Lloyd Herman (Traveling Exhibition)
1991
“In Our Circle”, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
1987
Woodmere Art Museum Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
INVITATIONAL
2014 - “FiberNext,” Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington , DE
2013 - Main Line Art Center, Professional Artists’ Exhibition, Haverford, PA
2012 - Featherstone Center for the Arts, “The Art of Handmade Paper”,
Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2011 - Cerulean Arts Gallery, “Is It Time?” Philadelphia, PA
2010 - “Paper Awareness” Guild of Papermakers, Perkins
Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ
2008 - “Paper Awareness” Guild of Papermakers, Cheltenham
Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
2007 - Brandywine Realty Trust, Art on the Avenue, Main Line Art Center,
three-person show, Radnor, PA
2005 - Lamia Ink! At Art Forum JARFO, “Together – Again,” Kyoto, Japan
2004 - “Eudamonia,” Ten Southern New Jersey Women Artists,
Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Milleville, PA
1998 - “Book Arts & Computer Imaging,” Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod
Community College, West Barnstable, MA
1996 - Pulp Formation,” Moore College of Art and Design, Phila., PA – Curator
1995 - "Woman Works ’95,” Women’s Resource Center, Wayne, PA
1994 - “Paper Awareness II,” Guild of Papermakers,
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
1993 - “Paper Awareness I,” Guild of Papermakers,
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
1992 - “Plus 6,” Catherine Starr Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1991 - “Woman Works ’91,” Women’s Resource Center, Wayne, PA
1990 -“Art at the Armory,” Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
1989 - Alumnae Exhibition, Moore College of Art and Design,
Arts and Commerce Gallery at the Chamber, Philadelphia, PA
1988 - Suburban Hospital Invitational, Norristown, PA
1987 - Historic Yellow Springs Invitational, Yellow Springs, PA
COMMISSIONS
Insurance Company of North America, 1980-1981
Riley Law Associates Ltd. 1989
Elizabeth Studios / The Art Source – residential
Numerous private commissions
WORKSHOPS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Historic RittenhouseTown, “Paper Vessels,” Philadelphia, PA
The Wetlands Institute, “Paper Vessels,” children’s art program, Stone Harbor, NJ
PUBLICATIONS
2008
COLLAGE, ASSEMBLAGE, AND ALTERED ART by Dianne Maurer-Mathison, published by Watson-Guptill
2006
PAPER IN THREE DIMENSIONS by Dianne Maurer-Mathison, published by Watson-Guptill
2005
CRAFTS REPORT magazine, Crafts Insight: Book Arts and Paper- page 23, September 2005
1998
PAPER ART by Diane Maurer-Mathison, published by Watson-Guptill
1995
FIBERARTS DESIGN BOOK FIVE, Fiberarts Magazine
EDUCATION, PERSONAL DATA AND MEMBERSHIPS
EDUCATION
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1966
Concentration in Graphic Design
PERSONAL DATA
Moore College of Art and Design Board of Managers 1992-1998;
Board of Trustees 1996-1998
Artforms Gallery Manayunk Board of Directors 1996-1998
Wayne Art Center President/Board Chairman 1993
Wayne Art Center Exhibition Committee 1991-1992
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Art Invitational
Art Committee Chairman 1985-1990
Upper Merion Cultural Center Board of Directors 1980-1982
Moore College of Art and Design Alumnae Association Board of Directors, Exec. Comm. 1980-1982
MEMBERSHIPS
The Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking,
Atlanta, GA – 1998-present
The Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc., Atlanta, GA – 1994-present
Guild of Papermakers, Philadelphia, PA – 1990-present
IAPMA – International Association of Hand Papermakers and
Paper Artists – 2008-present
American Craft Council, New York, NY -1986-present
American Color Print Society, Philadelphia, PA – 2005-present
Surface Design Association – 2008-present
Philadelphia/Tri State Artist Equity Assoc. Inc.- 2011-present
National Collage Society- 2011-present
Main Line Art Center Professional Artist Membership – 2011-present