Dyanna Dimick explores the human relationship with the natural world.
Dyanna perpetually collects materials for tools and inspiration. She selects specific materials for their initial color, texture or shape. The act of collecting keeps her attuned to her direct environment. Dyanna challenges her own consumption habits through the reuse of goods that already exist. An ecological consciousness lies close to her heart.
Items we overlook like sun-bleached plastic and vintage paper- these are the foundation for Dyanna's work, whether they make it into the finished piece or not. The materials used are a snapshot of her current surroundings and time. The artist keeps a balance between a pleasant abstract aesthetic with muted natural colors and less refined materials. Man made materials invade our landscapes, it invades her work in the same way.
Dyanna’s language of carefully selected materials and natural elements aims to connect us to our environment. Her signature lexicon of saw blade waves represent the relationship between the harshness of the industrial and organic softness of the natural world. Water symbolizes hope in a land of drought and fire. The unnatural materials represent the complexity of humanity.
By adding playful colors, shapes and elements, Dyanna hopes to make issues we obsess over, don't want to face or feel overwhelmed by, such as the climate crisis, vanity, race and societal formed norms, more digestible.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/GRANTS
2021 Float, Avenue 12 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020 Weight, Avenue 12 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 POP, The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Whose House, Avenue, San Francisco, CA
2017 Becoming The Beach, The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Vanity ll, The Laundry, San Francisco, CA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 In Balance, Heron Arts, San Francisco, CA
Robo Art, i.d.e.a Museum, Mesa, AZ
Altered and Reimagined, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA
Earth Action Initiative, UC Berkeley, CA
2020 Fragments ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Future Tense, Drawing Room SF, San Francisco, CA
Root Division’s Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Earth Action, UC Berkeley Campus, Pauley Ballroom, Berkeley, CA
Snap, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 Vol. 14 Sketchbooks, The General By Vans, Brooklyn, NY
Vol. 14 California Sketchbooks, Los Angeles, CA The Other Art Fair
Vol. 14 Sketchbooks, San Francisco Center For The Book, San Francisco, CA
2018 100 Under 100, Fleet Wood, San Francisco, CA
Urban Edge, Avenue12Gallery, San Francisco, CA
eARTh, Senator Scott Wiener's Office, San Francisco, CA
Which Way Is Up, 1015 Castro St. San Francisco, CA
Nite Life, Senator Scott Wiener's Office, San Francisco, CA
Into The Wild, Art Attack SF, San Francisco, CA
2017 Fall Hub Show, The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fall Hub Show, Art Attack SF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
jANK, Issue ten, December 2018
Arkitip Magazine, Ello, Issue No. 0062, January 2017
Sant' Angelo, Scott A.: "Your Weekly Ello: Arkitip x Ello", Arkitip, Inc., August 3, 2016
Cover art: Psychopomp Magazine, Issue No. 9, Fall 2015
Lundy, Alexis: "Fine Artist, Dyanna Dimick selected by Sundance Cinemas via StudioVox for Gallery Exhibition", PRLog, August 26, 2015.
Lundy, Alexis: "Sundance Exhibition L I S T E N by Fine Artist Dyanna Dimick", StudioVox, August 26, 2015
2016 Fall OS Show, Joy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Lost+Found, Dogpatch Studios, San Francisco, CA
Listen, Sundance Kabuki, San Francisco, CA
Found, Storefront Gallery, 49 Geary, San Francisco, CA
2004 Vanity, Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
William Hyde and Susan Benteen Irwin Grant
Spring Show, Back To The Picture Gallery, San Francisco, CA
3990 Folsom Street, Residence designed by Christopher Haas of de Young, San Francisco, CA
Message In A Bottle, by Park Life, Surfrider Foundation and Busvan, Busvan, San Francisco, CA
You Have A Voice, 3rd Street Village Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Fall OS Exhibition, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ArtLaunch, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
The Art Of Drought, Art Share L.A., Perimeter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 SFADA First Thursdays, Storefront HQ Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Artisan Series Regional Final, RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Betti Ono Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 Bases Product Showcase, ArtTwo50, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2011 Art Show 2011 Mr. Brainwash, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Peace Project, Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City, CA
Peace Project, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Peace Project, Max Lange Gallery, New York, NY
Artists for Ethiopia, Oakland, CA
2008 Completely Neutral Tree Sale, Gallery 1927, Los Angeles, CA
Hancock, Jackie: jANK Zine, Issue two, October 2014 p.8-15
Arts Brookfield: "Art Set Free", artsbrookfield25.com, June 18, 2014
Bucciaglia, Cole: Psychopomp Magazine, Issue 2, Winter 2014, p.18
Robehmed, Natalie: "Picture This: An App That Puts Art On Your Walls For Cheap", Forbes Magazine, July 26, 2013
Matheson, Whitney: "Cool app: ARTtwo50 sells original, affordable art" USA Today, July 25, 2013
Zook, Liz Kelly: "Featured Artist: Dyanna Dimick", Furies Magazine, August 28, 2012
Mason, Laura: "Exquisite Corpse Game: The Final Round", 7x7 Magazine, January 10, 2011
ASSOCIATED GALLERIES
Amelie Maison D'Art, Paris
Artly Owl, San Francisco
Avenue 12 Gallery, San Francisco
Curated State, San Francisco
Galerie Philia, New York/Singapore/Switzerland
The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco