Diane Pepe
Bird In Hand
Memory As a Reflection Collage Study III, 2016/26
Collage of archival digital print images of an original color pencil drawing with drawing
Print: 7 x 9-1/2"
Frame: 14 x 16"

Artist Statement
Memory is critical to all aspects of life. Memory provides the foundation for our understanding of the world and for our sense of personal identity. We are who we are because of what we learn and remember. Without memory we could not walk, speak, read, or write. We would have difficulty imagining the future. In an attempt to understand the numerous thought-provoking theories and processes related to human memory, I create sculptures, collages, reliefs, and large-scale installation works.

Memory as a Reflection is one of a series of collages exploring the idea that memory is a reflection of our experiences and what we encounter in our environment. These works grew into an in-depth research study of many complex scientific theories of processes of human memory that I continue to attempt to understand. I distill these ideas into simplified concepts that are a catalyst for a large body of my expressive and artistic explorations.

Artist Bio
Diane Pepe is a Philadelphia-based multidisciplinary artist whose abstract drawings, collages, and multimedia constructions explore perception, memory, light, and architectural structure. Her work reflects a reductionist approach shaped by responses to environment and personal experience.

Pepe has exhibited nationally at venues including the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, the Woodmere Art Museum, the State Museum of Pennsylvania, and Grounds For Sculpture. She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the National Science Foundation.

Pepe is a former Associate Professor at the University of the Arts and Founding Director of ASEP at The Philadelphia School. She received her MA from the University of New Mexico and her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.

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