ABOUT THE ARTIST
Polly Dressler Bech has been making her way as an artist much of her adult life, working in paint, collage, illustration, computer graphics, and quilting. She incorporates sun-painted fabric and hand-stamped images in her quilts, combining traditional and experimental techniques. Her work has been shown in juried exhibitions around the U.S. and is included in numerous private collections. She resides with her family in Swarthmore, PA.
EXHIBITIONS2008 SAQA Amazing Art Quilts (juried) - Staunton, VA
2008 Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XV (juried) - Harrisburg, PA
2008 I-4 Corridor: Stretching Threads Across Florida (juried) - Orlando, FL
2008 Museum of the American Quilters Society (juried traveling exhibition, "Expressions: the Art Quilt 2006) - Paducah, KY
2007 Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XIV (juried) - Harrisburg, PA
2007 American Quilters Society 2007 Quilt Exposition (juried traveling exhibition, "Expressions: The Art Quilt 2006) - Nashville, TN
2007 Machine Quilters Exposition (juried traveling exhibition, "Expressions: The Art Quilt 2006) - Manchester, NH
2007 New Art from an American Tradition (juried) - Williamsburg, VA
2006 Expressions: The Art Quilt (juried) - La Veta, CA
2006 Surface Tension: Contemporary Quilt Art (juried) - Union, NJ
2006 FAVA: Artist as Quiltmaker XII Exhibit (juried) - Oberlin, OH
2005 Undercover Quilters Show - Brookhaven, PA
2005 Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XII, "Quilts of the Delaware Valley" - Ft. Washington, PA
2005 Newtown Public Library, Solo Show - Marple Newtown, PA
2004 Friends of the Arts, 2-Person Show - Swarthmore, PA
1997 - 2006 Community Arts Center, Member's Shows - Wallingford, PA
1999 & 2000 Delaware County Community College, annual art shows for county residents (juried) - Media, PA
1997 Twelve Alumni Artists Exhibit (invitational) Franklin & Marshall College - Lancaster, PA
EDUCATION
1982-83 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (Masters Program in Art Education/Illustration)
BA,1981 Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
1979-80 Sir John Cass School of Art, London, England (Semester Abroad)
AFFILIATIONS
Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA