About the Artist
Jill Dietrich has lived most of her life in the Greater Houston area. Though she enjoyed sketching as a child, she didn’t pursue her interest in creating art until later in life. After becoming a mom, retiring from a career in veterinary medicine, and working with a non-profit on behalf of families of children with disabilities, Dietrich attended the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. She now works out of her home studio in Richmond, TX.
Dietrich combines unrelated images into intricate and thought-provoking compositions. She collects interesting bits of photos, graphics and patterns from a variety of print materials and then pieces them together like a jigsaw puzzle. Dietrich enjoys working intuitively, allowing the image to emerge and evolve as she works. As each piece flows into the next, a new and fantastical scene evolves with unexpected connotations and juxtapositions. Just as the original source materials are repurposed, the images within are re-contextualized and opened up to new interpretations.
Exhibitions:
2026:
Lone Star Art Guild Art Show, Judges Susan Giannantonio & Diann Zimmerman, Division II Mixed Media, Honorable Mention Awards (2)
”Cut it Out!” Collage Art Show, Hardy & Nance Studios, Houston, TX
2025:
Lone Star Art Guild Show, Juror Andre Bally, Division II Mixed Media, First Place Award
2024:
“Daring to be Avant-Garde” online group exhibition, curated by Nuu Contemporary Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
37th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Juror Graham Boettcher, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
“Surrealism: It Is, But It Isn’t”, The Woodlands Art Gallery and Studios, The Woodlands, TX
Visual Arts Alliance 40th Juried Open Exhibition, Juror Kerry Inman, The Jung Center, Houston, TX, Honorable Mention Award
Archway Gallery 16th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak, Archway Gallery, Houston, TX
2023:
“BLUE (Art & Cars)”, The Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
2022:
“The ART of Collage & Assemblage: Past & Present Student Work”, curated by Charlotte Cosgrove, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
Messina Hof Texas Artist Wine Label Competition, Messina Hof Winery, Bryan, TX -- Finalist
56th Annual Richardson Civic Art Society Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Juror Steve Ko, Charles W. Eiseman Center, Richardson, TX
37th Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, Juror Billy Hassell, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
2021:
Colored Pencil Society of America 29th Annual International Exhibition, Juror Dr. Julie Aronson
”The Big Show”, Juror Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2020:
Certificate of Achievement Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, MFAH, Houston, TX
2019:
“Landscape”, The Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
Conroe Art League 4th National Invitational Show, Juror Jessica Locheed, Ph.D., Conroe, TX
53rd Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Juror Carlton Bradford, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
2018:
“The Trouble With Toys”, curated by Suzette Muchaty, Bill’s Junk, Houston, TX
“The Big Show”, Juror Evelyn C. Hankins, Ph.D, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2017:
51st Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Juror Carlos Llerena Aguirre, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
2010 - 2020: numerous juried student exhibitions via The Glassell School of Art, MFAH, Houston, TX
Bibliography:
“Betsy Huete’s ‘Big Show’ Top Ten of 2018” by Betsy Huete. Glasstire: Texas Visual Art, Oct. 8, 2018.
https://glasstire.com/2018/10/08/betsy-huetes-big-show-top-ten-of-2018/
Education:
2020: Certificate in Drawing, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
1992: DVM, Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine
1989: BS, Texas A&M University
