Short Bio

Mary Ann Tipple is a resident of Elyria, Ohio. During her childhood in North Ridgeville, her mother taught her to sew. Her interest in art started in the fourth grade when she decided art was the best part of the day, she began making collagesin high school. A graduate of Cleveland’s Cooper School of Art with a degree in graphic design, she has worked in advertising agencies as a designer and print production specialist. Now retired, she makes art quilts, mixed media pieces and paper collages. She credits her growth in her textiles to classes at Quilt Surface Design Symposium. She has pieces in the Thomas Collection, Jack Walsh Collection,The Zanesville Museum of Art and private collections.

Statement

My work has evolved from being stories about family and friends to an investigation of the use of photos on fabric. Photos in themselves are flat and a little cold, but by printing them on fabric a new dimension is added as fabric is percieved as soft and comforting. By adding texture with various materials and techniques a whole new world of possibli- ties opens.

Resume / CV

Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2024
Ohio + 5
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2023 Textile Award, Fan Favorite Award
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2020-21, May - November 2021 Humor in Craft Award Zanesville Museum of Art, 76th Annual Ohio Exhibition
Fiber Art Now Best In Quilting 2022, Iowa Quilt Center
Art Quilt Elements,Wayne Art Center PA
QSDS Riffe Gallery Show 2020
Quilt National, 2019, Athens, OH May 2019 -2021
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2018, May - November 2018
Ohio +5, Dairy Barn,Athens, OH January 2018
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2017, May - November 2017, Best in Show Award Lakeland May Show, Kirtland, OH, June -July 2016
Ross Museum of Art, QSDS Party On Show, May - July 2016
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2016, May - November 2015, Best in Show Award Ohio +5, Dairy Barn,Athens, OH January 2016
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2015, May - November 2015
Ross Museum of Art, QSDS Show, May - July 2014
FAVA,Artist as Quiltmaker XVI, May - July 2014
AQN Show, Zanesville Museum of Art, May - June 2014
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2014, May - November 2014, Best Body of Work Award Always Something, Napierville, IL, September 2013
Ross Museum of Art, Unexpected QSDS Show, June- July 2013
Zanesville Museum of Art, Superlatives Show, JuneAugust 2013
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2013, May - November 2013
Quilt National, 2013, QSDS Surface Design Award
Celebrating Our Past: QSDS, Ross Museum, Delaware, Ohio May 16 - July 6, 2012 FAVA,Artist as Quiltmaker XV, May - July 2012
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2012, May - November 2012
Focus: Fiber 2011-12, Canton Museum of Art, 2012
Johnson-Humrickhouse Invitational, Pushing the Surface, 2011
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2011, May - December 2011
Quilted Surface XIV, Material Matters: Happiness,The Riffe Gallery, 2011
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2010, May - December 2010
Quilted Surface XIV, May - July 2010
FAVA,Artist as Quiltmaker XIV, May - July 2010
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2009, May - November 2009
Quilted Surface XII, May - June 2009
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2008, May - November 2008
FAVA,Artist as Quiltmaker XIII, May - August 2008
Quilt Surface Design Invitational 2007, June 6 - July 9, 2007
Quilt National, 2007
Ohio Designer Craftsman Best of 2006, May - November, 2006