Dianna Molzan

Dianna Molzan (born 1972) is an American

Molzan is an adjunct Professor of Visual Art at the UCLA School of Arts and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Molzan's paintings are often considered as more of a three-dimensional object than a two dimensional surfaces on the wall.^[1] Referred to as carrying a sculptural quality, Molzan's paintings are grounded within the practice of painting through the materials she uses, such as oil paints, canvas, linen, and canvas frame.^[2]

Molzan's pieces consist of a process of deconstruction of the traditional elements of painting, which are then recombined into a new composition. She creates a juxtaposition between the mediums of sculpture and painting through the alteration of the physical state of the canvas.^[3]

Molzan's work is associated with the techniques of impressionism, abstract expressionism, and minimalism.^[3]

Biography

Dianna Molzan was born in 1972 in Tacoma, Washington. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2001 and also attended the Universität der Künste in Berlin. She received her Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California, writing her senior thesis, How the Frame was One, on the development both theoretical and symbolic framing devices within art, primarily focusing on two works: Georges Seurat's La Grande Jatte (1884) and Eva Hesse's Hang Up (1966). Her first solo exhibition was at Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles, in 2009.

Molzan's solo exhibition at the