Diana Jahns

Hello!  I am Diana Jahns. I've been making art from the time I could first hold crayons and a pencil.  I was influenced by my artist-photographer grandmother, who was my first teacher.  Later I would also learn sewing and weaving. In my early days I started exhibiting handwoven clothing across the U.S. Later I returned to drawing and painting, exhibiting pastel landscapes in northern California. It was during that time that I discovered a compatible vocation - photography. Now, decades in, I create with traditional art-making materials and with digital photography.  However, I do not use Ai.  My images only contain elements of my own work - drawings, paintings or photography.

Self-taught
Santa Barbara Community College, California

Selected, of note:​​​​​​​
2025 “Through Lines,” Epperson Gallery, Crockett CA.
“We Say,” Jane Gallery, Sacramento CA.
“Complex Pictures - An Exhibition of Digital Collage,” specialagentcollagecollective, online gallery based in Seattle WA. My digital image selected for exhibition announcement/poster.
2024 Three collage, in reproduction, installed at Revery El Camino, Burlingame CA. Click to see installation photos.>>
2023 "The First 10 Years," Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento CA. In conjunction with the ten year anniversary of Verge’s groundbreaking at 625 S Street in 2013, the inaugural biennial exhibition of works produced during the first ten years of Verge’s Resident Artist Studio Program (RASP).
2022 Ceramics Monthly, December. Published, my photos for curator Daniel A. Trejo.
2020 Textile Tags, Julia Couzens. My photos for publication.
2020 "Who Are You?" Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol CA. First Place Award.
2019 “The Abstract Image,” Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis MN. Jurors' Award.
2017 Last Words, Julia Couzens. My photos for publication.
2016 The Cold Wax Book. My photos for artist Edith S. Polonik.
2014 Sacramento Open Studios, Curator's Picks. Donna Napper, Curator at San Jose Ins...