JANE WAGGONER DESCHNER, MFA
@janedeschner1/
EDUCATION
M.F.A., Visual Art Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont, 2002
B.A., Art Montana State University, Billings, Montana, 1987
M.A., Geography (abt) University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1974
Coursework: design, ceramics, painting Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, 1973, 1970
B.A., Geography University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1969
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 “Remember me.” immersive installation, Museum of Art | Fort Collins, CO
(as yet untitled), Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA
2024 “Remember me.” immersive installation traveling through MAGDA (Montana Art Gallery Directors Association), WaterWorks Museum,
Miles City, MT
2023 “Remember me.” immersive installation traveling through MAGDA, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Missoula, MT (catalog)
2022 “Remember me.” immersive installation, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT (catalog)
2021 “Remember me. collect,” ArtPrize 2021, TowerPinkster Architects|Engineers, Grand Rapids, MI (catalog)
2020 “Dear Memory,” Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI (canceled due to COVID-19)
2019 “Remember me: a collective narrative in found words and photographs,” 407 Gallery, Billings, MT
“Found,” Kirks’ Grocery, Billings, MT (catalog)
2018 “Deliberate Misunderstandings: embroidered found photographs,“ Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan–Dearborn, MI
2017 “inexhaustible invitations,“ Surel's Place, Boise, ID
“Our Collective Narrative,“ Von Hoffman House, Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation, Medora, ND
2015 “Face Value: Embroidered Found Photographs,” University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY (video interview)
2014 “Altered Moments,” Catherine Louisa Gallery, Billings, MT
2013 “Often, All That Remains,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
“It Must Be True,” Oats Park Arts Center, Churchill Arts Council, Fallon, NV (catalog)
2012 “True Enough,” Emerson Center for Arts & Culture, Bozeman, MT
“Often, All That Remains,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
“recollection/re-collection,” Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
“re-collection/recollection,” Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
2011 “deduction, speculation, and fantasy,” Northwest College, Powell, WY
2008 “deduction, speculation, fantasy,” Gallery Saintonge, Rocky Mountain School of Photography, Missoula, MT
“Inexhaustible Invitations,” Ampersand Vintage Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 “deduction, speculation, and fantasy,” Toucan Gallery, Billings, MT
2003 “there and then,” The Rocky Gallery, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT: solo
2002 “Anchor Project,” Wood Art Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT: thesis exhibition
2000 “Faces,” Gallery at The Wellness Center, Billings, MT
“Personal Deconstruction,” Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT
1997 “Recent Work,” Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1996 “New Work,” University Center Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1991 “Collage,” The Women’s Center, Billings, MT
1990 “New Work,” Lewistown Art Center, Lewistown, MT
1988 “Collage,” Bozeman Senior High School Gallery, Bozeman, MT
1987 “Collage” University Center Art Gallery, University of Montana
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 “Pop! Goes the West!,” Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY: two works
“Expand & Contract: AI and Alternative Processes,” Los Angeles Center of Photography, juror Dr. Rotem Rozental,
honorable mention: virtual
“We Are What: Exploring Our Relationship with Food,” Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO: small installation
“UnBound 14!,” Candela Books + Gallery, juried on site exhibition: one work
“Midwest Nice,” NOT REAL ART First Friday Exhibition, curated by Morgan Laurens
“Leftovers,” The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA and virtual
“The I Love L.A. Exhibition,” juror Aline Smithson, Lenscratch: virtual
“Mysterious Frontiers,” with Gordon McConnell, Aunt Dofe's Gallery, Willow Creek, MT
“Big Picture Colorado,” Mark Sink: 2 photographs (also accepted as a Big Picture Ambassador)
“Good Impactful Photography,” Dana Stirling and Humble Arts Foundation: publication
“Whispering Shadows,” Dana Stirling, Float Magazine: virtual
“nice;03,” MIdwest Nice Art, juried, JFAC Gallery, Aberdeen, SD: one work
“a fervent and necessary arrangement,” juror: André Ramos-Woodard, Midwest Nice Art: virtual
2024 2024 Colorado Photographic Arts Center Annual Members Show, juror: Brent Lewis, Denver, CO
“Art as Storytelling,” juror Aline Smithson, Midwest Nice Art, Aberdeen, SD
“Words and Pictures,” juror Aline Smithson, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
“Winter Solstice,” Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA
“Reformations,” with Maggy Rozicki Hiltner, Kirks' Grocery, Billings, MT
“MIXX Evidence,” MIXX artist collective show, Northcutt/Steele Gallery, Montana State University–Billings, MT: participant
2023 “Rocky Mountain Triennial,” juror: Merry Scully, Museum of Art | Fort Collins, CO: 2 works
Paris Photo and PHOTOFAIRS New York, participant with Robert Mann Gallery, NYC, 8 works
“The Curated Fridge,“ selected as one of ten favorite photos in 2023 competitions
“The Curated Fridge Autumn 2023 Show,” juror: Gordon Stettinius, Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, VA
“The Curated Fridge Spring 2023 Show,” jurors: Debra Klomp Ching and Darren Ching, owners of Klompching Gallery, NY
“Revisiting the Family Album: Stories That Bind Us,” juror: Aline Smithson, Center for Fine Art Photography: online
“Love,” Lenscratch, Adriene Hughes, Part 1 of 5: online
“INFOBAHN: Associate Artist Alumni Exhibition,” Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
“Politics of the Kitchen,” Mid-America Arts Alliance, traveling group exhibition: 7 works
"PRESENT: Social Commentary," Kirks' Grocery, Billings, MT: invitational
2022 “Expanding the View of Photography: from Realism to Abstraction,” Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ:
invitational
“MIXX XIII, Baker's Dozen,” MIXX artist collective show, LGX Studio, Billings, MT: curator and participant
“Photo, but not Photo,” Float Photo, curators Jennifer Marion & André Ramos-Woodard: online
“Omnipresent: Photographs From The MAM Collection,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
2021 “FotoFiber,” Robert Mann Gallery, NYC: invitational
“The 2021 Politics of the Kitchen Exhibition,” Lenscratch, jurors Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman: online, one of 35
“The Artist Intervenes,” Lenscratch, juror Adriene Hughes, Honorable Mention: online
“ABOVE AND UNDER THE SURFACE,” Instruments of Memory, juried by Rosina Herrera and Art Historian & Founder
of Instruments of Memory, Claudia Pretelin, online exhibition with catalog
2020 “Rocky Mountain Biennial,” Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO, juror Leah Ollman: two pieces selected
“Montana Arts Council Artist Innovation Award Recipients 2019–20,” Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
“Visualizing 2020,” Blue Sky’s Inaugural Online Members Show, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
“reckless,” MIXX group show, Kirks’ Grocery, Billings, MT
2019 “Her Flag,” selected as the artist representing Montana for nationwide collaborative art project celebrating
the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution
“Fun” and “Love,” Jon Feinstein, Humble Arts, juried group shows, online
2018 “In Her Hands,” Robert Mann Gallery, New York City, NY: invitational
“Montana Triennial: 2018,” Nicole Herden, juror, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
“Year in Reverse” and "On Death,“ Humble Arts Foundation, juried online group shows
“MONTANA FOUND,” Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT: invitational
“Wear Where,” Kaaterskill Gallery, Catskill Mountain Foundation, Hunter, NY: invitational
“#MeToo: A Visual Dialogue,” Green Door Gallery, Livingston, MT: invitational
“Smile! a materialization” interactive installation, Montana State University–Billings, Billings, MT
2009–present “Postcards from the Edge,” Visual Aids fundraiser, New York City, NY: annual donation
2017 “MIXX7,“ 4ZERO7 Gallery, Billings, MT: curator and participant
“Alternative Facts,” Humble Arts, juried online group show
“Beads and Thread,” juror Bobbie Ann Howell, Chamber Gallery, City of Las Vegas, NV
“CollAssemblage, Selected Works by Thirty-Six Artists,” Oak Park Arts Center, Fallon, NV: invitational
“Kaleidoscope,” Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH: 4-person exhibition
2016 “New Acquisitions: The Art Museum Collection,” University of Wyoming Art Museum
“The Free Poster Project, Defense D’Afficher,” Matthew Rose, Paris, France (contributor)
“Black & White & Read,” Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR: invitational ekphrastic exhibition
“MIXX6," 2905 Space, Billings, MT: curator and participant
2016–2015 Participating artist, Art Mobile of Montana
2015 “Montana Triennial: 2015,“ Peter Held, juror, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
“MIXX9,“ Billings Open Studio, Billings, MT: curator and participant
“Doll Houses to Dalí: Permanent Collection Highlights from the Last 25 Years,” Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
2014 “The Embroidered Image,“ Orly Cogan, curator, Robert Mann Gallery, New York City, NY
“Fail Safe,“ Marci Rae McDade, curator, Hap Gallery, Portland, OR
“Un/Conscious Bent: A Survey of Regional Surrealism,” Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2013 “Selections from the Ucross Permanent Collection,” Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
2012 “Small Stories,” juror: Joetta Maue, Urban Alchemist Design Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2011 “Present Tense,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
“Icons of the West,” Dana Gallery, Missoula, MT
“More Is More,” Melissa Vandenbeg, curator, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY (catalog)
“Common Threads,” Sam Hill Gallery, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ
2010 “Ucross: Twenty-Seven Years of Visual Arts Residencies,” Lisa Hatchadoorian, curator, Nicolaysen Art Museum,
Casper, WY, and Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY (catalog)
“Triad,” Aunt Dofe’s Hall of Recent Memory, Willow Creek, MT
“Zone: Embroidered Digital Commons/Analog is the New Digital,” AND Festival, Manchester, UK
2009 Montana Triennial, juror: Beth Sellars, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana (catalog)
AltCraft artist, American Craft Council Show, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Exhibition of three photographers at Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA
2008 “Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate,” national juried exhibition, Holter Museum of Art and Montana
Human Rights Network, Helena, MT (catalog)
2007–2009 “Art by Women from Wyoming, Montana and Colorado,” Ann Simpson Artmobile Traveling Exhibition,
regional juried exhibition, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
2007–2009 Montana Artmobile Traveling Exhibitions, Bozeman, MT
2007 “Range of Expression II, A Montana Invitational,” Ucross Foundation Art Gallery, Clearmont, WY
“ANA 35,” juror: Willem Volkersz, national juried exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
“MIXX” and “MIXX II,” Grafix, Billings, MT
2005 “David and Ann Shaner Resident Art Studio Gala Grand Opening Exhibition,” Archie Bray Foundation
for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
2004 “Art by Healers,” J. David Broudo Gallery, Endicott College, Beverly, MA
25th Southeastern Montana Juried Exhibit, juror: John Giarrizzo, Custer County Art Center, Miles City, MT
2003 “Portrait of My Mother…Things Left Unsaid,” national juried exhibition,The Center for Contemporary Art–Sacramento, CA
“Five Women’s Works” exhibition and “Christmas” invitational shows, Danforth Art Gallery, Livingston, MT
2002 “Digital Visions,” jurors: Brian Clark and Steven Holsapple, international juried exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art
Sacramento, CA
“from the Wild, Wild West,” invitational exhibit, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
2001 “Recent Work,” Depot Gallery, Red Lodge, MT: two-person exhibit
2000 “Artists’ Books: Visual Literary Expressions” international exhibit, Northcutt/Steele Gallery, Montana State University–Billings, MT
1999 “Collage: Two Approaches,” with Jim Ringley, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
1998 “Woman: In the Broader Sense,” juror: Britta Konau, Exhibition Coordinator, The National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Washington, D.C., St. Louis Artists’ Guild and Women’s Caucus for Art, St. Louis, MO
“post-postcard III,” {f ou r w alls, San Francisco, CA
“Wish You Were Here Collage Postcards ’98,” national juried show, National Collage Society, Artstown Gallery, OH
1997 “New Work,” Raven Gallery, Cody, WY: three-person
“Postcards to the Piko,” Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI
“Montana Myths and Reality,” Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT: invitational
1996 “Print Images,” Custer County Art Center, Miles City, MT: three-person
1995 Wisconsin Women in the Arts 22nd Anniversary National Juried Exhibit, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
“Artist’s Postcards I,” Dearing Galleries
“Americas 2000, all media national competition,” Minot State University, Minot, N.D.
1994 “Brooch: The Subject,” juried by David Pimentel & John Hays, Tempe Art Center, Tempe, AZ
1993 Electrum XXII, Helena Arts Council, juried by Richard Swanson, Helena, MT
1992 “New Artists’ Show,” Sutton West Gallery: four-person
“Day of the Dead,” Sutton West Gallery: invitational
1990 Northcutt Gallery, Eastern Montana College, Billings, MT: show with Mary Jo Maute
“Portraits of Habitat,” Paris Gibson Square: four-person
Lewistown Art Center, Lewistown, MT: solo
Electrum XIX, National Juried Fine Art Show, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
1989 Montana Women’s Centennial Survey Art Exhibition curated by Gennie DeWeese, Custer County Art Center,
Miles City, MT (show traveled throughout Montana and Wyoming for two years)
Electrum XVIII, Holter Museum of Art
1987 “The Tie That Binds — Contemporary Work from the Fiber Arts” curated by Ken Bova, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT
“Collage,” University Center Art Gallery, University of Montana: solo
RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
2025 Strategic Investment Grant ($1,000), Montana Arts Council
Honorable Mention: “Expand and Contract 2025: AI and Alternative Processes,” Los Angeles Center of Photography,
juror Dr. Rotem Rozental: two works, virtual
2023 PhotoLucida Critical Mass 2023 Finalist
2022 ARPA Grant ($10,000), Montana Arts Council
2019 Innovation Award ($5,000), Montana Arts Council
2015, 2014 CERF+ Business Insurance Grant, Montpelier, VT
2011 CERF+ Alternative Professional Craft Artist Emergency Grant, Montpelier, VT
2010 First prize, RE:FORM SCHOOL Art Contest for Education Reform, New York City, NY
2008 to 2017 Member of Montana Arts Council (appointment extended through 2017)
2006 Recognition of Excellence Award for “Love, Care, Hope, Cry,” Blair Sadler International Healing Arts Competition
2006, 2005 Fellowships, The Creative Center: Arts in Healthcare, New York City, NY
2004 Recognition of Excellence Award for “Art of Survival, Healing in Life,” Blair Sadler International Healing Arts Competition
Treasure Award from the Montana Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa
Golden Pen Award, 10.24.04, Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana
“Artist of the Year,” Big Brother Big Sisters of Yellowstone County, Montana
2004, 1999 Professional Development Grants, Montana Arts Council
1999, 1998 Sam & Alfreda Maloof Scholarship (full tuition), Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
1996 Juror’s Award of Excellence, “Artist’s Postcards II,” Linda Tyler, Director, Tamarind Institute; Dearing Galleries, Taos, NM
1992 MontanaFair, Billings, MT: 1st in collage
1987 Academic All-American Collegiate Award
RESIDENCIES
2025 Artist-in-Residence, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY
MADE, San Miguel de Allende, MX
2024 Artist-in-Residence, M.T. Liggett Art Environment, 5.4.7 Arts Center, Greensburg, KS
Artist-in-Residence, Montana Artist Refuge, Basin, MT
2023 Artist-in-Residence in Photography & New Media, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Artist-in-Residence, Newnan ArtRez, Newnan, GA
2022 Spring Pentaculum (Fiber/Textiles), Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
A.I.R. Studio, Paducah, KY
2021 Artist-in-Residence, Newnan ArtRez, Newnan, GA
Artist-in-Residence, McCanna House, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
2020 Artist-in-Residence, New York Mills Cultural Center, New York Mills, MN
Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY (canceled due to COVID-19)
2019, 2014, 2013, 2009, 2007 Fellowship (LEAW Fellow in 2014, 2009; scholarship in 2007), Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2019 OFAR Residency, New Market, VA
2018 Associate Artist, Residency #169, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Artist-in-Residence, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
2017 Studio residency, Surel's Place, Boise ID
Studio residency, Taleamor Park, LaPorte, IN
Artist-in-Residence, Von Hoffman House, Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation, Medora, ND
2016, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2003 Studio residencies, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
2016, 2015 Studio residencies, Playa, Summer Lake, OR
2015 Studio residency, BAiR Winter Intensive, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, CA
2014, 2011, 2009 Studio residencies, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2012 Studio residency, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Visiting artist, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, CA
Self-directed residency, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, CA
Studio residency, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2008 “Making Artistic Inquiry Visible” thematic residency (with scholarship) at The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, CA
Studio residency, Jentel Foundation, Banner, WY
RECENT PRESS
2025 ”Jane Waggoner Deschner: Remember Me” Lenscratch interview by Aline Smithson, 6.21.25
https://lenscratch.com/2025/06/jane-waggoner-deschner-remember-me/
Rocky Mountain Collegian, “‘Remember Me’ exhibit takes trip through time, explores the human condition,” by Robert Sides, 2.12.25
2023 Missoulian, “‘Remember Me’: Billings artist pairs found photographs, text” by Cory Walsh, 9.27.23
2022 Billings Gazette, “Remember me. Is Jane Waggoner Deschner's Monument to Lives Lived” by Jake Iverson, 10.09.22
2021 “Artist says vintage La Porte photographs help connect people in divisive times,” La Porte County Herald-Dispatch, Michigan City, IN,
9.16.21
2019 Billings Gazette, “Exhibit gives new life to forgotten photos with text from obituaries,” by Eric Young, 06.27.19
Billings Gazette, “Exhibition on transforming hate travels to schools across Montana,” by Anna Paige, 12.14.19
New York Times Comments “Times Pick,” “The Best Obituary Ever, and the Wacky Funeral That Followed,” by Corey Kilgannon, 09.15.19
(99 recommended, 2 comments)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/nyregion/joe-heller-obituary.html#commentsContainer&peid=102535310:102535310
2018 “A View From the Easel,” Deena El Genaidi, Hyperallergic, 08.31.18
“Photo Finish,” by Judy Arginteanu, full page illustration in article in American Craft magazine, December/January, pp. 26–27
2014 West of True, exhibition catalog, Oats Park Arts Center, Churchill Arts Council, Fallon, NV
https://www.churchillarts.org/publications/
“Informed Source,” Surface Design Journal, 2014 winter issue, pp. 66–67
2012 Humor in Craft, by Brigitte Martin, Schiffer Publishing, 2012, p. 47
2010 “Deduction, Speculation and Fantasy,” by Gordon McConnell, feature article in Fiberarts magazine, September/October,
pp. 42–45
INTERVIEWS
Yellowstone Public Radio, “Resounds: Jane Waggoner Deschner,” 12.12.22
https://www.ypradio.org/show/resounds-arts-and-culture-on-the-high-plains/2022-12-12/resounds-jane-waggoner-deschner
WKTV Voices interview during ArtPrize 2021 with Jon Lodge, Grand Rapids, MI, 2021
https://wktvvoices.org/artprize-2021
Yellowstone Public Radio, “Resounds: Sheri Cornett, Aaron Rosen, Jane Deschner,” 07.23.18
https://www.ypradio.org/post/resounds-sherri-cornett-aaron-rosen-jane-deschner
University of Wyoming Art Museum video, "Face Value: Embroidered Found Photographs by Jane Waggoner Deschner," 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Y1sg89LU8
PUBLICATIONS
2024 “OF COVID (various artists),” Kris Graves Projects + Humble Arts Foundation
https://www.krisgravesprojects.com/book/ofcovidbook
2022 “Remember me.,” immersive installation/exhibition catalog (128 pages), Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
“Not Selected At This Time: Dreams,” issue 2, designed and curated by Olivia Juliet Taylor
“Family Archives,” Photo Trouvée Magazine, issue 9, featured artist interview
2021 “Remember me.collect,” publication for installation, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
“Photo Trouvée Magazine Issue 4,” Juliana Naufel & Twiggy Boyer, pp. 43–46
“An Archive,” Superpresent online magazine with hardcopy, Issue No. 4, Goupi Publishing
2020 “Solace,” selected as one of 12 participating artists, Kris Graves Projects
https://www.krisgravesprojects.com/book/notwrong2
2019 “On Death: the book,” selected as a participating artist, jurors: Kris Graves Projects + Humble Arts Foundation
“RURAL–ity,” Null Set + SLAG Mag, pp. 3–4
2018 “Photo Finish,” Judy Arginteanu, American Craft magazine, Dec/Jan 2018, p. 27
2014 West of True, exhibition catalog, Oats Park Gallery, Churchill Arts Council, Fallon, NV
“Informed Source,” article in Surface Design Journal, 2014 winter issue, pp. 66–67
2012 Humor in Craft, by Brigitte Martin, Schiffer Publishing, 2012, p. 47
2010 “Deduction, Speculation and Fantasy,” by Gordon McConnell, feature article in Fiberarts magazine, September/October,
pp. 42–45
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Art of Emprise, Wichita, KS
Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
Churchill Arts Council, Fallon, NV
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
Alberta Bair Theater, Billings, MT
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
Federal Reserve Banks, Minneapolis, MN & Helena, MT
Montana State University–Billings Foundation
Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Yellowstone Public Radio, Billings, MT
Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
Kimmel Harding Nelson Foundation, Nebraska City, NE
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Self Publish, Be Happy, London, UK
Paul D. Fleck Library & Archives, The Banff Center, Banff, AL, CA
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Byoungsoo Cho & Eun Sil Kim, Seoul, Korea and Bozeman, MT
Chun Az Kim & Dong-Sup Huh, Seoul, Korea
Steve Badgett, Simparch, Chicago, IL
Robert E. Jackson, Seattle, WA
Neltje, Banner, WY
Martin Goldsmith & Amy Roach, Washington, DC
Marlies Stroebe & David Zine, Vancouver, WA
Victoria Tupper Kirby, San Francisco, CA
Marci Rae McDade, Portland, OR
Caille Millner, San Francisco, CA
John & Teenuh Foster, St. Louis, MO
Nigel Maister, Rochester, NY
William Davies King, Santa Barbara, CA
Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy, Orlando, FL
BLOG ARTICLES:
2015 Landlocked, 02.26.2015
http://landlockedphoto.tumblr.com/post/112138009228/jane-waggoner-deschner-billings-mt-hand
365 Days | 365 Artists, A Frank Juarez Gallery and Greymatter Gallery Collaborative Project, 03.10.15
http://365artists365days.com/2015/03/10/jane-deschner-billings-montana/
2013 The Design Observer Group, Observatory, “Stitching Stories” by John Foster, 08.11.13
http://observatory.designobserver.com/johnfoster/feature/stitching-stories/38025/
Project B, “Appreciating Found Photos” by Barbara Levine, 08.14.13
http://www.projectb.com/blogs/news/8617995-appreciating-found-photos
2011 Hand/Eye magazine, “The Wise Words of a Photograph,” 10.20.11
http://handeyemagazine.com/content/wise-words-photograph
Mrs. Textiles.com, “The Writings on the Photograph,” 10.31.11
http://mrstextiles.com/?p=2072
American Craft Magazine, “Why I Make: Digital Compulsion,” by Jane Waggoner Deschner, 08.09.11
http://americancraftmag.org/blog-post.php?id=12476 or http://bit.ly/oK7Q39
Crescendoh (Legato) by Jenny Doh, 04.03.11
http://blog.crescendoh.com/crescendo/2011/04/legato-jane-waggoner-deschner.html
2010 House of Mirth by Stacy Waldman, 06.21.10
http://houseofmirthphotos.blogspot.com/2010/06/conversation-with-bess-by-jane-waggoner.html
mr x stitch by Joetta Maue, 05.19.10
http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/05/19/future-heirlooms-the-snapshot-stitched/
The Observers (France), 03.17.10
http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20100317-best-way-dispose-racist-literature-speaking-volumes-transforming hate-montana
Accidental Mysteries/John Foster, 02.10.10
http://accidentalmysteries.blogspot.com/2010/02/sewing-snapshots-with-thread.html
Hand Embroidery Network, 01.29.10
http://handembroiderynetwork.blogspot.com/2010/01/family-suit-jane-waggoner-deschner.htmlml
PHOTO BOOKS
2025
“Gone Home” 64-page magazine of my iPhone snapshots, self-published via Mixim
“A to Z series, an alphabet book” includes all pieces in the from A to Z series that incorporate Frank Pease/Muralcraft Studio portrait proofs:
http://www.blurb.com/books/6100909-a-to-z-series-an-alphabet-book-
“Me|Us|Them: The Other Side of Found Photographs”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Y1sg89LU8
Some of these books are in the collections of:
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Self Publish, Be Happy, London, UK
Paul D. Fleck Library & Archives, The Banff Center, Banff, AL, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1994–present Freelance graphic designer, editor and writer
2008–2025 Big Red Gallery exhibition installer, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
2004–2010 Adjunct Professor of Art, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
2007–2010 Director/Curator, Ryniker–Morrison Art Gallery, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
2000–2005 Arts in Medicine Program Coordinator, St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings, MT
1991–2004 Director/Curator, Women’s Center Art Gallery, St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings, MT
1989–1994 Graphic Artist/Copywriter/Editor/Account Executive, Exclamation Point Advertising, Billings, MT
1987–1989 Assistant Director, Montana Institute of the Arts Foundation, Billings, MT
1981–1987 Owner, Castle Gallery and Frame, Billings, MT
VISITING ARTIST EXPERIENCE
2025 Guest artist/speaker, workshop instructor, Museum of Art | Art, Fort Collins, CO
2023, 2022, 2009, 2001, 1998, 1997 Guest Artist/Instructor, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2019 Guest artist/speaker, Fiber Art Guild in Ann Arbor, MI, and Needlework & Textile Guild, Troy, MI
2018 Guest artist, workshop instructor, Kids’ Summer Camp, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2017 “Stitching Now into Then,” workshop instructor, Surel’s Place, Garden City, ID
2013 Art Workshop Instructor, Montana Women’s Prison, Billings, MT
Consultant/Workshop Instructor, Training Institute for Artists and Administrators in Creative Aging, The Creative Center
at University Settlement, New York City, NY
2011 All Student Show Juror, Northwest College, Powell, WY
2011–2009 Visiting Artist/Capstone Portfolio Evaluator, Northwest College, Powell, WY
2009–1995 Poets on the Prairie Visiting Artist, The Writer’s Voice, YMCA, Billings, MT
2010, 2007–2005 Guest artist, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
2004 Guest artist, “Photomontage and Case Conference,” San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care Center, San Diego, CA
2003 Workshops instructor, Women’s Center, St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings, MT
Guest artist, Senior Seminar, Rocky Mountain College
“Stories Project,” two-month collage workshop series for at-risk youth, Riverside Middle School, Billings, MT 2014
Guest Speaker, Artist Lecture Series, Focus Contemporary Art Gallery, Scottsville, VA
All Student Show Juror, Montana State University–Billings, Billings, MT
Annual Exhibition Juror, Photographic Institute of Yellowstone, Billings, MT
2002 Workshop instructor, Saturday College for Upward Bound, Montana State University–Billings, Billings, MT
Workshop instructor, Depot Gallery, Red Lodge, MT
2001 Workshop instructor, Montana Art All-State Interscholastic, West High School, Billings, MT
2000, 1998, 1997 Artist-In-Residence, “Art InsideOut” 6-week series, Montana Women’s Prison, Billings, MT
2001–1999 Instructor, Professional Development Workshops for Teachers, Alberta Bair Theater, Billings, MT
1997 Outreach Instructor, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
1997 Instructor, Workshop for Grieving Children’s Program, Big Sky Hospice, Billings, MT
1996–1995 Instructor, College for Kids and Youth University summer camps for gifted and talented children, Montana State
University–Billings, Billings, MT
1996 Visiting Artist, Artist in the Schools, Rimrock Elementary School, Billings, MT
1994 Visiting Artist, Artist in the Schools, Independent Elementary School, Yellowstone County, MT
2003, 2002, 1998–1993 Instructor, “Young Artists’ Studio” After School and Summer Camps, Red Lodge and Billings, MT
1990 Guest Artist/Instructor, Paris Gibson Square, Great Falls, MT
@janedeschner1/
EDUCATION
M.F.A., Visual Art Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont, 2002
B.A., Art Montana State University, Billings, Montana, 1987
M.A., Geography (abt) University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1974
Coursework: design, ceramics, painting Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, 1973, 1970
B.A., Geography University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1969
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 “Remember me.” immersive installation, Museum of Art | Fort Collins, CO
(as yet untitled), Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA
2024 “Remember me.” immersive installation traveling through MAGDA (Montana Art Gallery Directors Association), WaterWorks Museum,
Miles City, MT
2023 “Remember me.” immersive installation traveling through MAGDA, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Missoula, MT (catalog)
2022 “Remember me.” immersive installation, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT (catalog)
2021 “Remember me. collect,” ArtPrize 2021, TowerPinkster Architects|Engineers, Grand Rapids, MI (catalog)
2020 “Dear Memory,” Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI (canceled due to COVID-19)
2019 “Remember me: a collective narrative in found words and photographs,” 407 Gallery, Billings, MT
“Found,” Kirks’ Grocery, Billings, MT (catalog)
2018 “Deliberate Misunderstandings: embroidered found photographs,“ Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan–Dearborn, MI
2017 “inexhaustible invitations,“ Surel's Place, Boise, ID
“Our Collective Narrative,“ Von Hoffman House, Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation, Medora, ND
2015 “Face Value: Embroidered Found Photographs,” University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY (video interview)
2014 “Altered Moments,” Catherine Louisa Gallery, Billings, MT
2013 “Often, All That Remains,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
“It Must Be True,” Oats Park Arts Center, Churchill Arts Council, Fallon, NV (catalog)
2012 “True Enough,” Emerson Center for Arts & Culture, Bozeman, MT
“Often, All That Remains,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
“recollection/re-collection,” Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
“re-collection/recollection,” Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
2011 “deduction, speculation, and fantasy,” Northwest College, Powell, WY
2008 “deduction, speculation, fantasy,” Gallery Saintonge, Rocky Mountain School of Photography, Missoula, MT
“Inexhaustible Invitations,” Ampersand Vintage Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 “deduction, speculation, and fantasy,” Toucan Gallery, Billings, MT
2003 “there and then,” The Rocky Gallery, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT: solo
2002 “Anchor Project,” Wood Art Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT: thesis exhibition
2000 “Faces,” Gallery at The Wellness Center, Billings, MT
“Personal Deconstruction,” Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT
1997 “Recent Work,” Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1996 “New Work,” University Center Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1991 “Collage,” The Women’s Center, Billings, MT
1990 “New Work,” Lewistown Art Center, Lewistown, MT
1988 “Collage,” Bozeman Senior High School Gallery, Bozeman, MT
1987 “Collage” University Center Art Gallery, University of Montana
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 “Pop! Goes the West!,” Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY: two works
“Expand & Contract: AI and Alternative Processes,” Los Angeles Center of Photography, juror Dr. Rotem Rozental,
honorable mention: virtual
“We Are What: Exploring Our Relationship with Food,” Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO: small installation
“UnBound 14!,” Candela Books + Gallery, juried on site exhibition: one work
“Midwest Nice,” NOT REAL ART First Friday Exhibition, curated by Morgan Laurens
“Leftovers,” The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA and virtual
“The I Love L.A. Exhibition,” juror Aline Smithson, Lenscratch: virtual
“Mysterious Frontiers,” with Gordon McConnell, Aunt Dofe's Gallery, Willow Creek, MT
“Big Picture Colorado,” Mark Sink: 2 photographs (also accepted as a Big Picture Ambassador)
“Good Impactful Photography,” Dana Stirling and Humble Arts Foundation: publication
“Whispering Shadows,” Dana Stirling, Float Magazine: virtual
“nice;03,” MIdwest Nice Art, juried, JFAC Gallery, Aberdeen, SD: one work
“a fervent and necessary arrangement,” juror: André Ramos-Woodard, Midwest Nice Art: virtual
2024 2024 Colorado Photographic Arts Center Annual Members Show, juror: Brent Lewis, Denver, CO
“Art as Storytelling,” juror Aline Smithson, Midwest Nice Art, Aberdeen, SD
“Words and Pictures,” juror Aline Smithson, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
“Winter Solstice,” Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA
“Reformations,” with Maggy Rozicki Hiltner, Kirks' Grocery, Billings, MT
“MIXX Evidence,” MIXX artist collective show, Northcutt/Steele Gallery, Montana State University–Billings, MT: participant
2023 “Rocky Mountain Triennial,” juror: Merry Scully, Museum of Art | Fort Collins, CO: 2 works
Paris Photo and PHOTOFAIRS New York, participant with Robert Mann Gallery, NYC, 8 works
“The Curated Fridge,“ selected as one of ten favorite photos in 2023 competitions
“The Curated Fridge Autumn 2023 Show,” juror: Gordon Stettinius, Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, VA
“The Curated Fridge Spring 2023 Show,” jurors: Debra Klomp Ching and Darren Ching, owners of Klompching Gallery, NY
“Revisiting the Family Album: Stories That Bind Us,” juror: Aline Smithson, Center for Fine Art Photography: online
“Love,” Lenscratch, Adriene Hughes, Part 1 of 5: online
“INFOBAHN: Associate Artist Alumni Exhibition,” Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
“Politics of the Kitchen,” Mid-America Arts Alliance, traveling group exhibition: 7 works
"PRESENT: Social Commentary," Kirks' Grocery, Billings, MT: invitational
2022 “Expanding the View of Photography: from Realism to Abstraction,” Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ:
invitational
“MIXX XIII, Baker's Dozen,” MIXX artist collective show, LGX Studio, Billings, MT: curator and participant
“Photo, but not Photo,” Float Photo, curators Jennifer Marion & André Ramos-Woodard: online
“Omnipresent: Photographs From The MAM Collection,” Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
2021 “FotoFiber,” Robert Mann Gallery, NYC: invitational
“The 2021 Politics of the Kitchen Exhibition,” Lenscratch, jurors Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman: online, one of 35
“The Artist Intervenes,” Lenscratch, juror Adriene Hughes, Honorable Mention: online
“ABOVE AND UNDER THE SURFACE,” Instruments of Memory, juried by Rosina Herrera and Art Historian & Founder
of Instruments of Memory, Claudia Pretelin, online exhibition with catalog
2020 “Rocky Mountain Biennial,” Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO, juror Leah Ollman: two pieces selected
“Montana Arts Council Artist Innovation Award Recipients 2019–20,” Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
“Visualizing 2020,” Blue Sky’s Inaugural Online Members Show, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
“reckless,” MIXX group show, Kirks’ Grocery, Billings, MT
2019 “Her Flag,” selected as the artist representing Montana for nationwide collaborative art project celebrating
the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution
“Fun” and “Love,” Jon Feinstein, Humble Arts, juried group shows, online
2018 “In Her Hands,” Robert Mann Gallery, New York City, NY: invitational
“Montana Triennial: 2018,” Nicole Herden, juror, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
“Year in Reverse” and "On Death,“ Humble Arts Foundation, juried online group shows
“MONTANA FOUND,” Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT: invitational
“Wear Where,” Kaaterskill Gallery, Catskill Mountain Foundation, Hunter, NY: invitational
“#MeToo: A Visual Dialogue,” Green Door Gallery, Livingston, MT: invitational
“Smile! a materialization” interactive installation, Montana State University–Billings, Billings, MT
2009–present “Postcards from the Edge,” Visual Aids fundraiser, New York City, NY: annual donation
2017 “MIXX7,“ 4ZERO7 Gallery, Billings, MT: curator and participant
“Alternative Facts,” Humble Arts, juried online group show
“Beads and Thread,” juror Bobbie Ann Howell, Chamber Gallery, City of Las Vegas, NV
“CollAssemblage, Selected Works by Thirty-Six Artists,” Oak Park Arts Center, Fallon, NV: invitational
“Kaleidoscope,” Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH: 4-person exhibition
2016 “New Acquisitions: The Art Museum Collection,” University of Wyoming Art Museum
“The Free Poster Project, Defense D’Afficher,” Matthew Rose, Paris, France (contributor)
“Black & White & Read,” Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR: invitational ekphrastic exhibition
“MIXX6," 2905 Space, Billings, MT: curator and participant
2016–2015 Participating artist, Art Mobile of Montana
2015 “Montana Triennial: 2015,“ Peter Held, juror, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
“MIXX9,“ Billings Open Studio, Billings, MT: curator and participant
“Doll Houses to Dalí: Permanent Collection Highlights from the Last 25 Years,” Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
2014 “The Embroidered Image,“ Orly Cogan, curator, Robert Mann Gallery, New York City, NY
“Fail Safe,“ Marci Rae McDade, curator, Hap Gallery, Portland, OR
“Un/Conscious Bent: A Survey of Regional Surrealism,” Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2013 “Selections from the Ucross Permanent Collection,” Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
2012 “Small Stories,” juror: Joetta Maue, Urban Alchemist Design Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2011 “Present Tense,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
“Icons of the West,” Dana Gallery, Missoula, MT
“More Is More,” Melissa Vandenbeg, curator, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY (catalog)
“Common Threads,” Sam Hill Gallery, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ
2010 “Ucross: Twenty-Seven Years of Visual Arts Residencies,” Lisa Hatchadoorian, curator, Nicolaysen Art Museum,
Casper, WY, and Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY (catalog)
“Triad,” Aunt Dofe’s Hall of Recent Memory, Willow Creek, MT
“Zone: Embroidered Digital Commons/Analog is the New Digital,” AND Festival, Manchester, UK
2009 Montana Triennial, juror: Beth Sellars, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana (catalog)
AltCraft artist, American Craft Council Show, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Exhibition of three photographers at Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA
2008 “Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate,” national juried exhibition, Holter Museum of Art and Montana
Human Rights Network, Helena, MT (catalog)
2007–2009 “Art by Women from Wyoming, Montana and Colorado,” Ann Simpson Artmobile Traveling Exhibition,
regional juried exhibition, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
2007–2009 Montana Artmobile Traveling Exhibitions, Bozeman, MT
2007 “Range of Expression II, A Montana Invitational,” Ucross Foundation Art Gallery, Clearmont, WY
“ANA 35,” juror: Willem Volkersz, national juried exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
“MIXX” and “MIXX II,” Grafix, Billings, MT
2005 “David and Ann Shaner Resident Art Studio Gala Grand Opening Exhibition,” Archie Bray Foundation
for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
2004 “Art by Healers,” J. David Broudo Gallery, Endicott College, Beverly, MA
25th Southeastern Montana Juried Exhibit, juror: John Giarrizzo, Custer County Art Center, Miles City, MT
2003 “Portrait of My Mother…Things Left Unsaid,” national juried exhibition,The Center for Contemporary Art–Sacramento, CA
“Five Women’s Works” exhibition and “Christmas” invitational shows, Danforth Art Gallery, Livingston, MT
2002 “Digital Visions,” jurors: Brian Clark and Steven Holsapple, international juried exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art
Sacramento, CA
“from the Wild, Wild West,” invitational exhibit, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
2001 “Recent Work,” Depot Gallery, Red Lodge, MT: two-person exhibit
2000 “Artists’ Books: Visual Literary Expressions” international exhibit, Northcutt/Steele Gallery, Montana State University–Billings, MT
1999 “Collage: Two Approaches,” with Jim Ringley, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
1998 “Woman: In the Broader Sense,” juror: Britta Konau, Exhibition Coordinator, The National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Washington, D.C., St. Louis Artists’ Guild and Women’s Caucus for Art, St. Louis, MO
“post-postcard III,” {f ou r w alls, San Francisco, CA
“Wish You Were Here Collage Postcards ’98,” national juried show, National Collage Society, Artstown Gallery, OH
1997 “New Work,” Raven Gallery, Cody, WY: three-person
“Postcards to the Piko,” Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI
“Montana Myths and Reality,” Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT: invitational
1996 “Print Images,” Custer County Art Center, Miles City, MT: three-person
1995 Wisconsin Women in the Arts 22nd Anniversary National Juried Exhibit, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
“Artist’s Postcards I,” Dearing Galleries
“Americas 2000, all media national competition,” Minot State University, Minot, N.D.
1994 “Brooch: The Subject,” juried by David Pimentel & John Hays, Tempe Art Center, Tempe, AZ
1993 Electrum XXII, Helena Arts Council, juried by Richard Swanson, Helena, MT
1992 “New Artists’ Show,” Sutton West Gallery: four-person
“Day of the Dead,” Sutton West Gallery: invitational
1990 Northcutt Gallery, Eastern Montana College, Billings, MT: show with Mary Jo Maute
“Portraits of Habitat,” Paris Gibson Square: four-person
Lewistown Art Center, Lewistown, MT: solo
Electrum XIX, National Juried Fine Art Show, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
1989 Montana Women’s Centennial Survey Art Exhibition curated by Gennie DeWeese, Custer County Art Center,
Miles City, MT (show traveled throughout Montana and Wyoming for two years)
Electrum XVIII, Holter Museum of Art
1987 “The Tie That Binds — Contemporary Work from the Fiber Arts” curated by Ken Bova, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT
“Collage,” University Center Art Gallery, University of Montana: solo
RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
2025 Strategic Investment Grant ($1,000), Montana Arts Council
Honorable Mention: “Expand and Contract 2025: AI and Alternative Processes,” Los Angeles Center of Photography,
juror Dr. Rotem Rozental: two works, virtual
2023 PhotoLucida Critical Mass 2023 Finalist
2022 ARPA Grant ($10,000), Montana Arts Council
2019 Innovation Award ($5,000), Montana Arts Council
2015, 2014 CERF+ Business Insurance Grant, Montpelier, VT
2011 CERF+ Alternative Professional Craft Artist Emergency Grant, Montpelier, VT
2010 First prize, RE:FORM SCHOOL Art Contest for Education Reform, New York City, NY
2008 to 2017 Member of Montana Arts Council (appointment extended through 2017)
2006 Recognition of Excellence Award for “Love, Care, Hope, Cry,” Blair Sadler International Healing Arts Competition
2006, 2005 Fellowships, The Creative Center: Arts in Healthcare, New York City, NY
2004 Recognition of Excellence Award for “Art of Survival, Healing in Life,” Blair Sadler International Healing Arts Competition
Treasure Award from the Montana Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa
Golden Pen Award, 10.24.04, Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana
“Artist of the Year,” Big Brother Big Sisters of Yellowstone County, Montana
2004, 1999 Professional Development Grants, Montana Arts Council
1999, 1998 Sam & Alfreda Maloof Scholarship (full tuition), Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
1996 Juror’s Award of Excellence, “Artist’s Postcards II,” Linda Tyler, Director, Tamarind Institute; Dearing Galleries, Taos, NM
1992 MontanaFair, Billings, MT: 1st in collage
1987 Academic All-American Collegiate Award
RESIDENCIES
2025 Artist-in-Residence, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY
MADE, San Miguel de Allende, MX
2024 Artist-in-Residence, M.T. Liggett Art Environment, 5.4.7 Arts Center, Greensburg, KS
Artist-in-Residence, Montana Artist Refuge, Basin, MT
2023 Artist-in-Residence in Photography & New Media, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Artist-in-Residence, Newnan ArtRez, Newnan, GA
2022 Spring Pentaculum (Fiber/Textiles), Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
A.I.R. Studio, Paducah, KY
2021 Artist-in-Residence, Newnan ArtRez, Newnan, GA
Artist-in-Residence, McCanna House, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
2020 Artist-in-Residence, New York Mills Cultural Center, New York Mills, MN
Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY (canceled due to COVID-19)
2019, 2014, 2013, 2009, 2007 Fellowship (LEAW Fellow in 2014, 2009; scholarship in 2007), Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2019 OFAR Residency, New Market, VA
2018 Associate Artist, Residency #169, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Artist-in-Residence, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
2017 Studio residency, Surel's Place, Boise ID
Studio residency, Taleamor Park, LaPorte, IN
Artist-in-Residence, Von Hoffman House, Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation, Medora, ND
2016, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2003 Studio residencies, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
2016, 2015 Studio residencies, Playa, Summer Lake, OR
2015 Studio residency, BAiR Winter Intensive, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, CA
2014, 2011, 2009 Studio residencies, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2012 Studio residency, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Visiting artist, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, CA
Self-directed residency, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, CA
Studio residency, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2008 “Making Artistic Inquiry Visible” thematic residency (with scholarship) at The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, CA
Studio residency, Jentel Foundation, Banner, WY
RECENT PRESS
2025 ”Jane Waggoner Deschner: Remember Me” Lenscratch interview by Aline Smithson, 6.21.25
https://lenscratch.com/2025/06/jane-waggoner-deschner-remember-me/
Rocky Mountain Collegian, “‘Remember Me’ exhibit takes trip through time, explores the human condition,” by Robert Sides, 2.12.25
2023 Missoulian, “‘Remember Me’: Billings artist pairs found photographs, text” by Cory Walsh, 9.27.23
2022 Billings Gazette, “Remember me. Is Jane Waggoner Deschner's Monument to Lives Lived” by Jake Iverson, 10.09.22
2021 “Artist says vintage La Porte photographs help connect people in divisive times,” La Porte County Herald-Dispatch, Michigan City, IN,
9.16.21
2019 Billings Gazette, “Exhibit gives new life to forgotten photos with text from obituaries,” by Eric Young, 06.27.19
Billings Gazette, “Exhibition on transforming hate travels to schools across Montana,” by Anna Paige, 12.14.19
New York Times Comments “Times Pick,” “The Best Obituary Ever, and the Wacky Funeral That Followed,” by Corey Kilgannon, 09.15.19
(99 recommended, 2 comments)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/nyregion/joe-heller-obituary.html#commentsContainer&peid=102535310:102535310
2018 “A View From the Easel,” Deena El Genaidi, Hyperallergic, 08.31.18
“Photo Finish,” by Judy Arginteanu, full page illustration in article in American Craft magazine, December/January, pp. 26–27
2014 West of True, exhibition catalog, Oats Park Arts Center, Churchill Arts Council, Fallon, NV
https://www.churchillarts.org/publications/
“Informed Source,” Surface Design Journal, 2014 winter issue, pp. 66–67
2012 Humor in Craft, by Brigitte Martin, Schiffer Publishing, 2012, p. 47
2010 “Deduction, Speculation and Fantasy,” by Gordon McConnell, feature article in Fiberarts magazine, September/October,
pp. 42–45
INTERVIEWS
Yellowstone Public Radio, “Resounds: Jane Waggoner Deschner,” 12.12.22
https://www.ypradio.org/show/resounds-arts-and-culture-on-the-high-plains/2022-12-12/resounds-jane-waggoner-deschner
WKTV Voices interview during ArtPrize 2021 with Jon Lodge, Grand Rapids, MI, 2021
https://wktvvoices.org/artprize-2021
Yellowstone Public Radio, “Resounds: Sheri Cornett, Aaron Rosen, Jane Deschner,” 07.23.18
https://www.ypradio.org/post/resounds-sherri-cornett-aaron-rosen-jane-deschner
University of Wyoming Art Museum video, "Face Value: Embroidered Found Photographs by Jane Waggoner Deschner," 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Y1sg89LU8
PUBLICATIONS
2024 “OF COVID (various artists),” Kris Graves Projects + Humble Arts Foundation
https://www.krisgravesprojects.com/book/ofcovidbook
2022 “Remember me.,” immersive installation/exhibition catalog (128 pages), Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
“Not Selected At This Time: Dreams,” issue 2, designed and curated by Olivia Juliet Taylor
“Family Archives,” Photo Trouvée Magazine, issue 9, featured artist interview
2021 “Remember me.collect,” publication for installation, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
“Photo Trouvée Magazine Issue 4,” Juliana Naufel & Twiggy Boyer, pp. 43–46
“An Archive,” Superpresent online magazine with hardcopy, Issue No. 4, Goupi Publishing
2020 “Solace,” selected as one of 12 participating artists, Kris Graves Projects
https://www.krisgravesprojects.com/book/notwrong2
2019 “On Death: the book,” selected as a participating artist, jurors: Kris Graves Projects + Humble Arts Foundation
“RURAL–ity,” Null Set + SLAG Mag, pp. 3–4
2018 “Photo Finish,” Judy Arginteanu, American Craft magazine, Dec/Jan 2018, p. 27
2014 West of True, exhibition catalog, Oats Park Gallery, Churchill Arts Council, Fallon, NV
“Informed Source,” article in Surface Design Journal, 2014 winter issue, pp. 66–67
2012 Humor in Craft, by Brigitte Martin, Schiffer Publishing, 2012, p. 47
2010 “Deduction, Speculation and Fantasy,” by Gordon McConnell, feature article in Fiberarts magazine, September/October,
pp. 42–45
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Art of Emprise, Wichita, KS
Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
Churchill Arts Council, Fallon, NV
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
Alberta Bair Theater, Billings, MT
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
Federal Reserve Banks, Minneapolis, MN & Helena, MT
Montana State University–Billings Foundation
Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Yellowstone Public Radio, Billings, MT
Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
Kimmel Harding Nelson Foundation, Nebraska City, NE
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Self Publish, Be Happy, London, UK
Paul D. Fleck Library & Archives, The Banff Center, Banff, AL, CA
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Byoungsoo Cho & Eun Sil Kim, Seoul, Korea and Bozeman, MT
Chun Az Kim & Dong-Sup Huh, Seoul, Korea
Steve Badgett, Simparch, Chicago, IL
Robert E. Jackson, Seattle, WA
Neltje, Banner, WY
Martin Goldsmith & Amy Roach, Washington, DC
Marlies Stroebe & David Zine, Vancouver, WA
Victoria Tupper Kirby, San Francisco, CA
Marci Rae McDade, Portland, OR
Caille Millner, San Francisco, CA
John & Teenuh Foster, St. Louis, MO
Nigel Maister, Rochester, NY
William Davies King, Santa Barbara, CA
Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy, Orlando, FL
BLOG ARTICLES:
2015 Landlocked, 02.26.2015
http://landlockedphoto.tumblr.com/post/112138009228/jane-waggoner-deschner-billings-mt-hand
365 Days | 365 Artists, A Frank Juarez Gallery and Greymatter Gallery Collaborative Project, 03.10.15
http://365artists365days.com/2015/03/10/jane-deschner-billings-montana/
2013 The Design Observer Group, Observatory, “Stitching Stories” by John Foster, 08.11.13
http://observatory.designobserver.com/johnfoster/feature/stitching-stories/38025/
Project B, “Appreciating Found Photos” by Barbara Levine, 08.14.13
http://www.projectb.com/blogs/news/8617995-appreciating-found-photos
2011 Hand/Eye magazine, “The Wise Words of a Photograph,” 10.20.11
http://handeyemagazine.com/content/wise-words-photograph
Mrs. Textiles.com, “The Writings on the Photograph,” 10.31.11
http://mrstextiles.com/?p=2072
American Craft Magazine, “Why I Make: Digital Compulsion,” by Jane Waggoner Deschner, 08.09.11
http://americancraftmag.org/blog-post.php?id=12476 or http://bit.ly/oK7Q39
Crescendoh (Legato) by Jenny Doh, 04.03.11
http://blog.crescendoh.com/crescendo/2011/04/legato-jane-waggoner-deschner.html
2010 House of Mirth by Stacy Waldman, 06.21.10
http://houseofmirthphotos.blogspot.com/2010/06/conversation-with-bess-by-jane-waggoner.html
mr x stitch by Joetta Maue, 05.19.10
http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/05/19/future-heirlooms-the-snapshot-stitched/
The Observers (France), 03.17.10
http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20100317-best-way-dispose-racist-literature-speaking-volumes-transforming hate-montana
Accidental Mysteries/John Foster, 02.10.10
http://accidentalmysteries.blogspot.com/2010/02/sewing-snapshots-with-thread.html
Hand Embroidery Network, 01.29.10
http://handembroiderynetwork.blogspot.com/2010/01/family-suit-jane-waggoner-deschner.htmlml
PHOTO BOOKS
2025
“Gone Home” 64-page magazine of my iPhone snapshots, self-published via Mixim
“A to Z series, an alphabet book” includes all pieces in the from A to Z series that incorporate Frank Pease/Muralcraft Studio portrait proofs:
http://www.blurb.com/books/6100909-a-to-z-series-an-alphabet-book-
“Me|Us|Them: The Other Side of Found Photographs”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Y1sg89LU8
Some of these books are in the collections of:
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Self Publish, Be Happy, London, UK
Paul D. Fleck Library & Archives, The Banff Center, Banff, AL, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1994–present Freelance graphic designer, editor and writer
2008–2025 Big Red Gallery exhibition installer, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
2004–2010 Adjunct Professor of Art, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
2007–2010 Director/Curator, Ryniker–Morrison Art Gallery, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
2000–2005 Arts in Medicine Program Coordinator, St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings, MT
1991–2004 Director/Curator, Women’s Center Art Gallery, St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings, MT
1989–1994 Graphic Artist/Copywriter/Editor/Account Executive, Exclamation Point Advertising, Billings, MT
1987–1989 Assistant Director, Montana Institute of the Arts Foundation, Billings, MT
1981–1987 Owner, Castle Gallery and Frame, Billings, MT
VISITING ARTIST EXPERIENCE
2025 Guest artist/speaker, workshop instructor, Museum of Art | Art, Fort Collins, CO
2023, 2022, 2009, 2001, 1998, 1997 Guest Artist/Instructor, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2019 Guest artist/speaker, Fiber Art Guild in Ann Arbor, MI, and Needlework & Textile Guild, Troy, MI
2018 Guest artist, workshop instructor, Kids’ Summer Camp, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2017 “Stitching Now into Then,” workshop instructor, Surel’s Place, Garden City, ID
2013 Art Workshop Instructor, Montana Women’s Prison, Billings, MT
Consultant/Workshop Instructor, Training Institute for Artists and Administrators in Creative Aging, The Creative Center
at University Settlement, New York City, NY
2011 All Student Show Juror, Northwest College, Powell, WY
2011–2009 Visiting Artist/Capstone Portfolio Evaluator, Northwest College, Powell, WY
2009–1995 Poets on the Prairie Visiting Artist, The Writer’s Voice, YMCA, Billings, MT
2010, 2007–2005 Guest artist, Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
2004 Guest artist, “Photomontage and Case Conference,” San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care Center, San Diego, CA
2003 Workshops instructor, Women’s Center, St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings, MT
Guest artist, Senior Seminar, Rocky Mountain College
“Stories Project,” two-month collage workshop series for at-risk youth, Riverside Middle School, Billings, MT 2014
Guest Speaker, Artist Lecture Series, Focus Contemporary Art Gallery, Scottsville, VA
All Student Show Juror, Montana State University–Billings, Billings, MT
Annual Exhibition Juror, Photographic Institute of Yellowstone, Billings, MT
2002 Workshop instructor, Saturday College for Upward Bound, Montana State University–Billings, Billings, MT
Workshop instructor, Depot Gallery, Red Lodge, MT
2001 Workshop instructor, Montana Art All-State Interscholastic, West High School, Billings, MT
2000, 1998, 1997 Artist-In-Residence, “Art InsideOut” 6-week series, Montana Women’s Prison, Billings, MT
2001–1999 Instructor, Professional Development Workshops for Teachers, Alberta Bair Theater, Billings, MT
1997 Outreach Instructor, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
1997 Instructor, Workshop for Grieving Children’s Program, Big Sky Hospice, Billings, MT
1996–1995 Instructor, College for Kids and Youth University summer camps for gifted and talented children, Montana State
University–Billings, Billings, MT
1996 Visiting Artist, Artist in the Schools, Rimrock Elementary School, Billings, MT
1994 Visiting Artist, Artist in the Schools, Independent Elementary School, Yellowstone County, MT
2003, 2002, 1998–1993 Instructor, “Young Artists’ Studio” After School and Summer Camps, Red Lodge and Billings, MT
1990 Guest Artist/Instructor, Paris Gibson Square, Great Falls, MT