Jane Ingram Allen is an installation artist who does art projects around the world using hand papermaking with natural materials and collaborative processes to raise public awareness about environmental issues. Jane has received numerous awards for artist-in-residencies and community public art projects in the USA, the Philippines, Japan, Nepal, Brazil, China, Tanzania, Taiwan, Turkey and Indonesia. She was a Fulbright Scholar artist-in-residence in Taiwan in 2004 and 2005 and a Fulbright Specialist in Turkey in 2015. She received Puffin Foundation Grants in 2003, 2007, 2011 to support her art installations in New York and MA. She has also received grants from the Chenven Foundation, City of Sacramento, City of Santa Rosa, and other organizations around the world to support her work. For her artworks Jane begins by making handmade paper from local plant waste and uses materials and techniques that contribute to sustainable living and improve the environment. Jane is a former college art instructor and currently writes about art for SCULPTURE and other art magazines as well as doing independent curating. Since 2012 she has been based in Santa Rosa, CA, and continues her work in the US and internationally.
About the Artist
Jane Ingram Allen
My art aims to foster public awareness of environmental issues, with collaborative and participatory processes in mixed media multi-part installations. I use all natural and biodegradable materials such as handmade paper I make from local plant waste materials and seeds to produce continually evolving artworks that transform with nature as a partner. In my recent “Living Quilts” outdoor installations, the handmade paper dissolves over time becoming compost to nourish the earth, and the seeds sprout and grow to produce food and habitat for wildlife as well as aesthetic experiences for humans. The sculptural structures with my living, growing installations are made of wood and branches and last well for many years, and the artworks continue to change and evolve with time. These works comment on our vain hope for permanency in art and our desire to conquer nature rather than exist in harmony with the earth. With recent projects I am focusing on water and our current climate crisis, bringing attention to our dire circumstances, with too little water and too much water, and projecting hope for a better future.
Works in this Exhibition
California Blooming - Poppies 2025
California Blooming - Leaves and Blooms 2025
Bird Watching in Benicia 1996-2026
Quarantine Flower Portrait - Apple Blossom 2020
Building Community - Installation of Houses 2026
Quarantine Flower Portrait - Queen Anne's Lace 2020
Quarantine Flower Portrait - Nasturtium 2020
Quarantine Flower Portrait - Geranium 2020
Quarantine Flower Portrait - Dahlia 2020
Quarantine Flower Portrait - Black Eyed Susan 2020
Twig Sculpture #5 2024-2025
Twig Sculpture #7 2024-2025
Twig Sculpture #6 2024-2025
Twig Sculpture #4 2024-2025
Twig Sculpture #3 2024-2025
Twig Sculpture #2 2024-2025
Twig Sculpture #1 2024-2025
Brown Paper with Raffia Weaving 1980
Thailand's Father River 2011
Shelter Stacks 2019
Pomegranates 2025
NYC Subway Map 1996
Fire and Water - Hot Yellow 2024
Fire and Water - Burned Forest 2025
Fire and Water - River Runs Through It 2025
Rain Drops with French Knots 1981
Blue Embossed Screen with White Flowers 2026
Wasp Nest 1982
Blue Butterfly - Kinmen Site Map 2005