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Jane Waggoner Deschner is a Montana-based artist who has worked with found family photographs as her primary medium for the past two decades, following more than forty years of exhibition history. Her work has been shown at Robert Mann Gallery (NYC), Buffalo Bill Center of the West (WY), Missoula Art Museum (MT), Intersect Arts (MO), and Churchill Arts (NV). Her immersive installation Remember me. premiered at the Yellowstone Art Museum and, through MAGDA, toured the University of Montana’s Gallery of Fine Arts and WaterWorks Museum before closing at the Museum of Art | Fort Collins in March 2025.
Her practice has been featured in three Kris Graves Projects books and selected for virtual exhibitions by institutions including Griffin Museum of Photography, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Humble Arts Foundation, Lenscratch, Midwest Nice Art, The Curated Fridge, and Photo Trouvée. In June 2025, she was interviewed by Aline Smithson for Lenscratch. Honors include the Montana Arts Council Artist Innovation Award (2019–20), an ARPA grant (2022), and a Strategic Investment Grant (2025).
Website: janedeschner.com
Instagram: @janedeschner1