Jane Ingram
Allen

Jane Ingram Allen is a visual artist who creates environmental and public art projects around the world using natural materials and collaborative processes to raise public awareness about environmental and social issues and increase our understanding and appreciation of plants.  Allen was born in Delta, Alabama, in 1940, and has lived in many parts of the US and abroad.  She has received numerous awards for artist-in-residency 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.  For her artworks she begins by making handmade paper from local plant waste and uses materials and techniques that contribute to sustainable living and improving the environment.  Since 2012 she has been based in Santa Rosa, CA, and continues her work in the US and internationally.