Diana Jacobs was born and raised on Long Island. She began studying art as a teenager and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. After moving to Los Angeles she received certificates in both botanical and zoological illustration from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Ms. Jacobs’ background in the art community is diverse – from working with commercial artists on Madison Avenue, gallery work on Melrose, as a freelanvce illustrator at the Huntington Gardens to teaching at Otis-Parsons. During the last fourteen years she has focused mainly on her studio work. Her mixed media and printwork has been internationally exhibited and shown throughout the United States. Ms. Jacobs’ work also regularly appears in feature films and on television. In the past few years she completed illustrations for “The Memory Bible” and “i Brain” by Dr. Gary Small, created a work for “The Book Of Lies”, a large scale collaborative piece by the late Eugenia Butler, and was an Arts panelist at the Conference of World Affairs, University of Colorado at Boulder. Her own book titled “The Vincenzo Beforenowafter Theorem”, is fresh off the presses.

On any given day you will more often than not find Diana either working on her latest body of assemblage work called the Time Travelers or tirelessly creating designs for her jewelry line; dustmuffin. Walking into Diana Jacobs’ studio in Los Angeles, one might feel like a character trapped inside of a curio cabinet. Or like you’re poking through your great, great, great grandmothers interesting yet slightly creepy attic all alone. Your curiosity is inspired. Your snooping instinct kicks in. You’d love to poke through what you are surrounded by. Found objects and history, science, botany and biology. Ingredients such as 19th Century Doll parts, bones, vintage watches and antique jewels, shiny sparkly beads, brilliant feathers, fabric, wire and wings! Each item has its own unique long story to tell. Diana Jacobs understands that inanimate objects sometimes need a bit of help expressing themselves.