Deanna Taubman is a native Californian and was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received undergraduate degrees in Biology and English and American Literature from Brandeis University in 1991. Deanna worked for a couple of years as a molecular biology research assistant at Harvard University and then went on to pursue a veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania, completed in 1998. In 2001 Deanna left the combined program at Penn in molecular biology and began seriously pursuing studio art in 2004 after relocating to the Bay Area. She has studied with a number of instructors at Skyline College Art Department and is an active member of local arts guilds. She is a member of the San Mateo Library Art Exhibit Review Committee and the webmaster for the WCA Peninsula Chapter. Deanna's focus has been in ceramics, printmaking and painting, but letters and words are a common theme across all media.
Much of my artwork includes letters and words. Language is holy. It binds people together. It tears people apart. It seeds ideas and squelches freedom. And according to Jewish mysticism, the symbols that comprise language are part of the fabric of the universe. We have no other device as powerful as this. Language is a divine gift, capable of changing everything. It is our duty to know it well, and use it carefully.
| April - August 2016 | Wingtip Press Leftovers VI Art For A Cause - International Print Exchange and Show, Boise ID |
| March - April 2016 | Women's View - 2016, San Mateo County Women's Art Show, Caldwell Gallery 400 County Center, San Mateo CA |
| August 2015 | Boundaries - Coastal Arts League Gallery and Museum, Half Moon Bay CA |
| April 2015 | X2 - Twin Pines Gallery, Belmont, CA |
| March - June 2015 | Breaking Ground - San Mateo City Hall and Library, San Mateo CA |
| February 2015 | Transforming Community - a WCA Four Part Juried Exhibition, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY |
| November 2014 | Seasons of Life - Peninsula Art Institute Gallery, Burlingame CA |
| September 2014 | Water - Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay CA |
| August 2014 | Works On Paper - Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz CA |
| April 2014 | Juried Student Art Show: Award of Merit - Printmaking, Skyline College, San Bruno CA |
| February 2014 | Our Natural World - Twin Pines Manor Gallery, Belmont CA |
| January 2014 | New Beginnings - Peninsula Women's Caucus for Art, Atrium Gallery, Daly City City Hall, CA |
| May 2013 | Skyline College Student Show at the 23rd Annual CCACA 2013, Davis CA |
| April/May 2013 | Juried Student Art Show, Skyline College, San Bruno CA |
| May 2012 | Skyline College Student Show at the 22nd Annual CCACA 2012, Davis CA |
| April/May 2012 | Juried Student Art Show, Skyline College, San Bruno CA |
| January 2012 | Clay Gallery: Cups of Fire - National Ceramic Cup Competition, Ann Arbor MI |
| December 2011 | 100 Artists, 100 Artworks, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael CA |
| November/December 2011 | Memorandum--To: Light, From: Shadow, Skyline College, San Bruno CA |
| October 2011 | AGP 52nd Annual Awards Exhibition: Bill Gallo, Myles Kleinfeld, Deanna Taubman, Pacifica CA |
| Fall 2011 | Bi-Annual Juried Art Show, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael CA |
| May 2011 | Skyline College Student Show at the 22nd Annual CCACA 2011, Davis CA |
| April 2011 | Juried Student Art Show, Skyline College, San Bruno CA |
| Fall 2010 | 52nd Annual Exhibition of the Art Guild of Pacifica, Award of Excellence Winner, Pacifica CA |
| Fall 2009 | Bay Area Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA |
| Summer 2009 | Green, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA |
| July 2009 | Floral Art & Calligraphy Exhibit, City of SSF Cultural Arts Commission, South San Francisco CA |
| Spring 2009 | Juried Student Art Show, Skyline College, San Bruno CA |
| Spring 2008 | Juried Student Art Show, Skyline College, San Bruno CA |