Dianne Hoffman
mixed media assemblage artist of recycled and salvaged materials
Dianne Hoffman
Prolific Bay Area surrealist creating mixed media with found objects and recycled materials
to convey personal and fictitious stories with depth, magic & humor
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Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2025 Swan Song, solo exhibition, Cafe Suspiro, San Francisco, CA
2024 Passageways, solo exhibition, Tumbleweed Found, Santa Cruz, CA
2022 What the Crows Brought Me, solo exhibition, ARTHOUSE Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2021 Anatomically Incorrect, solo exhibition, Uma Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 Full Circle, duo exhibition, The Reclaimed Room, San Francisco, CA
2018 Superstitions, duo exhibition, Art Attack SF, San Francisco, CA
2017 Myths & Legends, duo exhibition, Secession Art & Design, San Francisco, CA
2016 Objects of Desire, solo exhibition, Hotel Biron, San Francisco, CA
2015 Reflected Spirits, duo exhibition, Secession Art & Design, San Francisco, CA
2014 Circus Freaks & Sideshows, duo exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Uncanny, solo exhibition, Dada Art Bar, San Francisco, CA
2011 Keys To the Midway, solo exhibition, Straw SF, San Francisco, CA
2010 Words With Wings, solo exhibition, Bibliohead, San Francisco, CA
Select Group Exhibitions
2026 frol.ic.some, Imperfecta Gallery, Portland, OR
Then Now, Tumbleweed Found, Santa Cruz, CA
2025. Nautical Horizons, Poetic Tiger Gallery, Boise, ID
Waking Wonder, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024 Process, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
Women Create Space, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
Year of the Dragon, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Harvest, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Pride NOT Prejudice, Sausalito Center For The Arts, Sausalito, CA
Lost & Found, Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, CA
2022 Brushed, Compound Gallery, Emeryville, CA
Fateful Findings, Arc Gallery
2021. The Evil Among Us, Palette Gallery, San Francisco
Altered and Reimagined, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA
Crossing the Divide, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2020 Waste Not, Want Not, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Awakened By The Midnight, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bird, Nest, Nature, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2019 tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
El Final De Una Era, Wonderland SF, San Francisco, CA
2018 Earth, Office of Senator Wiener, San Francisco, CA
Secrets, Lies & Disinformation, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Tales of the City, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Resistance, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Curatorial
2026 Now Then, Tumbleweed Found, Santa Cruz, CA
2025 The Birds & The Bees, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Scraps of Time, Arc's Project Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024 Cut and Run, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Fateful Findings, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020 Awakened By The Midnight, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Some Assembly Required, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Ornament & Oddity, Hayes Valley Pop-Up, San Francisco, CA
2011-2015 San Jose Holiday Art Market, The Historic Reed House, San Jose, CA
Teaching
2025 Private Assemblage Tutorial Sessions, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Setting the Stage to Tell Your Stories through Assemblage, Tumbleweed Found, Santa Cruz, CA
2024 Assemblage Workshop, Bellissima Art Escapes, Port Orchard, WA
2023 Assemblage Workshop, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA
2022 Assemblage Mixer Sponsored by ArtSpan and SCRAP SF, Online
2021 Assemblage Workshop, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA
2020 Assemblage Workshop, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA
2020 Assemblage Mixer Sponsored by ArtSpan and SCRAP SF, Online
2019 Assemblage Workshop, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA
2018 Assemblage Mixer sponsored by SCRAP SF & ArtSpan, SCRAP, San Francisco CA
Assemblage Workshop, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA
2017 Assemblage Mixer sponsored by SCRAP SF & ArtSpan, SCRAP, San Francisco CA
Collage Making Mixer sponsored by SCRAP SF & ArtSpan, SCRAP, San Francisco CA