For a long time I have pursued themes of decline and decay, loss and remembrance, and cycles of life and death in both natural and constructed environments.
I am a huge fan of boarded up buildings and sites of demolition which I seek out on urban photographic excursions and capture for "reimagining". I digitally deconstruct these urban relics and reconstruct them in more expansive, dreamlike spaces to allow the viewer greater room for contemplation and imagination.
My favourite subjects to photograph include flowers and cars—the former I grow in my garden and the latter I chase down the street if I notice a particularly interesting pattern of rust or deterioration.
I also love Hamilton, Ontario, Canada--a fascinating city with a rich history and a vibrant arts community--where I currently live with my husband and two cats.
I am a huge fan of boarded up buildings and sites of demolition which I seek out on urban photographic excursions and capture for "reimagining". I digitally deconstruct these urban relics and reconstruct them in more expansive, dreamlike spaces to allow the viewer greater room for contemplation and imagination.
My favourite subjects to photograph include flowers and cars—the former I grow in my garden and the latter I chase down the street if I notice a particularly interesting pattern of rust or deterioration.
I also love Hamilton, Ontario, Canada--a fascinating city with a rich history and a vibrant arts community--where I currently live with my husband and two cats.
Follow me on Instagram @diannetwombly
Solo:
2026 echoes from a quiet landscape, Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, Canada (coming in October!)
2024 dark gardens, i fiori, Hamilton, Canada
2023 places lost and found, Special Projects Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Group:
2026 The Salon, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada (coming September 23-27, 2026!)
Memory & Transformation (Contact Photography Festival) with Natalie Hunter, Alex Hall, Tommy Feiler
& Yujie Wang, Gladstone House, Toronto, Canada
AGH Annual Art Sale (juried), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
55th Annual Art Auction (selected by Live Auction Committee for inclusion in Live Auction Night),
Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, Canada
2025 Art Fair Hamilton, (un)familiar landscapes--created with the generous support of the Hamilton
City Enrichment Fund, The Cotton Factory, Hamilton, Canada
Pairings, Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, Canada
Reality Check featuring 13 Hamilton digital & analog collage artists, curated by Albany Sutherland,
Farside's B-Side Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
Radical Transformations with Nate Ivanco, Lisa Pijuan-Nomura, Charlie Star, and Drew Taylor, curated by
Albany Sutherland, 486 Barton Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
AGH Annual Art Sale (juried), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
Fantastical Transformations with Roisin Cadieux & Jeannie Pappas, Sunbury Shores Art and Nature
Centre, St. Andrews NB, Canada
2024 SWARM! Hamilton Artists' Inc. Hamilton, Canada
Pairings, Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, Canada
Impact 2024, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto, Canada
AGH Annual Art Sale (juried), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
Exhibit 38, Art in the Workplace @ McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton, Canada
Give a Little Bit, Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, Canada
2023 Decay, Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, Canada
Exhibition No. 1, Art at Seven Innovation, Dundas, Canada
Fantasia with Albany Sutherland, Caitlyn DeGroot & Drew Taylor, Spookyfish & Sun Rain
Farside's B-Side Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
Renewal, Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, Canada
AGH Annual Art Sale (juried), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
It'll Be OK, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
4090, Special Projects Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2022 SWARM! Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Canada
Gardens in a Dangerous Time, with Taline Kavoukian; curated by Acey Rowe
Gales Gallery, Toronto, Canada
AGH Annual Art Sale (juried), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
Annual Juried Exhibition, Latcham Art Centre, Stouffville, Canada
Neither Here Nor There, with Genevieve Singer, Ashlei Stewart & Emily Huang
Gales Gallery, Toronto, Canada
International Women's Day 2022 Group Show, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Online:
2022 Society of Canadian Artists' Open International Juried Exhibition, Society of Canadian Artists, Canada
Emergence, BMO Nominee VAAH Open House, Toronto, Canada
Ethereal, Third Place Capital Culture House, Madrid, Spain
The Places We Dwell, Co-Ex Art collaborative art guild, Windsor, Canada
11th Annual "All Women" Exhibition, Special Merit Award Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Palm
Springs, USA
Projects, Commissions & Features:
2025 Shadow and Sax Literary Art Magazine (4-page feature), Toronto & Vancouver, Canada
2024 UofT Oak House Student Residence, University of Toronto/Daniels Group, Toronto, Canada
2023 Scotiabank Arena Art Collection, Scotiabank/SATA, Toronto, Canada
SPAO Photo Walk, School of the Photographic Arts Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Signal Wrap Public Art Project, City of Hamilton, Canada
Geist Magazine, Issue No. 125 (December), The Geist Foundation, Vancouver, Canada
Awards:
2025 Hamilton City Enrichment Fund Creation and Presentation grant
2023 Toronto Image Works Award for photographic art, York University
2021 Jennifer Ivy Bannock Digital Photo Award, York University
2026 echoes from a quiet landscape, Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, Canada (coming in October!)
2024 dark gardens, i fiori, Hamilton, Canada
2023 places lost and found, Special Projects Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Group:
2026 The Salon, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada (coming September 23-27, 2026!)
Memory & Transformation (Contact Photography Festival) with Natalie Hunter, Alex Hall, Tommy Feiler
& Yujie Wang, Gladstone House, Toronto, Canada
AGH Annual Art Sale (juried), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
55th Annual Art Auction (selected by Live Auction Committee for inclusion in Live Auction Night),
Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, Canada
2025 Art Fair Hamilton, (un)familiar landscapes--created with the generous support of the Hamilton
City Enrichment Fund, The Cotton Factory, Hamilton, Canada
Pairings, Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, Canada
Reality Check featuring 13 Hamilton digital & analog collage artists, curated by Albany Sutherland,
Farside's B-Side Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
Radical Transformations with Nate Ivanco, Lisa Pijuan-Nomura, Charlie Star, and Drew Taylor, curated by
Albany Sutherland, 486 Barton Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
AGH Annual Art Sale (juried), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
Fantastical Transformations with Roisin Cadieux & Jeannie Pappas, Sunbury Shores Art and Nature
Centre, St. Andrews NB, Canada
2024 SWARM! Hamilton Artists' Inc. Hamilton, Canada
Pairings, Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, Canada
Impact 2024, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto, Canada
AGH Annual Art Sale (juried), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
Exhibit 38, Art in the Workplace @ McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton, Canada
Give a Little Bit, Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, Canada
2023 Decay, Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, Canada
Exhibition No. 1, Art at Seven Innovation, Dundas, Canada
Fantasia with Albany Sutherland, Caitlyn DeGroot & Drew Taylor, Spookyfish & Sun Rain
Farside's B-Side Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
Renewal, Melt Studio & Gallery, Picton, Canada
AGH Annual Art Sale (juried), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
It'll Be OK, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
4090, Special Projects Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2022 SWARM! Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Canada
Gardens in a Dangerous Time, with Taline Kavoukian; curated by Acey Rowe
Gales Gallery, Toronto, Canada
AGH Annual Art Sale (juried), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
Annual Juried Exhibition, Latcham Art Centre, Stouffville, Canada
Neither Here Nor There, with Genevieve Singer, Ashlei Stewart & Emily Huang
Gales Gallery, Toronto, Canada
International Women's Day 2022 Group Show, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Online:
2022 Society of Canadian Artists' Open International Juried Exhibition, Society of Canadian Artists, Canada
Emergence, BMO Nominee VAAH Open House, Toronto, Canada
Ethereal, Third Place Capital Culture House, Madrid, Spain
The Places We Dwell, Co-Ex Art collaborative art guild, Windsor, Canada
11th Annual "All Women" Exhibition, Special Merit Award Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Palm
Springs, USA
Projects, Commissions & Features:
2025 Shadow and Sax Literary Art Magazine (4-page feature), Toronto & Vancouver, Canada
2024 UofT Oak House Student Residence, University of Toronto/Daniels Group, Toronto, Canada
2023 Scotiabank Arena Art Collection, Scotiabank/SATA, Toronto, Canada
SPAO Photo Walk, School of the Photographic Arts Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Signal Wrap Public Art Project, City of Hamilton, Canada
Geist Magazine, Issue No. 125 (December), The Geist Foundation, Vancouver, Canada
Awards:
2025 Hamilton City Enrichment Fund Creation and Presentation grant
2023 Toronto Image Works Award for photographic art, York University
2021 Jennifer Ivy Bannock Digital Photo Award, York University
EDUCATION
BFA York University, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, Toronto Canada
Dynamic Media Certificate, Center for Electronic Art, San Francisco USA
MSW University of Toronto, Canada
BA University of Toronto, Canada
BFA York University, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, Toronto Canada
Dynamic Media Certificate, Center for Electronic Art, San Francisco USA
MSW University of Toronto, Canada
BA University of Toronto, Canada
REPRESENTATION
Select works are available through the Art Gallery of Hamilton Sales & Services
Base 31 pieces are available exclusively through Melt Studio & Gallery
Select works are available through the Art Gallery of Hamilton Sales & Services
Base 31 pieces are available exclusively through Melt Studio & Gallery