Diane Telian

Diane Telian was born & raised in Southern California, and received her B.A. in Studio Art & History from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She presently lives and works in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her family. “In Backstory, the pieces are non-representational images that tap into a larger story of all that I see--the idea of macrocosm. JRR Tolkien, in a conversation with CS Lewis, points to a potential relationship between the smaller parts of our world & taking in the whole. He explains that, "everything is unique and ... each thing, however small, when a subject of attention, of necessity becomes the center of the world & requires all knowledge of the entire world to make an adequate explanation of it." As I experience it, microcosm & macrocosm are in dialogue.” - Diane Telian