Jeanne Tillman graduated with a bachelor's of arts degree in radio and television from San Francisco State University, and did her graduate studies in studio arts at San Jose State University. Her workshops on paper-making are offered regularly at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga and at her studio in the Santa Cruz Mountains. She also teaches paper-making workshops to gifted children through Lyceum of Santa Clara Valley.

Tillman has exhibited her woven and paper art in various juried and non juried exhibitions on the West Coast for more than 15 years.

She has also participated in the Mountain Art Guild Summer Art Show since 1997. Her three-dimensional paper and fiber art has been exhibited at Aegis Gallery of Fine Art in Saratoga and the former Elemental Arts in Los Gatos. Currently, her paper sculptures are exhibited at the Los Gatos Museum's Gallery in Los Gatos.

At Olive Hyde, Tillman will be presenting her methods for making hand-crafted paper and her use of recycled paper in the creation of her art for free.