A black and white photo of a person taking a selfie in a mirror with a camera, holding the camera in front of their face, with one eye visible. The person is wearing rings on their fingers and a wristwatch.

Biography

Jill Sutherland is a versatile multimedia artist and accomplished portrait photographer with a deep passion for human connection. Since 2012, she has used her lens to reveal raw emotion, exploring themes of light and shadow, archetypes, eroticism, addiction, and the longing for inner truth. Her work is a testament to the belief that the more personal the art, the more universal its message.

Emerging from 16 years in industrial metalworking, Jill first honed her craft in an energy-rich, transformative environment that became a path for healing. The loss of her mother led her to embrace feminine energy in her art, infusing her work with compassion, depth, and a search for balance between dualities—masculine and feminine, connection and detachment, structure and fluidity.

As part of Staveley & Sutherland, Jill collaborates on large-scale murals and immersive installations, including Circle of Doors Tarot, an Honorarium Exhibition at Burning Man in 2014 and 2022, celebrating intuition and the divine feminine. Her creative pursuits continue to evolve, incorporating experimental mixed media, photography, collage, and found objects to challenge conventional boundaries.

A woman with long blonde hair and tattoos on her back, looking downward, against a dark background.

Four people taking a selfie, their reflection seen through a large, colorful, semi-transparent dome or bubble. A cloudy sky is visible in the background.

A woman with sunglasses and a braid leaning against a wall with a large poster of a woman in lace clothing holding a staff or stick. The poster is on the exterior wall of a building.

A person dressed in vintage golf attire, holding a golf club, standing in a desert landscape with a white truck and sparse structures in the background.

A woman dressed in bohemian attire is holding a drink and reaching up towards a hanging fire. The scene appears to be at an outdoor festival or fair during the evening with a dark sky and a decorative fire structure.

A woman holding a white umbrella with yellow flowers standing in a field of yellow flowers under a cloudy sky, with handwritten text overlaying the image and a black stamp on the bottom right.

A powerful image can transcend time, carrying people beyond this generation into the past or catapulting them into the future. That is legacy.”

— Jill Sutherland

Jill Sutherland CV

Exhibitions

2026 - Limner Gallery - Strange Figurations: “Witch”

2026 - Las Laguna Art Gallery - Vintage Visionary Exhibit: “Surrender to the Sky”

2026 - MIA Photo Fair BNP Paribas - Portfolio Parade - Grief Split Series

2026 - Bombay Beach Biennale Auction Event - “Royalty” “Cocooning” “Return to Sender”

2026 - The Woman's Gaze exhibition - SE Center for Photography - “What Remains”

2026 - Black and White: The Poetry of Light and Shadow - “Blind Faith”

2026 - MVA Gallery, PA - Everything Blue Exhibit - “In Search”

2026 - Holy Art Paris - “Catharsis”

2026 - TAG Gallery - LA - “Surrender to the Sky”

2026 - Robert A. Peck Gallery - Persona Exhibit: “As For the Weather”

2025 - Marin Society of Artists: Fresh Art Exhibit - “The Unreachable”

2025 - Boomer Gallery - London - “Jesster” “DNR” “Hoop Girls”

2025 - The Chateau Gallery - In The Nude Exhibit - “Unleash”

2025 - Bombay Beach Biennale Auction Event - Petit Ermitage, LA - “Melancholy Magnified” “DNR” “Obsidian Elation”

2025 - Abstract Intentions - Sacramento Fine Art Center - “Shutter”

2025 - London Canvas International Art Fair - “Visions” Exhibit - Exaltation Triptych from Muse

2025 - Golden Duck Gallery/ CITYgalleryVienna Kleine Weihnachten - “Jesster”

2025 - PH21 Budapest Gallery - CODT - “Matriarch” “Wheel of Fortune” “Priestess”

2025 - PH21 Budapest Gallery - Autumn Photographic Visions Exhibit - Correspondence

2025 - Prix de la Photographie de Paris - Bronze Award - “Return To Sender”

2025 - Art Pod Gallery - Talisman Show BC Canada - “ Ace of Shells”

2025 - Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts - Seen and Unseen - “Precipice”

2025 - Holy Art Gallery - New York Exhibition - “Death”

2025 - Black & White Magazine - Looking Back - Looking Forward - “Star”,”Tomorrow’s Wish”,”Veiled Communiques”,”Carnival”,”Death”

2025 - Yeiser Art Center - Art Through The Lens 2025 - “Surrender to the Sky”

2025 - Black Box Gallery: Grayscale Exhibit - “Unbound”

2025 - Arlington Museum of Art - The Shape of Light Exhibit - “Guard Thy Soul”

2025 - Decode Gallery - Black and White Exhibit - “Star”

2025 - PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont - “The Seven Devils”

2025 - PH21 Gallery Budapest - Feminine/Masculine Exhibit - “Elements” & “Weave Together Dreams”

2025 - Black Box Gallery - Color Burst Exhibit - “Integration”

2025 - Flora & Fauna - SE Center for Photography - “Petals & Promises”

2025 - Art Collide - “Linked by Light” Exhibition - “Remembrance”

2024 - Nature Lover Exhibition - Covet Gallery - Oceanside - “Sun”

2024 - Independent & Image Art Space - Expressionist Exhibit - Chongqing, China - “Make The Road by Walking”

2024 - Ravens Gallery - G.O.L.D Series

2024 - Independent & Image Art Space - Surreal Photography Exhibit - Chongqing, China - “Melancholy Magnified”

2024 - Ladies Night Exhibition - Covet Gallery - Oceanside - “Shutter”

2024 - Through The Lens Exhibition - Atlanta - “As For The Weather”

2022 - Burning Man Honorarium

2017 - International House Hotel - New Orleans

2015 - Neon Raspberry - Occidental

2014 - Burning Man Honorarium

2012 - Ojai Art Detour - Ojai

Awards

2026 - Best Photography Awards - Honorable Mention - “Grief Split”

2025 - LA Photo Curator - Global Photography Awards - Top Images - “Unbound”

2025 - reFocus Awards - Honorable Mention - “Grief Split”

2025 - Dodho Color Award Book 2025 - Best Images - “Jesster”

2025 - Art Through The Lens “1st Place Winner” - Yeiser Art Center “Surrender to the Sky”

2025 - Prix de la Photographie de Paris - Bronze - “Return To Sender”

2025 - Exposure One Awards - Honorable Mention - “Blind Faith”

2025 - IPA Portrait Awards - “Royalty”

2025 - Dodho Monochromatic Awards 2025 - Finalist “Bath Salts” and “Death”

2025 - Black & White Magazine - Excellence Award - “Honour”

2025 - Dodho Portrait Awards 2025 - Finalist “DNR”

2025 - 26th Julia Margaret Cameron Award - Honorable Mention

2024 - FotoNostrum - Overall Winner/ Alternative Process Winner - “Laugh Now, Cry Later”

2024 - 21st Pollux Award - “Obsidian Elation”

2023 - Life & Death Exhibition & Publication - “G.O.L.D.” - pg 262

2022 - Burning Man Honorarium

2017 - Magdalena MMXV Winner

2014 - Tarot Association - Tarot Experience of the Year 2014

2014 - Burning Man Honorarium

Publications

2026 - HBO Docuseries - “The Man Will Burn” - featuring Circle of Doors Tarot Installation

2026 - Shots Magazine - Rest & Renewal: Summer 2026 Issue - “Chrysalis”

2026 - Shots Magazine - Play On: Spring 2026 Issue - “Shutter”

2026 - Arts to Hearts Project - 101 Art Book : Photography Edition - “Baroque and Roll” “Antique Absurdity” “Shutter”

2026 - PJAS Magazine Winter Issue - Feature - “Beyond Reflection”

2025 - Curatory Magazine - Volume 13 - Artist Interview and Feature

2025 - Photographique Magazine - First Issue - Feature - “The Grief We Carry”

2025 - Dodho Color Award Book 2025 - Best Images - “Jesster”

2025 - Dodho Monochromatic Awards Book 2025 - Finalist “Bath Salts” and “Death”

2025 - Visual Art Journal - Correspondence Series II

2025 - B&W Magazine Excellence Award - “Star”

2025 - Dodho Portrait Awards 2025 - Finalist “DNR”

2025 - Smith Gallery - “The 27 - Expressionism” Book - “As For The Weather”

2024 - BOOK: To Boshi (Aru Chemist Sosho Tarot No Bijutsu Shi 9) - by Kagami Ryu Ji/ Cho

2024 - Dek Unu October 2024 - Featured Artist

2024 - Shots Magazine - Fall: Time Travel - “Contours of Freedom”

2024 - Foto Nostrum Magazine - COVER Spring 24’ Issue / 3 Category Winner

“STAR” - Alternative Processes - Single Pro Image
“Obsidian Elation” - Cover Image & Category winner - Portrait - Single Image Pro
“Laugh Now, Cry Later” Series - Alternative Processes - Series Pro

2024 - Shots Magazine - Spring/Summer : Dreams Edition - “Integration”

2023 - Life & Death Exhibition & Publication - G.O.L.D. - pg.241

2022 - PR Newswire Magazine - Circle of Doors Tarot Installation

2019 - Voyage LA

2016 - Lonely Planet Guide Book - Venice

2016 - Santa Fe Reporter

2015 - Creative Sugar Magazine

2015 - Taos News

2015 - Tempo Magazine

2014 - THE Magazine

2014 - Huffington Post

2014 - Interior Design Magazine