Hometown:
Jill Hoffman was born in Seattle where she lived a "wholesome life in the woods" until the family was swept up by her father's transfer to L.A.

In January of 1982, a travel-weary Jill joined her mother in Sarasota "to change my lifestyle for a while," and never left.  Over the last 22 years, she has curated many exhibitions for private and public organizations.  She has been represented by galleries in Sarasota and Tampa, and taught at the Florida Institute of Fine Art.

Education:
At 18 she moved to the San Francisco area, graduating with distinction from the California College of Arts & Crafts.

Work experience:
After college, she became involved in performance and installation pieces in publicly-funded art spaces, and documented the punk rock movement on video in the U.S. and Europe.

Related Experience:
- Traveling in Europe from Finland to Italy
- Participated in Dokumenta, Kassel, Germany
- Director of Education at Art Center Sarasota

Exhibitions:

Fine Arts Exhibitions include:
- San Fransisco MOMA
- Denver Art Museum
- USC Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
- University Art Museum, Austin, TX
- Honolulu Academy of Fine Art, Honolulu, HI
- Oakland Museum of Fine Art, Oakland, CA
- Cornell University, New York
- John & Mable Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL
- Joan Hodgel Gallery, Sarasota, FL
- Selby Galleries, Sarasota, FL
- Currently represented by Katharine Butler Gallery
 
Juror of Fine Arts Exhibitions:
- Ponce de Leon annual exhibit, 2002
- Punta Gorda Art Center annual exhibition, 2001
- Women of Contemporary Art, Sarasota, 2001
 
Curator of Exhibits include:
- Drawing to Music. ARTarget, Sarasota, 2000
- The Secret Garden, Selby Botanical Gardens, FL
- Hot Summer, CoolArt, ARTarget 1998-2001
- Open Exhibition, Longboat Key Art Center, 1999
- Members Exhibition, Selby Gallery, 1997