Jill Hotchkiss

BIO
Jill Hotchkiss was born in Hollywood, Florida. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Pratt Institute and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the University of Florida. She has participated in artists residencies in Public Art at School of Visual Arts in New York and at Oolite Arts in Miami. After working for the past 10 years in New York City as a practicing artist and teaching artist (instructing children and adults), she has recently returned back to her home state and has a working studio, open to the public at the Arts Warehouse, based in downtown Delray Beach, Florida. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions, private and public collections throughout the United States, South America, Japan and Europe along with a variety of large scale hospitality and architectural commissions.

ARTIST STATEMENT
Jill Hotchkiss embeds growth patterns into elemental substrates by emulating geological processes such as wind, rain, gravity, and erosion. The origin of each relief is derived by hand rendered drawings comprised of black ink on paper. The imagery resembles organized branch-like structures scientifically termed dendritic. She has observed that this recurring pattern is echoed throughout the natural world; within architecture of trees, roots, oceanic forms, water tributaries, topography, cells, lightning, and vascular/ nervous systems- all of which inspire her work. These interconnected, forms represent the bond between all biological systems ... view more »