Education
2011
Distinguished Alumni Award, University of California, Santa Cruz
1988
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1977
B.F.A., University of California at Santa Cruz
1976
Printmaking Program, University of California at Irvine
Solo Exhibitions
2017
A Tide of Light, Portland Art Gallery, Portland ,ME.
Coastal Flora, Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME.
2016
Figurative Narratives, Shaw Gallery, North East Harbor, ME
2015
Plein Air and Figuration, C.O.P. Portland Maine
1986-2017
Landscapes of Coastal Maine, Jill Hoy Gallery, Stonington, ME
2014
Land Alive , Maine Farmland Trust, Belfast, ME.
2010
Elemental Rhythms: Jill Hoy and Eric Hopkins, Thos. Moser, Freeport, ME.
2009
"Jill Hoy's America" Nye Gallery, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard
2008
New Paintings, Thos. Moser, Boston, Mass.
2005
Retrospective Bridgings, West End Gallery, Winston-Salem NC
Maine Landscapes,Thos. Moser, Boston MA
Plein Aire, N.W. Barrett Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2004
Jill Hoy and Jon Imber, Erlich Gallery, Marblehead, MA
2003
Under One Roof, Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002
Island Radiance, Gallery at 357 Main, Rockland, ME
Juxtaposition, Schomberg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Figuration, Kent Gallery, Key West, FL
Plein Air: Penobscot Bay, Gallery at 357 Main, Rockland, ME
1999
Jill Hoy, New Paintings, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
Maine Landscapes, Between the Mue, Rockland, ME
1998
Carnival, Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA
1997
From Maine to Miami ~ People/Places, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
St. Mark's School, Southboro, MA
Kennedy Gallery, Key West, FL
Deer Isle Art Association, Deer Isle, ME
State House, Augusta, ME
1995
Arts Alive, Springfield, MA
1994
Maine Manhattan, Lewiston-Auburn College, University of Southern Maine
1993
Winter Paintings, Buckingham, Brown & Nichols, Cambridge, MA
1992
Gallery House, Nobleboro, ME
1991
Justin Collins Gallery, Darien, CT
1990
University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME
1989
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
1988
University of Maine, Orono, ME
Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME
1987
Alpert Gallery, Boston, MA
Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME
Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury, MA
1986
Congress Square Galley, Portland, ME
1985
Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
1984
Deer Isle Artists Association, Deer Isle, ME
Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
1983
Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
1981
Artworks East, Boston, MA
Deer Isle Artists Association, Deer Isle, ME
1980
Deer Isle Artists Association, Deer Isle, ME
1977
Stephenson College, Santa Cruz, CA
Deer Isle Artists Association, Deer Isle, ME
Group Exhibitions
2016 - 2017
Maine Paintings, Portland Art Gallery,Maine
Painting Maine, Gallery at Somes Sound, Somesville, Maine
2015
Group Show, Sam Shaw Gallery, North East Harbor, Me
2013
From the Permanent Collection , Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME.
Maine Paintings, Lincolnville Fine Art, Lincolnville ,ME.
Selected Maine Painters , Thos. Moser, Freeport ,ME.
2011
Maine Women Painters, featuring Jill Hoy and Anne Ireland, Thos Moser, Freeport
2010
Jill Hoy and Eric Hopkins : "Elemental Rhythms", Thos Moser, Freeport Maine
2009
"Maine Artists Paint the Figure", Court House Gallery, Ellsworth, Maine
2007
New Acquisitions, Portland Museum of Art, Portland , Maine
Holiday Show,Thos.Moser, Freeport, Maine
A Sense of Place, Court House Gallery, Ellsworth Maine
Land Trust , Elan Gallery, Rockport, Maine
2006
Danforth Museum Member's Show, curated by Nina Nielsen and John Stomberg, MA
Jill Hoy and Jon Imber, Currier House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Maine Landscapes, Thos. Moser, Freeport, ME.
This Dear House, Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME.
Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth, Me.
2005
Maritime Painting. N.R. O'Mell Gallery, London, U.K.
Surviving Winter in Maine, Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME.
Travels to Maine, State House, Augusta, Me.
Watercolors, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
Small Master Works, Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta Me.
Fire Fire: Paintings of the Barrens, Firehouse Gallery, Damaruscotta, ME.
Annual Juried Show, juried by Joanna Fink, (best in show award) Concord Art Assoc. ,MA.
2003
Maine Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Ship to Shore, George Marshal Store Gallery, York Harbor, ME
Studio Connections, Art Gallery at Westbrook College, University of New England, ME
Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2002
Annual Juried Show, Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Nature Interpreted, Concord Association, Concord, MA
Maine Landscapes, Gleason Gallery, Boothbay Harbor, ME
Gallery at 357 Main, Rockland, ME
Gleason Gallery, Camden, ME
2001
New Work by Gallery Artists, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
Gallery at 357 Main, Rockland, ME
Gleason Gallery, Camden, ME
Maine Painters, Gleason Gallery, Camden, ME
2000
Group Show, Spazio, Austin, TX
Maine Landscapes:12 Painters, Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
Revealing the Nude: A Timeless Passion, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
1999
Carried Away: Joy of Collecting Art in Maine, Olin Arts Center, Bates Museum of Art, ME
Ten Artists, curated by Henry & Jody McCorkle, Round Top Center for the Arts, ME
1998
New Season - New Work, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
Recent American Portraits, curated by John Imber, Boston University
Gardens, Seraphim Gallery, Tenefly, NJ
Figure & Fantasy, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
1998-94
LA Arts, Lewiston-Auburn College, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston, ME
1996
New Directions, Chase Gallery, Camden, ME
1996-92
N.C. Barret Gallery, Portsmith, NH
1996-91
Harbor Square Gallery, Camden, ME
1993
Contemporary Maine Landscape, curated by Martha Stephens, Danforth Gallery, Portland
The Collectors Eye: Collecting Art in maine
1984-94
Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME
Gallery House, Nobleboro, ME
Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME
1992
Gallery House, Nobleboro, ME
Wingspread Gallery, Northeast Harbor ME
Congress Square Gallery, Camden, ME
1991
American Women Artists & the Maine Influence, Wingspread Gallery, NE Harbor, ME
Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME
Bayview Gallery, Camden, ME
1990
Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME
1989
Gallery 68, Belfast, ME
Square Gallery, Portland, ME
Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
1988
Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME
Central Place Gallery, Bangor, ME
Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
1987
Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME
Right Image Gallery, Roslyn, NY
1986
Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME
Right Image Gallery, Roslyn, NY
1985
Winter Jurried Show, Duxbury, MA
1984
Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
Art Placement International, New York, NY
1983
Silvermine Artist Guild, Silvermine, CT
1982
Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Publications
2008
25 People You Should Know,Yankee Magazine,Summer
2006
Paintings of Maine, a New Selection, by Carl Little/Arnold Skolnick, Down East Books, Camden, ME.
2005
Jill Hoy and Jon Imber: Painting the Town Together, Down East Magazine, September
Making Literature Matter; an Anthology for Readers and Writers, (cover), Bedford St. Martins, Boston
2003
Art Picks of the Week, "Under One Roof, Jill Hoy & Jon Imber," by Peter Frank, L.A Weekly
2002
Maine, by Edgar Allen Beem, Abrams Press The Art of Maine in Winter, by Carl Little/Arnold Skolnick, Down East Press, Book
1999
"Hoy to the World," by Carl Little, Maine Times "Carnival," by Sam McCarty, Covington Picayune, Louisiana
The Art of the Maine Islands, by Carl Little/Arnold Skolnick, Down East Press, book
1996
Home & Camp Catalogue, L.L. Bean, summer edition, cover
1995
Maine Explorers Guide, by Christina Tree, cover
Home & Camp Catalogue, L.L. Bean, summer edition, cover
1993
Home & Camp Catalogue, L.L. Bean, spring edition, cover
Home & Camp Catalogue, L.L. Bean, fall edition, cover
Collections
Jill Hoy's work is in 600+ private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Europe, including:
Blue Cross Blue Shield, Quincy, MA
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Casco Northern Bank, Portland, MA
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Harvard Business School, Shad Hall, Cambridge, MA
John Hancock Insurance Co, Boston, MA
L.L.Bean, Freeport, ME
MBNA, Camden, Maine & Wilmington, DEL
Mt. Ararat MSD19, Topsham, ME
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
Riverview Psychiatric Center, Augusta, ME
Wellington Management, Boston, MA