Bio
Jamie L. Luoto (b. 1987) lives and works in the San Francisco North Bay. Predominantly self-taught, Luoto’s intimate self-portraits explore the ways in which our identity is shaped, both from within ourselves and by society at large. Her current focus is on illuminating the lasting psychological impact of sexual trauma.
Luoto’s painting We Hunt the Doe was a semifinalist for the Smithsonian Institute’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, 2022. Her work has been featured in publications such as Booooooom.com, ArtMaze Mag, and New American Paintings; appeared on platforms such as Juxtapoz and Hyperallergic; and is in international private and public collections including the Green Family Art Foundation (Dallas, USA).
Exhibitions include: (Upcoming) Jamie Luoto + Tonia Nneji, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2024, duo); (Upcoming) Mirror, Mirror, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2024); The de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, USA (2023); Nude, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, USA (2023); True North, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, USA (2022); Stories from My Childhood, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, USA (2022); All About Women, Marin Society of Artists’ Gallery, San Rafael, USA (2021); Chasing Ghosts V, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, USA (2020); Art the Library Featuring Jamie L. Luoto, Napa County Library, Napa, USA (2019, solo); It’s Time: An Uncensored Look at the Time’s Up and #MeToo Movements, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, USA (2018); Pride and Prejudice: Gender Realities in the 21st Century, Arc Gallery, Chicago, USA (2018); Identity Spectrum, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, USA (2018).
Luoto’s painting We Hunt the Doe was a semifinalist for the Smithsonian Institute’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, 2022. Her work has been featured in publications such as Booooooom.com, ArtMaze Mag, and New American Paintings; appeared on platforms such as Juxtapoz and Hyperallergic; and is in international private and public collections including the Green Family Art Foundation (Dallas, USA).
Exhibitions include: (Upcoming) Jamie Luoto + Tonia Nneji, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2024, duo); (Upcoming) Mirror, Mirror, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2024); The de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, USA (2023); Nude, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, USA (2023); True North, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, USA (2022); Stories from My Childhood, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, USA (2022); All About Women, Marin Society of Artists’ Gallery, San Rafael, USA (2021); Chasing Ghosts V, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, USA (2020); Art the Library Featuring Jamie L. Luoto, Napa County Library, Napa, USA (2019, solo); It’s Time: An Uncensored Look at the Time’s Up and #MeToo Movements, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, USA (2018); Pride and Prejudice: Gender Realities in the 21st Century, Arc Gallery, Chicago, USA (2018); Identity Spectrum, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, USA (2018).
CV
SELECTED SOLO + TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
(Upcoming) Jamie Luoto + Tonia Nneji, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2019
Art in the Library Featuring Jamie L. Luoto, Napa County Library, Napa, CA
*Presented 30 minute Artist Talk: Art & Identity
2017
Portraits of Sonoma, City Hall of Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, CA
(Upcoming) Jamie Luoto + Tonia Nneji, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2019
Art in the Library Featuring Jamie L. Luoto, Napa County Library, Napa, CA
*Presented 30 minute Artist Talk: Art & Identity
2017
Portraits of Sonoma, City Hall of Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
(Upcoming) Mirror, Mirror, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, U.K.
2023
The de Young Open 2023, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Nude, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Portals, Northern California Women's Caucus for Art, (online)
Inside a Memory, Visionary Art Collective (online)
2022
True North, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA
Stories from My Childhood, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
Portrait International Juried Exhibition, Li Tang Gallery, (online)
Through Mossy Ways, I Like Your Work Spring Exhibition, (online)
2021
All About Women, Marin Society of Artists' Virtual Gallery, San Rafael, CA
*Awarded 1st place
2020
Chasing Ghosts V, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
ArtLaunch, ArtSpan SF Open Studios ‘Virtual Exhibition,’ San Francisco, CA
*Selected by 2 of 5 jurors (Matt McKinley and Philip Bewley) for their “Top 5 Picks” recognitions
2019
Therefore, I Am, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Animalia, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
2018
Defining the Art of Change in the Age of Trump, The Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington, DC
Art Elevated, an outdoor public art gallery presented by the Garment District Alliance and Artrepreneur, New York, NY
Art in an Age of Anxiety, Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, CA
It's Time: An Uncensored Look at the Time's Up and #MeToo Movements, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Pride and Prejudice: Gender Realities in the 21st Century, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
To Be Heard, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
Persistence, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA
Identity Spectrum, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Journey to America, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
2017
Avian: Birds in a Changing World, Gallery 5, Oakhurst, CA
*Awarded 1st place
The FL3TCH3R Exhibit, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Nasty Women, The Knockdown Center, Maspeth (NYC), NY
(Upcoming) Mirror, Mirror, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, U.K.
2023
The de Young Open 2023, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Nude, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Portals, Northern California Women's Caucus for Art, (online)
Inside a Memory, Visionary Art Collective (online)
2022
True North, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA
Stories from My Childhood, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
Portrait International Juried Exhibition, Li Tang Gallery, (online)
Through Mossy Ways, I Like Your Work Spring Exhibition, (online)
2021
All About Women, Marin Society of Artists' Virtual Gallery, San Rafael, CA
*Awarded 1st place
2020
Chasing Ghosts V, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
ArtLaunch, ArtSpan SF Open Studios ‘Virtual Exhibition,’ San Francisco, CA
*Selected by 2 of 5 jurors (Matt McKinley and Philip Bewley) for their “Top 5 Picks” recognitions
2019
Therefore, I Am, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Animalia, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
2018
Defining the Art of Change in the Age of Trump, The Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington, DC
Art Elevated, an outdoor public art gallery presented by the Garment District Alliance and Artrepreneur, New York, NY
Art in an Age of Anxiety, Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, CA
It's Time: An Uncensored Look at the Time's Up and #MeToo Movements, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Pride and Prejudice: Gender Realities in the 21st Century, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
To Be Heard, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
Persistence, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA
Identity Spectrum, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Journey to America, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
2017
Avian: Birds in a Changing World, Gallery 5, Oakhurst, CA
*Awarded 1st place
The FL3TCH3R Exhibit, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Nasty Women, The Knockdown Center, Maspeth (NYC), NY
AWARDS
2022
Semifinalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2022, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Semifinalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2022, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
COLLECTIONS
(Public) Green Family Art Foundation • Dallas, TX
(Public) Il Castello, Comune di Nocciano • Nocciano, Italy
Clients: SalesForce.com • San Francisco, CA (2015), David Kensington & Associates • San Francisco, CA (2016), Studio McGee • West Deptford, NJ (2016), Lerner Black Hill (2020), Moxy Seattle Downtown • Seattle, WA (2017), Parker Towers • Forest Hill, NY (2017), The Liaison Capitol Hill • Washington, D.C. (2016), Two Thirty-Five Luxury Suite • Healdsburg, CA (2015)
(Public) Il Castello, Comune di Nocciano • Nocciano, Italy
Clients: SalesForce.com • San Francisco, CA (2015), David Kensington & Associates • San Francisco, CA (2016), Studio McGee • West Deptford, NJ (2016), Lerner Black Hill (2020), Moxy Seattle Downtown • Seattle, WA (2017), Parker Towers • Forest Hill, NY (2017), The Liaison Capitol Hill • Washington, D.C. (2016), Two Thirty-Five Luxury Suite • Healdsburg, CA (2015)
PRESS / PUBLICATION
2023
(Forthcoming) Booooooom.com, "Care" Art & Photo Book
"An Egalitarian Art Salon at San Francisco's De Young Museum," Hyperallergic.com, October 18, 2023
"A Portfolio: Jamie L. Luoto," Juxtapoz.com, September 11, 2023
ArtMaze Mag, Double Volume Edition 32-33, (curated by ArtMaze Staff), pages 76-77
Portals Catalog, Northern California Women's Caucas for Art, page 65
Jenny Xie, "Tour a Brooklyn Townhouse That Was Inspired by English Country Homes," Architectural Digest online, May 5, 2023
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast: Issue 163, (curated by Jenny Gheith, assistant curator, SFMOMA) pages 92-97
New Visionary Magazine, Issue 6, (curated by Marina Press Granger), page 113
All SHE Makes, Spring Issue 6, (curated by Svitlana Martynjuk), pages 62-63, 100
2022
Friend of the Artist Vol. 15 (curated by newcube), independently published, pages 58-61
I Like Your Work Spring Exhibition Catalog, Through Mossy Ways (curated by Marcela Flórido), pages 18-19
Jen Tough Gallery, Artists of the Bay Area Vol. 2, independently published, pages 41-42
2021
Artist to Watch, Vast Art Magazine, Issue 3, pages 92-93
Gillespie, Casey, The Pet Set, Marin Living, March Issue, page 10, 24
2020
Shana Nys Dambrot, "Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump," LA Weekly online, November 3, 2020
Gutfruend, Karen, Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump, independently published, page 83
2019
Kempton, Rosemarie, Art in the Library: Animals and Identity in the art of Jamie Luoto, Napa Valley Register, online July 10 and in print July 11, 2019, C1, C5
2017
The FL3TCH3R Exhibit Catalog, Reece Museum, page 20
(Forthcoming) Booooooom.com, "Care" Art & Photo Book
"An Egalitarian Art Salon at San Francisco's De Young Museum," Hyperallergic.com, October 18, 2023
"A Portfolio: Jamie L. Luoto," Juxtapoz.com, September 11, 2023
ArtMaze Mag, Double Volume Edition 32-33, (curated by ArtMaze Staff), pages 76-77
Portals Catalog, Northern California Women's Caucas for Art, page 65
Jenny Xie, "Tour a Brooklyn Townhouse That Was Inspired by English Country Homes," Architectural Digest online, May 5, 2023
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast: Issue 163, (curated by Jenny Gheith, assistant curator, SFMOMA) pages 92-97
New Visionary Magazine, Issue 6, (curated by Marina Press Granger), page 113
All SHE Makes, Spring Issue 6, (curated by Svitlana Martynjuk), pages 62-63, 100
2022
Friend of the Artist Vol. 15 (curated by newcube), independently published, pages 58-61
I Like Your Work Spring Exhibition Catalog, Through Mossy Ways (curated by Marcela Flórido), pages 18-19
Jen Tough Gallery, Artists of the Bay Area Vol. 2, independently published, pages 41-42
2021
Artist to Watch, Vast Art Magazine, Issue 3, pages 92-93
Gillespie, Casey, The Pet Set, Marin Living, March Issue, page 10, 24
2020
Shana Nys Dambrot, "Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump," LA Weekly online, November 3, 2020
Gutfruend, Karen, Not Normal: Art in the Age of Trump, independently published, page 83
2019
Kempton, Rosemarie, Art in the Library: Animals and Identity in the art of Jamie Luoto, Napa Valley Register, online July 10 and in print July 11, 2019, C1, C5
2017
The FL3TCH3R Exhibit Catalog, Reece Museum, page 20
EDUCATION
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Painting & Drawing) Chicago, IL
*Awarded the Academic Incentive & Enrichment Scholarships
The Perpich Center for Arts Education (Diploma with Honors) Golden Valley, MN
Nocciano Institute for Arts and Culture (Watercolor Program) Nocciano, Italy
*Awarded the Academic Incentive & Enrichment Scholarships
The Perpich Center for Arts Education (Diploma with Honors) Golden Valley, MN
Nocciano Institute for Arts and Culture (Watercolor Program) Nocciano, Italy
