Education
MFA - Summa Cum Laude
Brooks Institute, Santa Barbara, CA - 2010
BA
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
International Affairs & German Studies (double major) - 1995

Exhibitions
2023: Solo
From Where I Stand, FOTONOSTRUM Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain

2022: Solo
State Of The Union, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

2021: Solo
Signal From Noise, Irving Art Center, Dallas, TX

2020: Solo
Urban Canyons, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (partial virtual, physical exhibit postponed due to Covid-19)
From Where I Stand, Fabrik Projects, Culver City (Los Angeles), CA (postponed due to Covid-19)

2019: Solo
Metagraphs: Finding Signal from Noise, The Museum Of Arts & Science, Macon, GA
Inner Sublime, The Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL
All Great Art Is Art About Art, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Mysteries, Synergy Capital, Montecito, CA

2017: Solo
Metagraphs - Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY

2016: Solo
Signal from Noise - Anacostia Art Center - Washington DC
Urban Noise - Artist Corner Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
Liquid Noise - Alchemy - Santa Barbara, CA

2018: Solo Exhibitions & Art Fairs
Metagraphs: The Best Art Ever! & All Great Art Is Art About Art - New York Art Expo, New York, NY
Metagraphs: All Great Art Is Art About Art - Art San Diego, San Diego, CA

2014: Solo
Suspicious Privacy - Wynwood Warehouse Art Project (pilot) - Wynwood, Miami, Fl

2013: Solo
Token Feminine, Calumet Gallery - Hollywood, Los Angeles CA

2012: Solo
Token Feminine & other Urban Noise, Tool Room Gallery - Ventura CA

2025: Group
24th Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
On The Edge, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum, Montecito, CA
Stories, 10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
A Deeper Dive,, 10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2024: Group
Walking In LA, Leica Gallery LA, Los Angeles, 2024
Decision ’24, Charles Adams Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Signs of Life, 10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Spring Fling, 10 West Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Spartan, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

2021: Group
Convergence, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, CA
Geographics, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

2020: Group
Here Comes The Sun, Fabrik Projects Gallery (3D immersive virtual exhibit), Culver City (Los Angeles), CA
Woodstock Film Festival Fundraiser (Virtual), Cross Contemporary Partners, Kingston • Saugerties, NY

2019: Select Group
Exposed 3, Art At The JCC, Santa Barbara, CA
Winter Exhibit, Glenn Dallas Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2018: Select Group
Urban Warp, Funk Zone Art Space, Santa Barbara, CA
Funk Zone Showcase, Michael Kate Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Art Without Limits Artists, Wildling Museum, Solvang, CA
Click 2, by invitation, Jan Ziegler, curator - Michael Kate - Santa Barbara, CA
Exposed - Art at the JCC, Santa Barbara, CA

2017: Select Group
Photography Expanded - California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
Exposed! An Artistic Photographic Journey - Art at the JCC, Santa Barbara, CA
Photography Show - Four Friends Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA

2016: Small Group
Currents in Photography, Wickiser Gallery - Chelsea, New York, NY

2015: Select Group
Click, by invitation, Jan Ziegler, curator - Michael Kate - Santa Barbara, CA
Chestnut - Gallery 825 - Los Angeles, CA
Head - by invitation, Dominick Lombardi, curator - Hampden Gallery - University of Massachusetts - Amherst, MA
Scapes - The Art League Gallery - Alexandria, VA
Shared Beauty is Not Enough - Ventura County Government Center - Ventura, CA
EYE - Montecito Aesthetic Institute - Montecito, CA
B/W - Gallery 825 - Los Angeles, CA

2014: 2-3 Person
Signal from Noise - Leica Gallery - West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
Mist and Light - Adell McMillan Gallery at the University of Oregon - Eugene, OR

2013: Select Group
Unlimited - Studio Channel Island’s Art Center - Camarillo, CA
CA-101 Exhibition - AES Power Plant - Redondo Beach, CA
Words on the Printed Page - Gallery 825 - Los Angeles, CA
Art without Limits - Coming Out - Anyi Gallery - Santa Barbara, CA

2012: Select Group
Urban Landscapes - curated by Julia Dolan - The Center for Fine Art Photography - Fort Collins, CO
Then and Now - Hill’s Gallery ReMix - Santa Fe, NM
Altered - Open Shutter Gallery - Durango, CO
Figure Fragments - curated by Priscilla Bender-Shore, Channing Peake Gallery - Santa Barbara, CA
One Night Stand - by invitation, Gallery 27 - Santa Barbara, CA
PhotoBasis - by invitation from Verne Stanford, Mill Fine Art Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
Abstract Expressions - Juried by Carl Chiarenza, (online) Photoplace Gallery - Middlebury, VT
Red, Tool Room Gallery, - Ventura, CA juried by Ricardo Rogdriguez
WPGA Biennial International Exhibition, The Palais de Glace, - Buenos Aires, Chile

2011: Solo
Everything is Prelude: Solo Exhibition & Collaboration with Dance Theater Production, Theater D, Santa Ynez, CA

2011: Select Group
Multiple Exposures, one of a kind photographs- by invitation Christa Dix, Wall Space Gallery - Santa Barbara, CA
After 8 - Juried by Glenn Rand, Valade Gallery at Adrian College - Adrian, MI
Dimension XXXIX - Juried by Ana Montoya, Art Center of Corpus Christi - Corpus Christi, TX
One Night Stand - by invitation, Gallery 27 - Santa Barbara, CA
Energy - juried by Howard N. Fox, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art - Santa Ana, CA
Wonderland: Photographic Fantasies - Juried by Blue Mitchell, PhotoPlace Gallery - Middlebury, VT
Whose Self Portrait: The Subject Behind the Camera, Joy Wai Gallery - New York, NY

Art Residencies, Awards & Honors
2025
24th International Art Exchange Meeting at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art - Award of Excellence

2024
Photo Lucida Critical Mass - top 200

2020
Beverly Hills Art Show - Two awards: Best New Artist & 2nd place in Digital Art

2019
Art at the JCC Exposed - 1st Place best in Show

2018
Art at the JCC Exposed - 2nd Place best in Show

2017
ArtslanT - 6rd 2017 showcase winner: Mixed Media

2015
Torpedo Factory - Artist in Residency, month of August, Alexandria, VA

2014
ArtslanT - 3rd 2014 showcase winner: Abstract

2013
ArtslanT - 4th 2013 showcase winner: Mixed Media category
IPA - International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention: Professional Fine Art Portfolio - Deeper Perspectives
IPA - International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention: Professional Fine Art Portfolio - Micro

2012
ArtslanT - 6th 2012 showcase winner: photography category
IPA - International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention: Professional Fine Art Portfolio - Abstract
Los Angeles Artist Association - selected for membership
ARTslanT - 2nd 2012 showcase winner: abstract category
ARTslanT - 1st 2012 showcase winner: photography category

2011
IPA - International Photography Awards, 4 Honorable Mentions: Professional Fine Art Abstract x2, Professional Fine Art Landscape, Professional Fine Art-Other categories
WPGA Colour Competition, Honorable Mention
Dimension XXXIX best in show, Honorable Mention
WPGA Pollux Award, (awarded in 2011) First Prize, Student Abstract Portfolio, Honorable Mention for 2nd Portfolio, Best Abstract Single Image, Finalist in Fine Art category

2010
IPA - International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention: Non-Pro Fine Art-Abstract Portfolio

Publications
2019, Montecito Journal, Vol 12, Summer/Fall, Montecito, CA, 2019, http://themjmag.com/21/ pg. 130
2016, Silvershotz Magazine, Vol 10, May, Queensland, Australia, 2016
2015, Lumina Journal Vol. 14, Bronxville, NY, 2015
2014, Urban Scenes, BLoW Photo Magazine Issue 10, Dublin, Ireland, 2014
2014, Tarley, Phil. The Intangible Qualities of Life. FABRIK Magazine Issue 23, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
2014, Hill, Sol. Signal from Noise, Blurb self published, 2014
2014, Modern Photographers, All About Photo.com, http://www.all-about-photo.com/photographer.php?name=Sol%20Hill&id=564, March 2014
2011, Stern, Katie. Photo 101 An Introduction to the Art of Photography. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cenage Learning, 2011
2011, Glenn Rand, Chris Broughton, Amanda Quintez-Fiedler. Capture: Digital Photography Essentials. Santa Barbara, CA: Rocky Nook, 2011
2010, Hill, Sol. Sublime Noise. MFA Culminating Document, Brooks Institute, 2010

Lectures & Presentations
5/19/2012 - Brooks Institute MFA program, presentation on presentation and planning as a professional artist
5/21/2011 - Brooks Institute MFA program, lecture & presentation on the creative process & the evolution of bodies of work

Art At the JCC 2018