Jamie L. Luoto (b. 1987, USA) lives and works in the San Francisco North Bay. Through intimate painted self-portraits and still lifes, Luoto explores how identity is shaped both internally and externally, with a current focus on the lasting psychological effects of sexual trauma. Using the visual language of European masterworks, Luoto manipulates the familiar to reframe classic narratives and expose the unseen injuries of trauma that haunt both mind and body.
Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Salon, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL (2026); (Upcoming) Shadows of Unseen Grief, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2025); When Dusk Falls (duo exhibition), Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2024).
Group exhibitions include (Upcoming) Reflections and Refractions, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, USA (2026); The Armory Show, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, New York, USA (2024); Mirror, Mirror, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2024); EXPO Chicago, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Chicago, IL (2024); The de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco, USA (2023); Nude, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, USA (2023); Portals, Northern California Women's Caucus for Art, Arc Gallery (online) (2023); Inside a Memory, Visionary Art Collective (online) (2023); True North, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, USA (2022); Stories from My Childhood, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, USA (2022); Portrait International Juried Exhibition, Li Tang Gallery (online) (2022); Through Mossy Ways, I Like Your Work Spring Exhibition (online) (2022); All About Women, Marin Society of Artists’ Gallery (online) (2021); Chasing Ghosts V, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, USA (2020); Therefore, I Am, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, USA (2019); Defining the Art of Change in the Age of Trump, The Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington, D.C. (2018); Art Elevated, presented by the Garment District Alliance and Artrepreneur, New York, USA (2018); Art in an Age of Anxiety, Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, USA (2018); 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); Persistence, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, USA (2018); Identity Spectrum, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, USA (2018); Journey to America, The Art Center, Highland Park, USA (2018); The FL3TCH3R Exhibit, Reece Museum, Johnson City, USA (2017); Nasty Women, The Knockdown Center, New York, USA (2017).
Highlights and Collections
Jamie Luoto's painting Minds Pass Minds If They Be Occupied was exhibited at the de Young Museum in The de Young Open (2023), and We Hunt the Doe was a semifinalist for the Smithsonian Institute's Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition (2022). Luoto's work has been included in academic discourse, most notably as part of UCLA’s Honors Collegium course Feminism, Art and Metaphors of Trauma, alongside Tracey Emin and Chanel Miller, where it has been taught since 2022. Her work has been featured in publications such as New American Paintings (No. 163, No. 175 as an Editor’s Selection), Kunstforum International, and Trebuchet Magazine; appeared on platforms including Juxtapoz, Hyperallergic, and Booooooom; and is held in private and public collections globally, including the Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, USA (2023).