BIO
Hills varied artistic journey is showcased through photography, painting, fashion and building design. Her work merges traditional and modern technology with contemporary flair.
Her works have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia and overseas, captivating audiences with her evocative pieces, including a book ‘Dots of Life – Aboriginal Artists of Central Australia’.
Awards for her portraits, landscapes and fine art photography at prominent art institutions include: Australian Professional Photographer of the Year and Finalist in Head On, Moran, Kennedy and Olive Cotton Awards.
Personally, Hills is passionate about making the world a better and more beautiful place – having volunteered in Africa, Cambodia and Central Australia on construction and art projects. She loves adventure travel to interesting and unusual places including Antarctica on a Russian icebreaker and a camel trek into the Sahara. As a helicopter pilot, this gives her a unique perspective on the landscape, which has inspired many of her fashion designs. She also plays the piano badly, just for fun, and donates blood plasma regularly, to give the gift of life.
List of Exhibitions, Books, Catalogues and Artist Talks
Exhibitions
2026 Finalist – Australian Wearable Art Festival – Collaboration with Donna Waterford
Winners – People’s Choice Award
2026 – Finalist – Australian Wearable Art Festival
2025 Finalist – Contemporary Art Prize – Caloundra Regional Gallery
Finalist – Kennedy Art Prize
Head On – Photography Book Fair
2024 Finalist – Kennedy Art Prize
2023 Finalist – Local Artist, Local Content – Caloundra Regional Gallery
2021 Exhibition & Book Launch – Dots of Life – Mercedes Benz, Sunshine Coast
Exhibition & Book Launch – Dots of Life – Qld Centre of Photography, Brisbane
2018 Exhibition – Australian ROBYNgraphs – Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
Finalist – Local Artist, Local Content – Caloundra Regional Gallery
2016 Finalist – Head On Photographic Prize
2015 Exhibition – Dots of Life (Les Points de Vie) – Parcours des Mondes, DZ Galerie, Paris
Finalist – Olive Cotton Photographic Portrait Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery
2013 Finalist – Moran Photographic Prize
2012 Who’s Who in the World
2011 ROBYNgraphs Neckties & Landscape Photography – International Fashion Week
Who’s Who in the World
Exhibition – Altered States of Reality – Agora Gallery, New York
Finalist – Olive Cotton Photographic Portrait Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery
Finalist – Head On Photographic Portrait Prize
2010 Exhibition – ROBYNgraphs in Red – Mercedes Benz, Sunshine Coast
2009 Lockyer Legends – Lockyer Valley Cultural Centre, permanent exhibition
2006 Exhibition – The Do ROBYNgraphs – Toowoomba
2004 Exhibition – Toowoomba ROBYNgraphs – Toowoomba City Hall
2001 Exhibition – Arabian ROBYNgraphs – Ronald McDonald House Charity, Brisbane
1999 Fellow – Awarded by Australian Institute of Professional Photography
1998 Exhibition – Antarctic ROBYNgraphs – Sunshine Coast
1997 Winner – Australian Professional Photographer of the Year
Winner – Australian Professional Portrait Photographer of the Year
1993 Exhibition – Candelabra ROBYNgraphs – Sunshine Coast
Group Exhibitions
2025 Coastal – Noosa Art Gallery
2014 Exhibition & Book (Front Cover) – Around the World in 14 Days – How the Landscape Unites Us, Sydney. Curated by Dawne Fahey
2012 Australian Contemporary Family Portrait Project, Sydney
Curated by Dawne Fahey & Fier Institute
2006 The Viewer & The Viewed – Qld Centre of Photography
2005 Ricoh Cameras, Tokyo
Books
Toowoomba ROBYNgraphs – Toowoomba’s Bicentenary
Mothers & Daughters of Sunshine Coast – Qld Cancer Council
Fifty Fabulous Women of Sunshine Coast – Qld Cancer Council
Fifty Fabulous Women of Sydney – Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation
Dots of Life – Aboriginal Artists of Central Australia
Articles
LA Weekly
https://www.laweekly.com/robyn-hills-a-visionary-making-the-world-more-beautiful/
Haute People – Front cover and full-length feature article
https://robynhills.com/elevate-your-success-with-haute-people/
Sunshine Coast News
https://robyngraphs.com.au/connecting-dots-a-photography-book-of-vivid-portraits-of-central-australias-indigenous-artists/
Profile Magazine – Front cover and full-length feature article
https://profilemag.com.au/cms/news/news.aspx?id=821&fid=15
Artist Talks & Workshops
Podcast: Talk Design by Adrian Ramsay:
https://talkdesign.show/robyn-hills/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfoP1Rxi-s4
Caloundra Regional Gallery: 2025
Workshop – How to be more creative with your photography (and your life)
Caloundra Regional Gallery: 2025
Meet the Artists that are Finalists in the Contemporary Art Prize
Caloundra Regional Galley:
https://robyngraphs.com.au/from-the-artist-talk-online-with-robyn-hills/
Australian Institute of Professional Photography
Multiple presentations to State and National conferences during career
