Jillian Ballas is a mixed media environmental artist from Washington State who works primarily in charcoal and oil paint. Alongside her visual art practice, she has a BA Honors Fine Art from Norwich University of the Arts and has taken part in the creation of numerous exhibitions and projects. Most notably, she is the co-founder of both the online, environmental blog and gallery, The Syzygy Project and the international art & music festival, Natural Resonance.

Jillian gathers inspiration from the environment around her and the adventures she has had within it; her art is often inspired by the experiences she has had exploring the landscapes of the West Coast. Through her work she reflects the threads that connect us to nearby ecosystems and challenges the notion of wilderness, encouraging the viewer to question the definitions and symbolic meanings we project onto nature in western culture.