Sunshine

Sunshine Tourtillott is a midwestern native currently living in Arizona. As a visual artist, Sunshine explores the experiences of trauma, grief, identity, place, the meaning and power of identity, and sociocultural questions and implications. The examination and combination of interrelated norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors play a large role in my theoretical approaches. Art making serves as a tangible tool for dismantling, limiting beliefs and ideas, creating room for change and growth.

Ms. Tourtillott holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s from Pacific Northwest College of Arts. Her work has been exhibited with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Pacific Northwest College of Arts, Decode Gallery, and Art Link Phoenix. She’s been artist in residence with High Desert Test Sights 2026 and Tops’l Farm 2025 where she focused on social stigma, social confusion and isolation.