Scott Stillman
Scott’s creative journey has always balanced rhythm and imagery. He began as a drummer, first shouting “1-2-3-4” with his high school band before earning a Bachelor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music and later working in recording studios in Los Angeles and Nashville. While drums remain his first love, he also plays bass, guitar, and has recently taken up cello—because there’s always room for cello.
Alongside music, Scott is a photographer based in Minneapolis, specializing in portraits, landscapes, and abstract pinhole work. Many of his black-and-white prints are crafted in the darkroom using traditional methods, and his large format film portraits—often made with vintage cameras and lenses—carry a timeless, classic character.
His work has been featured in local galleries and publications. He is available for commission work and private sittings. Please feel free to browse the galleries and use the contact form for any inquiries.
Exhibitions • Publications • Workshops
June 28 – August 4, 2024 — Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI — Midwest Passage Group Show
August 2022 — Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
April 13 – July 5, 2022 — Westfields Hospital & Clinic, New Richmond, WI — Solo Exhibition
August 2021 — Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
March – May 2020 — Hudson Hospital and Clinic, Healing Arts Program, Hudson, WI
May 2019 — Praxis Gallery, Sensuous Geographies: The Nude, Minneapolis, MN
August 2018 — Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
June 2017 — Amore Coffee, St. Paul, MN
February 2017 — LightBox Photographic Gallery, Juried Exhibition by Kim Weston
November 2016 — Artist of the Month, Dunn Bros. Coffee, Hopkins, MN
April 2016 — Mpls Photo Center, Pinhole Photography Presentation, Community Film & Darkroom Night
June 2015 — Looking Glass Online Magazine, Issue #7
May 2015 — f295 Salon, Pittsburgh, PA
February 2015 — Midwest Passage Photography Group Show No. 3
October 2014 — SLP FOTA Friends of the Arts Juried Art Exhibit
July 2014 — Looking Glass Online Magazine, Issue #1, The Leap to Lensless
August 2014 — Don’t Take Pictures, Online Magazine
October 2013 — View Camera Magazine, The Blogger, by Amanda Tomlin
May 2013 — Midwest Passage Landscape Exhibition
April 2013 — Rayko Photo Center, 4th Biennial Pinhole Show
February 2013 — Midwestern Gothic, Website Edition
February 2013 — Mpls Photo Center, Picture This: What We Photograph Juried Exhibition
May 2011 — Lumina, Literary Journal of Sarah Lawrence College
April 2011 — LitnImage, Online Literary Journal
September 2010 — Mpls Photo Center, Black & White Juried Exhibition
March 2009 — LUMP (League of Upper Midwestern Photographers) Group Show, Edina Art Center
May 2007 — International Pinhole Exhibition, Andre Malraux Cultural Centre, Le Bourget, France
Other photographs have been published in regional magazines such as Minnesota Law & Politics, Lake Home Living, and various websites for political campaigns, musicians, law firms, retail stores, commercial buildings, and corporate sites.
One of Stillman’s photographs is also included in the pinhole photography how-to book The Pinhole Camera.