Jill Kempson was born in July 1961, Melbourne, Victoria, where she currently lives and works. Initally obtaining a Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Victoria Australia, Kempson has also studied painting in France and the Netherlands.
She has been exhibting across Australia since the late 1980's. Her works are currently held in numerous public and private collections both within Australia and internationally, noteably including the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Antibes Council’s Collection in France.