Launceston-based Jill Swarbrick-Banks was born in London and grew up in Oxshott, Surrey. In 1992 she obtained a BA in Fine Art Painting from the Kunst Academie 'Minerva' in the Netherlands. This was followed by an MA from the University of Aberystwyth in 2019. The scope of her art practice includes portraiture and the creation of lyrical abstracted landscapes.

In 2012 she was Artist in Residence at Coventry Cathedral, where she was commissioned to record the celebrations during the year of the 50th anniversary consecration of the new cathedral.

Her work has been exhibited at the Galerie Pictura in Groningen, Netherlands, and more recently in Clare Hall, Cambridge University.

In 2023 she exhibited at the Charles Causley Festival in Launceston.