Jennifer Banks Designs

EDUCATION 1989:  California College of Arts and Crafts,

B.F.A., Metal Arts/Jewelry with high distinction

EXHIBITIONS & GALLERIES:

2007 California College of the Arts- Oakland, CA

“Alumni at the Centennial”

2006 Perimeter Gallery- Chicago, IL

“Reinterpreting the Vessel”

2005 Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery- Oakland, CA.

“Metal Arts Guild Annual Show”

2005 Yaw Gallery – Birmingham, MI

“Exploring the Bead” at Sofa Chicago

2005 Blue Room Gallery – San Francisco, CA

“California Art Metal Now”

2005 Yaw Gallery – Birmingham, MI

“Candlestick Show” at SOFA Palm Springs.

2004 Yaw Gallery – Birmingham, MI

“Pill Box Show” at SOFA Chicago.

2003 Yaw Gallery – Birmingham, MI

“West Goes East” at SOFA New York

1999 Sandra Collins Gallery – Birmingham, MI

Represented at SOFA New York

1999 Yaw Gallery – Birmingham, MI

“Pieces That Serve” at SOFA Chicago

1998 Yaw Gallery – Birmingham, MI

“Functional Vase Project” at SOFA New York

1998 Trecera Gallery – Palo Alto, CA

Represented at SOFA Chicago

1997 Langman Gallery – Willow Grove, PA.

“Art Jewelry ‘97 Invitational”

1996 Society of Arts and Crafts – Boston, MA

“Toys and Gadgets”

1996 Velvet DaVinci – San Francisco, CA

“Studio Concerns”

1996 Langman Gallery – Willow Grove, PA

“Art Jewelry ’96 Invitational”

1995 American Craft Museum Gallery,

New York, NY

1995 Langman Gallery – Willow Grove, PA

“Art Jewelry ’95 Invitational”

1995 Design House – Rutherford, CA

Featured Artist

1994 Langman Gallery – Willow Grove, PA

“Art Jewelry ‘94 Invitational”

1994 Bannaker Gallery – San Francisco, CA

“Tea Party”

1994 Gallery 500 – Elkins Park, PA

“Inside-Outside”

1994 Studio Design – Washington, DC

“Contemporary Craft: A Women’s Perspective”

1993 Langman Gallery – Willow Grove, PA

“Art Jewelry ‘93 Invitational”

1993 Jewelry/Metalwork Survey #3 –

Edited by David LaPlantz; Bayside, CA

1993 Aaron Faber Gallery – New York, NY

“Portfolio Show”

1993 Pritam & Eames – East Hampton, NY

“American Work in Metal”

1993 Nancy Margolis Gallery – Portland, ME

“A Bridal Affair”

1993 Bannaker Gallery – San Francisco, CA

“Introductions”

1992 Gallery I/O – New Orleans, LA

“Tableware”

1992 Gallery Mesa – Mesa, AZ

“Table Trappings”

1992 River Gallery – Reno, NV

1992 Pritiam & Eames – East Hampton, NY

“American Work in Metal”

1992 Downey Museum of Art – Downey, CA

“Metals Now”

1992 Dorothy Weiss Gallery – San Francisco, CA

“Teapot Invitational”

1992 22 Steps – San Francisco, CA

Featured Artist

1992 Limn Gallery – San Francisco, CA

1991 Vermont State Craft Center – Middlebury, VT

“Ubiquitous Bowl”

1991 Gallery House – Palo Alto, CA

“Juried Exhibition 1991”

1990 Featured in Design House Magazine – Seoul, Korea

1990 ACCI Gallery – Berkeley, CA

1990 Pro Arts Gallery – Oakland, CA

“Objet D’art”

1990 Metal Arts Guild and California Crafts Museum – San Francisco, CA

“Metal Forms ‘90”

1990 Sawtooth Center for Visual Design – Winston-Salem, NC

“Metal Media”

1990 Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts – Wilmington, DE

“Teapots 1990”

1989 Humbolt Cultural Center – Eureka, CA

“Excellence of the West”

1989 California Crafts Museum – San Francisco, CA

“Discovery ‘89”

1989 Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery – Oakland, CA

1988 California State Fair – Sacramento, CA

“California Works”

1988 Smith and Associates – San Francisco, CA

“New Works”

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS:

2008 Niche award winner (Judaica)

2008 Niche award winner (Metal hollowware)

2004 Sausalito Arts Fair – 1st place (Metals) Sausalito, CA

2003 Sausalito Arts Fair – 2nd place (Mixed Media) Sausalito, CA

2003 Cherry Creek Arts Festival – Merit award. Denver, CO

2002 Jury Panelist – Sausalito Arts Fair, Sausalito, CA

2001 Sausalito Arts Fair – 1st place (Metals) Sausalito, CA

2000 Sausalito Arts Fair – 2nd place (Metals) Sausalito, CA

1999 Jury Panelist – Sausalito Arts Fair, Sausalito, CA

1998 Sausalito Arts Fair – 2nd place (Metals) Sausalito, CA

1998 Jury Panelist – Sausalito Arts Fair, Sausalito, CA

1997 Sausalito Arts Fair – 1st place (Metals) Sausalito, CA

1996 Sausalito Arts Fair – 1st place (Metals) Sausalito, CA

1988 California State Fair – Award of Excellence Sacramento, CA

1987 California College of Arts and Crafts -Studio Merit Prize, Oakland, CA

WORKS IN THE COLLECTION OF: 

(partial listing)

Clay Barr,

George and Dorothy Saxe, San Francisco, CA

Oakland Museum, Oakland CA

Colette, Petaluma, CA

Mr. & Mrs. Kobal, Los Altos, CA

Mr. & Mrs. Blau, San Francisco, CA

Mr. & Mrs. Douglass, Reno, NV

Mr. Bates, San Francisco, CA

Sandra Collins, Birmingham, MI

Dr. Vijay Mallya, Sausilito, CA

Leaslie Harrison, Maill Valley, Ca

Dr. Jeffery Rich, San Francicso, CA

Charles Meacham, Malvern, PA