Jennifer Banks Designs
BIOGRAPHY AND AWARDS
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
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