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Monica Banks

88 Osborne Lane
East Hampton, NY 11937, U.S.A.
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Phone: 6313293151
Email: monicabanks@optonline.net
URL: http://www.monicabanks.com

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Born in New York NY
Lives and works in East Hampton NY 

PUBLIC WORKS

2007
Sketches,Wall installation, Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte NC
2002
Louisa and Rusty, Percent-for-Art horse and dog sculptures at Hunts Point Youth Recreation Center, Bronx NY
1996-2009
Faces: Times Square,166 foot sculptural fence on traffic median between Seventh Ave. and Broadway, New York NY
1996
Carousel Horse,sculpture commissioned by Chermayeff and Geismar for the Binghamton Visitor Center of the Susquehanna Urban Cultural Park, Binghamton NY

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
2010-2014
Red Heads, installation in the Catherine Konner Sculpture Park, Rockland Center for the ArtsWest Nyack, NY
2010
Adaptive Reuse, installation in the AIA New York Center for Architecture, New York NY
2008-2009

Configurations, installation in the offices and studios of C+G Partners, New York NY
2007-2008
Unsung Heroes of the Holiday Season, installation, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, East Islip NY
2007
Sketchbook: Painted Steel Drawings, 1997-2007, Gallery Merz, Sag Harbor NY
2006 
Collection Insights: Dogs, Islip Art Museum, East Islip NY
Ticket, WLIW Public Television
2001 
Steel Puppies
, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton NY
1999
New Steel Works, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton NY
1993 -2000
Faces, Eureka Joe Coffee House, New York NY
1991
Wireworks, University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
1990
Holiday Party, American Craft Museum, New York NY
1989 
Frozen Curtains, Barneys New York, New York NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Spectrum, Ross School Gallery, East Hampton, NY
The Art of Collecting, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2008
Six Feet Under, White Box, New York NY
Tria Summer Cocktail The Suchman-Bart-Metheny Gallery, New York NY
Cool Moves, Children's Museum of the East End, Bridgehampton NY
41st Annual Springs Invitational, East Hampton NY
2007
The Permanent Collection: Recent Aquisitions, Islip Art Museum, East Islip NY
Go Figure! 2007 Sculpture Exhibit at The Fells, The Fells, John Jay National Wildlife Refuge,Newbury, New Hampshire
Gallery Artists Gallery Merz, Sag Harbor NY
40th Annual Springs Invitational Exhibition, East Hampton NY
Third Annual Artist & Celebrity Birdhouse Exhibit & Auction, Southampton NY
2006
Gallery Artists Gallery Merz, Sag Harbor NY
39th Annual Springs Invitational Exhibition, East Hampton NY
2005
Gateway to Sculpture, The Fells, John Jay National Wildlife Refuge,Newbury, New Hampshire
2004
Dealers’ Choice, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton NY
2003
Dealers’ Choice, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton NY
2002 
Dealers’ Choice, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton NY
The Winter Show, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton NY
2001
Dealers’ Choice, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton NY
2000
Dealers’ Choice, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton NY
1999
Dealers’ Choice, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton NY
Juried Show, Smithtown Township Arts Council, Smithtown NY
1998
The Winter Show, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton NY
1995
New Generation, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton NY
1991
How Will We Live in 2001? Invitational exhibit, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

AWARDS

2010
Guild Hall Members Show, East Hampton, NY. Best Sculpture Award for Punctuation. Benjamin Genocchio, Art Critic The New York Times, judge.
1996
The Art Commission of the City of NY, Award for Excellence in Design, for Faces: Times Square

SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Islip Art Museum, East Islip NY
University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst MA
Chermayeff and Geismar, NY NY
C + G Partners, NY NY

EDUCATION

Pratt Institute School of Professional Studies, Brooklyn NY, Metalworking
Domus Academy, Milan Italy. Industrial Design 
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY. A.B. Philosophy 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
Ernst, Eric, Perspectives Southampton Press, Southampton NY, April 27
Wolberg Weiss, Marion, Art Commentary: Members Show at Guild HallDan's Papers, East Hampton NY, April 30
2007
Mannix, Karyn, Ebb and Flow, The East Hampton Press, July 25
Pride, Mike, Go Figure, Concord Monitor, Concord NH, July 19
Goleas, Janet, Ebullient Art That Shouts Out Loud, The East Hampton Star, July 5
2006
Goleas, Janet, Collection Insights: Monica Banks, Dogs, Islip Museum exhibition essay
Long, Robert, The Essence Of Dogness, The East Hampton Star, March 2
On Record, Sculpture, July/August 2006
2005
CITY ART: NEW YORK’S PERCENT FOR ART PROGRAM, Marvin Heiferman, editor, forward by Adam Gopnick. Merrell Publishing
MARQUIS WHO’S WHO OF AMERICAN WOMEN
Sansegundo, Sheridan, The Art Scene, The East Hampton Star, June 2
2004
Long, Robert, Dogs, Mice, Cadillacs, and Scraps, The East Hampton Star, March 4
2003
Sansegundo, Sheridan, Bold Colors, Bolder Variety, The East Hampton Star, November 27
Slivka, Rose C.S.,From The Studio, The East Hampton Star, October 23
2000
Petkanas, Christopher, Encore Joe D’Urso, House Beautiful, November, pictures pages 200-203
1998
Braff, Phyllis, Art Review: The Winter Show, The New York Times Long Island Weekly Desk, Sunday March 8 
Sansegundo, Sheridan, Opinion: A Miracle of Order, The East Hampton Star, March 19
Slivka, Rose C.S.,From The Studio, The East Hampton Star, March 26
1997
FACES: TIMES SQUARE/CREATING A SCULPTURE. Film Documentary, Victor Productions
1996
Vogel, Carol, Inside Art, The New York Times, May 25
Rowan, Victoria, The New Faces of 1996, Time Out New York, May 8-15
Southgate, Patsy, Monica Banks, Times Square Sculptor, The East Hampton Star, December
Tannenbaum, Abby, In Her Faces, (cover story) The Vassar Quarterly, Fall 
Tannenbaum, Abby, New Faces in Times Square, Manhattan Plaza News, October
1995
Martin, Douglas, Public Art: A Fence with Faces to Grace Times Square, The New York Times, December 27
Weiss, Marion Wolberg, New Generation at Elaine Benson, Dan’s Papers, May 12
1991
Russell, Gloria, University Gallery Triples Viewers’ Satisfaction, Sunday Republican, Springfield MA, May 5
Watson, Bruce, Wire and a World of Wonders, Amherst Bulletin, Amherst MA, April 24

COMMUNITY WORKS
Lectures, Panel Discussions, Guest Critic, Judge: Parsons School of Design, Islip Art Museum, Vassar College, Rhode Island School of Design, West Virginia Dept. of Culture and History
Workshops and Community Art Projects: Children's Museum of the East End, Jewish Center of the Hamptons, Guild Hall of East Hampton, The Ross School