Bio:
Jennifer Banzaca is an artist and designer living in San Francisco.
Jennifer grew up on the east coast, spending her formative years in New England. After earning a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1991, she went on to live in San Francisco and New York working as a Designer and Art Director for book publishing and animation. Rediscovering a love of painting in 2004, she resumed her education studying at the Art Students League and the New York Academy of art. Relocating back to San Francisco in 2015 has allowed her to pursue a studio practice on a deeper level. She enjoys creating work that brings her past design influences and color sensibility from working in children's entertainment to her work.
Education:
1991 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL BFA
2006-2009 Art Students League New York, NY
2009-2012 New York Academy of art New York, NY
2013 Gage academy of art Seattle, WA
Workshops/ Residencies:
2008 Fine arts work center, Provincetown, MA
2010 International School of Drawing painting and sculpture, painting residency Umbria, Italy
2016 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2018 "Patterns in Nature" Slate Gallery Group exhibition, San Ramon Valley conference center, San Ramon, CA
2018 "Into the Wild" Juried show Art Attack Gallery, Sf, CA
2018 ArtSpan Art-in-Neighborhoods Exhibition, The Marker Hotel, SF, CA
2017 "Abstracted" Bay Area Artists Juried show SFWA Gallery SF, CA
2017 "Summer of Love" Juried Exhibition Arc Gallery SF, CA
2017 “Snap!" Juried Exhibition Arc Gallery SF, CA
2016 “Selects group show” Carter/Fulton Gallery SF, CA
2016 Open Studios, Art Explosion, SF, CA
2013-2015 Open Studios Inscape Arts Building, Seattle, WA
2014 EAFA Juried Exhibition, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
2013 End of Year Exhibit, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2007 Group Show, Java street studios, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Spring Group Show, Art Students League, NY, NY