BIOGRAPHY

Born: Benton Harbor, Michigan, 1963

Resides: San Francisco

Education: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (M.F.A., 1990); Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1989); University of Chicago (B.A., 1985)

Solo Exhibitions:

2002
"John Bankston," Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta.

2001
"John Bankston, Lovers," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco.

2001
"The Capture and Escape of Mr. M, Chapter 1," The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.

1999
"John Bankston, Recent Work," Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco.



Group Exhibitions:

2001
"Starry Night," Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. "Breathless," Lombard Freid Fine Art, New York.

2001
"Freestyle," The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Traveled. Catalogue.

2001
"Comic Relief," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco.

2000
"A Big Picture Show," Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco.

1999
"Bay Area Now 2," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. Catalogue.

1999
"Countdown," Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco.

1998
"Insomnia," Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco.

1997
"Fellows Invitational," Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts.

1997
"Group Show," Linetzky Molinero Fine Art, San Francisco.

1997
"Don Baum Says Chicago Has Famous Artists,"

1997
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago.

1994
"Just Good Art," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago.

1994
"Solo Exhibition," Illinois Center, Chicago. Also 1991.

1994
"D.B.O.'s Grab Bag," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago.

1994
"Emerging Talent: African-American Artists in California," Skyline College, San Bruno, California.

1993
"Emerging Chicago Abstraction," Rockford Art Museum, Illinois.

1992
"Chicago International Art Exhibition," Struve Fine Art, Chicago.

1991
"Abstraction, 1991," Struve Fine Art, Chicago.

1991
"Abstraction -- New Talent," Struve Fine Art, Chicago.

1991
"Five Friends, Fifty Fingers," Gallery 2, Chicago.

1991
"Artist from Outline," MWMWM Gallery, Chicago.

1991
"Skowhegan Group Show," Hokin-Kaufman Gallery, Chicago.

1991
"M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition," The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

1991
"John Bankston and Jake Webster," Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, Michigan.

1989
"A Part of the Whole," The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Selected Bibliography:

2002
Walker, Hamza. "New Art, New Artists: Twelve Critics Pick Twelve Artists."Artforum (January).

2001
Bonetti, David. "Coloring Well Outside the Lines." San Francisco Chronicle (October 13).

2001
Brockington, Horace. "Freestyle: Studio Museum in Harlem." NY Arts (June).

2001
Camhi, Leslie. "Satyrs, Slaves and Monsters in the Colors of Childhood." The New York Times (March 18).

2001
Cotter, Holland. "Material and Matter, John Bankston." The New York Times (March 9).

2001
------. "Satyrs, Slaves and Monsters in the Color of Childhood." The New York Times (March 18).

2001
Schjeldahl, Peter. "Breaking Away." The New Yorker (June 11).

2000
DeCarol, Tessa. "Bay Area Now: M.F.A.'s in Toyland." Wall Street Journal (January 27).

1999
Baker, Kenneth. "Local Heroes." San Francisco Chronicle (November 20).