About

​Hi, I am Abby Banks. My artwork is looking into alternatives, escapism, and creative restiveness connected to the journey and joy of the sublime in the material world. My work here is collaborative, social, geographical, and spiritual. I use photography, moving pictures, paint, drawing and collage. I also make publications and experimental documentaries.
 I am interested in creative minds, especially minds and bodies experiencing and participating in various forms of community, and the individual within the human family.
 Exhibitions and presentations of my work have shown in galleries and unconventional places internationally. I have produced multi-media art shows and chap books for outstanding artists. 

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​Solo Exhibitions and Presenations
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2020 Mt Baldy Project Plant Material, Los Angeles, CA

2019 Current Project Survey Unearthen Studio, Los Angeles, CA

2018 California Water Doodle Corvus Ra, Berlin

2018 Punk House Solo Photo Show Thank You for Coming, Los Angeles, CA

2018 Punk House Solo Photo Show Trashzone, Yokohama

2018 Punk House Photo & Series of Presentations & New Publication Cactus Burrito, Tokyo

2018 Punk House Photos & Talks Stoke Newington Literary Festival, London

2007 Solo Photo Exhibition Get this Gallery, Atlanta, GA
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2007 Punk House Six City Book Tour & Film presentation

​Group Exhibitions

2021 Zoo Group B&W Photocopy Group Show Hit Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2019 Evolving Joint Show and Fringe Music Emporium Rozz Tox Art, Florence, MA

2016 No New Friends Sunday, Los Angeles, CA

2009 Wonderers, Nelson Gallery, UC Davis

2008 Punk House + Trashtopia, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT

2008 Tinderbox Art Show Happy Birthday Mike Leslie Junk Shop, Worcester, MA
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2004 Bridgin’ the Gap Glass House, Pomona, CA

​Collaborations

2022 Print Collaboration with Saturn Moon Milner
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2021 Produced Cherry Season , multi-media and print zine with Ernesto Mendez

​Residencies

2018 CTRI Residency Providence, RI
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2018 Pine Island Press Residency Portland, OR

​Publications

2021 Cherry Season, photos of two season in the Dalles by Ernesto Mendez. published by Company of Friends

2018 California Water Doodle , film hand-painted, experiments in printing , CA landscapes. published by Pine Island Press

2018 Tsankawi, hand painted-photos in Bandelier National Park NM. published by Pine Island Press

2007 PUNK HOUSE, photodocumentary of punk houses’ across America . published by Abrams NYC.

2016 I Want You Around, photos of  5 years on the road. published by Abracadabra Press

​Press
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2008 NY Times “Anarchy Rules: The Dishes Stay Dirty” by Penelope Green