Abby Banks CV
Solo Exhibitions and Presentations
2025 Drifting Halftone Quiet With The Moon sculptures Hit Factory Gallery Hitgallerysf.com 1 month
2023 Reduce Psychic Tension solo photo show Heavy Manners Library, Los Angeles, CA heavymannerslibrary.com 1 month
2022 Reduce Psychic Tension solo photo show Wave Collective 440 Haight st San Francisco, CA wavecollectivespace.com 1 month
2020 Research and Recreation Polaroid land camera photos, paintings, research evidence & Zine launch Plant Material, Los Angeles, CA plant-material.com one night
2019 Current Project Survey Unearthen Studio, Los Angeles, CA unearthen.com. one night
2018 California Water Doodle Corvus Ra Gallery, Berlin. one week
2018 Punk House Solo Photo Show Thank You for Coming, Los Angeles, CA Thank you for coming one month, worked here for 4 years
2018 Punk House Solo Photo Show Trashzone, Yokohama. one night
2018 Punk House Photo & Series of Presentations & New Publication. Cactus, Tokyo . 2 weeks
2018 Punk House Photos & Talk, Stoke Newington Literary Festival, London stokenewingtonliteraryfestival.com one night
2007 If you lived here, you'd be home now Get this Gallery, Atlanta, GA. one month
2007 Punk House Six City Independent Book Store Tour & Film presentation abramsbooks.com
Group Exhibitions
2026 United By Love, SOMArts SF. one month
2026 CUSTOMERS ONLY, Kilowatt upstairs, SF. one night
2026 Stripped, Skuttlebutt gallery 499 Embarcadero Oakland CA. 2 weeks
2026 S.ecret F.ormula, Adobe Books, SF. 2 weeks
2026 Common Thread, DEV 3370 19th st SF. one month
2026 We're Not F*kin Leavin, May 9 - June 9 The Fold Gallery 3359 26th st SF. one month
2026 Sanctuary, Big Door Gallery 2716 Macarthur Blvd Oakland. One month
2026 The TREASURE is the GROWTH, May 16, Swim Gallery, 509 Ellis st SF. 1 month
2026 Density of Us. Flower Fuel gallery, San Jose CA 2026 3 months
2026 Ducko’s Discount, Hit Gallery, SF CA. one month
2026 CARNIVAL. Adobe Books, SF. one month
2026 BOOTLEG. At Bass and Reiner, SF. Aphid Twin X Earth First one month
2026 Love Letters. At Big Door gallery, Oakland & Apé SF. Lower Case a. One month
2026 "Bay Area, When?!" RAYKO / Pretty Gritty. One month
2025 500 Capp st art fundraiser, 500 Capp st David Ireland House SF. one night
2025 The Haunt. at YBCA 4 month project
2025 House Show! Pensacola Museum of Art. one month
2025 Photographs and Drawings, Photographs of Drawings, Drawings of Photographs. Pretty Gritty, SF one month
2025 another kinda landscape. Work included: Night Fishing, Nicasico. Mt. Vision, fire trail. June beetle buzz slips through the silence. Curated by Mariana Varela RAYKO SF, CA. Featuring artists ae montanari, Mar Baeza, Mara Ramirez, Michael Diamond, Natasha Loewy, Victor Saucedo one month
2025 GAS 2 S.F. organized by Bill Daniel at Public Lands Store, Sacramento CA. Featuring work by Abby Banks, Mike Brodie, Mia Justice Smith, R.Virgel, Tobin Yelland, John Longyear, Karoline Collins, Brad Wescott, David Eberhardt, Xara Thustra, Monica Canilao, Sluto, Droid 907, Max Otake, Ivy Jeanne McClellan and Anson Cyr. Plus, a 20th-century hobo journalism display by (unlicensed) media historian Dave H.one month
2025 Chain Mail. Mad Magazine correspondence at age 9, recreated. At RAYKO SF, CA. Featuring work by Chad Abbley, Devon Armstrong, Negash Asegde, Abby Banks, Kevin Byrd, Bill Daniel, Yubey Delgado, Marcus Dryer-Harrison, TJ Gardea, Cornelius Hart, John Held Jr, Mel Ho, Caroline Ivins, Zoe Jackson, Sickly Lads, Derek Marshall, Makeshift Mag, Rich MacLaac, Joey Meyer, Beth Nelson, Joshua Rampage, Regular Beach, ReSearch Publications, Auspicious Books, Naya Rosas, Jillian Shea, Shadow Puppet Orchestra, Eduardo Soto, Seesha Takagishi, Thruline, Jonah Valenzuela, Anna Walker. One month
2025 Pretty Gritty. large print and Riso shrine sculpture, at RAYKO Organized by Bill Daniel featuring: Erik Zo, Droid 907, Cheryl Dunn, Abby Banks, Sluto, John Held Jr., Gail Butinsky, Chris McCaw, Nikki Greene, Joey Alone, Scott Williams, Alicia McCarthy, Swampy, Ivy Jean McClellan, Ray Potes, Yubey Delgado, Rankin Renwick, Rigo 23, Jai Tanju, Ollie, Tim Kerr, Alex Ramos, Fred Vorderbruegge, buZ blurr, Karoline Collins, Greg Harvester, Toby Hardman, Allan Burris, Chris Johanson/Johanna Jackson, Kal Spelletich, Matt White, Joey Provolone, Mike Brodie, Mia Justice Smith, Bill Daniel, Eric Kneeland, Eden Batki, Brendan Klein, Dave H./Bolinas Hardware, Barry McGee, Ted Barron, Shlomit Cyr, Clint Woodside, Jeanne Hansen, Jerry DeFrese, Mike Schneider, Martin Machato, Greta Snider, Joe Brook, Colossus of Roads, Scott Hurst, Beau Patrick Coulon, Peter Hurley and Hit Gallery, John Longyear, Sammy Mack. one month
2024 HOT MESS. How do I get out of this mess: poison diorama, hermetically sealed into an acrylic box. Curated by Ximaps Dong. with artists Alex Long, Yancy Martinez, Tana Q Arcega, Kristen Wong, Maya Djiji, Anna Firth, Olivia Reich, Nico Corona, Martin Malvar, Mansur Nurullah, Malcom Kenter, Shua Bartolome, Mark Ochinero, Leonardo Reidelbach, Selby Sohn, Joseph Blake, Travis Kerkela, Catherine Wong McMahon, Lisbeth Solis, Fear the Feast. One month
2024 Reach For Shine. 4 bas-relief ceramic scenes, two photo 35mm to inkjet prints. Curated by Lemia Monet Bodden with artists Halina Kliem, Kija Lucas, Amy Elkins, Magali Duzant at smallworkssf.com/ one month
2023 Red Dot. Photo prints from Punk House. Stove Works artist residency group show. Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN stoveworks.org. one night
2023 Portraits of the City. I exhibited 9 sculptures. Curated by Sylvie McClelland. With Jon Harrison, Deena Holman, Lena Seagrave, Deirdre White. Analog Gallery, 886 Capp st San Francisco CA analog-space.org. one month
2023 Upstairs/ Downstairs, group show. 'Sidewalk Meditations' mixed media diorama. with SF artists Alison Alstrom, Margot Sease, Marisela Villanueva Guitar, John Guida. Curated by Sylvie McClelland, hosted in Sylvie's home, San Francisco CA. one month
2023 Pyramid Scheme, group show. 'Floating in the chaos' mix media sculpture. Bass and Reiner, San Francisco CA. Bass and Reiner one month
2023 Stove Works artists in residence group show. 'it's ok not to know' mixed media collages on paper. Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN. one night
2021 Zoo Group B&W Photocopy Group Show 'Skate freedom 1' risograph collage. Curated by Peter Hurley, Hit Gallery, San Francisco, CA Hit Gallery one month
2019 Gary Panter's Evolving Joint Show and Fringe Music Emporium 10 small sculptures. Curated by Byron Coley & Gary Panter. Rozz Tox Art, Florence, MA www.garypanter.com endless
2019 Subjectively Speaking, I Solo Performance in concept created by Saara Untracht-Oakner. Saara Untracht-Oakner with Alex Knost, Verge Bliss. Costa Mesa Conceptual Art Center 1930 Placentia Ave. Costa Mesa CA. one night
2016 No New Friends Photos. Sunday, Los Angeles, CA. one night
2010 Wonderers Photos from Punk House. Catalog publication from this show. Curated by Matthias Geiger. Justine Kurland, Cutter Collective,Richard Gilles, Joel Sternfeld, Kyer Wiltshire Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis.
2009 Group Show, Photos curated by Helen Jones & Sarah Rice, Through the Music Gallery, Brattleboro Vermont
2008 Punk House + Trashtopia Multi-media built environment. Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT www.burlingtoncityarts.org
2008 Tinderbox Art Show Multi-media. Curated by Jacob Berendes. Happy Birthday Mike Leslie Junk Shop, Worcester, MA
2004 Bridgin’ the Gap Sculpture. curated by Mariko Jones, Glass House, Pomona, CA
2003 Group Exhibition Sculpture. curated by Rollo, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona CA https://www.dacenter.org
Workshops, talks and Presentations
2026 Aluminum Foil & Cola Lithography. 6M Gallery, 2 sessions. 1008 Mission, SF
2025 Craft Talk presented by Arion Press. speaking about small press publishing, Abby Banks, Zach Clark, Luca Antonucci.
2025 Music Videos screening 2012-2023, Skate Witch, The Soil Factory Ithaca NY thesoilfactory.org
2024 Speaking Presentation , SF Art Book Fair with Trinie Dalton 'From handmade to big trade: Language Barrier + Auspicious Books discuss different publishing channels and how to find them' Sfartbookfair.com/programming
2024 DIY Pinhole Camera workshop, I led a DIY pinhole workshop for the 309 punk project. Set up a chem dark room, intro and instructions. many participants! 309punkproject.org
2024 Mono-print workshop, I led a mono-print workshop for the community at the 309 punk project.
2023 Compost and Butterflies; my Community Garden. 50min Film. Presented on stage with musician Shannon Lay. Sunshine Prophecy, Oakland CA.
2023 Launched zine Shadow Shape at Printed Matter Art Book Fair, with Pine Island Press, MoMA Los Angeles www.printedmatter.org/programs/events/1564 pineislandpress.com
2023 Performance 'local cryptozoologist warns community about sightings’ a power point presentation. at Dry Ice Gallery, Chattanooga TN
2022 Clay workshops at Minnesota St Project
2021 Risograph workshops at Minnesota st Project, San Francisco CA
2019 Project Survey and Proposal at Islington Mill, Salford UK
2008 - 2010 Darkroom & 35mm photo instructor. Insight photography program, Brattleboro, VT
Residencies
2026 The soil Factory Artist-in-residence, special session, Ithaca NY
2025 The Soil Factory Artist-in-residence, Ithaca NY
2024 309 Punk Project Artist-in-residence, Pensacola FL
2023 Stove Works Artist-in-residence, Chattanooga, TN
2018 CTRI Residency Conversation, Providence, RI
2018 Pine Island Press Artist-in-residence, Portland, OR
Press
2007 NY Times “Anarchy Rules: The Dishes Stay Dirty” by Penelope Green
PUNK HOUSE NYT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_house
Education
Goddard College, earned a BA in Fine Arts, sculpture
Claremont High School awarded the graduating Class Artist
Mt. San Antonio community college, Museum studies
Studied 3 years of clay sculpture with Betty Davenport Ford
Workshop intensive with ceramic artist Paul Soldner
Completed Neon workshop sign design & build with Lili Lakich
Completed Book Binding course at SF Center for the book
Intaglio Print making, Pasadena college
Ceramics; Wheel throwing. Barnsdale Art Park, Los Angeles CA
Ceramic Tile Workshop: Slab Building & Design, Kala Sculpture Lab
Solo Exhibitions and Presentations
2025 Drifting Halftone Quiet With The Moon sculptures Hit Factory Gallery Hitgallerysf.com 1 month
2023 Reduce Psychic Tension solo photo show Heavy Manners Library, Los Angeles, CA heavymannerslibrary.com 1 month
2022 Reduce Psychic Tension solo photo show Wave Collective 440 Haight st San Francisco, CA wavecollectivespace.com 1 month
2020 Research and Recreation Polaroid land camera photos, paintings, research evidence & Zine launch Plant Material, Los Angeles, CA plant-material.com one night
2019 Current Project Survey Unearthen Studio, Los Angeles, CA unearthen.com. one night
2018 California Water Doodle Corvus Ra Gallery, Berlin. one week
2018 Punk House Solo Photo Show Thank You for Coming, Los Angeles, CA Thank you for coming one month, worked here for 4 years
2018 Punk House Solo Photo Show Trashzone, Yokohama. one night
2018 Punk House Photo & Series of Presentations & New Publication. Cactus, Tokyo . 2 weeks
2018 Punk House Photos & Talk, Stoke Newington Literary Festival, London stokenewingtonliteraryfestival.com one night
2007 If you lived here, you'd be home now Get this Gallery, Atlanta, GA. one month
2007 Punk House Six City Independent Book Store Tour & Film presentation abramsbooks.com
Group Exhibitions
2026 United By Love, SOMArts SF. one month
2026 CUSTOMERS ONLY, Kilowatt upstairs, SF. one night
2026 Stripped, Skuttlebutt gallery 499 Embarcadero Oakland CA. 2 weeks
2026 S.ecret F.ormula, Adobe Books, SF. 2 weeks
2026 Common Thread, DEV 3370 19th st SF. one month
2026 We're Not F*kin Leavin, May 9 - June 9 The Fold Gallery 3359 26th st SF. one month
2026 Sanctuary, Big Door Gallery 2716 Macarthur Blvd Oakland. One month
2026 The TREASURE is the GROWTH, May 16, Swim Gallery, 509 Ellis st SF. 1 month
2026 Density of Us. Flower Fuel gallery, San Jose CA 2026 3 months
2026 Ducko’s Discount, Hit Gallery, SF CA. one month
2026 CARNIVAL. Adobe Books, SF. one month
2026 BOOTLEG. At Bass and Reiner, SF. Aphid Twin X Earth First one month
2026 Love Letters. At Big Door gallery, Oakland & Apé SF. Lower Case a. One month
2026 "Bay Area, When?!" RAYKO / Pretty Gritty. One month
2025 500 Capp st art fundraiser, 500 Capp st David Ireland House SF. one night
2025 The Haunt. at YBCA 4 month project
2025 House Show! Pensacola Museum of Art. one month
2025 Photographs and Drawings, Photographs of Drawings, Drawings of Photographs. Pretty Gritty, SF one month
2025 another kinda landscape. Work included: Night Fishing, Nicasico. Mt. Vision, fire trail. June beetle buzz slips through the silence. Curated by Mariana Varela RAYKO SF, CA. Featuring artists ae montanari, Mar Baeza, Mara Ramirez, Michael Diamond, Natasha Loewy, Victor Saucedo one month
2025 GAS 2 S.F. organized by Bill Daniel at Public Lands Store, Sacramento CA. Featuring work by Abby Banks, Mike Brodie, Mia Justice Smith, R.Virgel, Tobin Yelland, John Longyear, Karoline Collins, Brad Wescott, David Eberhardt, Xara Thustra, Monica Canilao, Sluto, Droid 907, Max Otake, Ivy Jeanne McClellan and Anson Cyr. Plus, a 20th-century hobo journalism display by (unlicensed) media historian Dave H.one month
2025 Chain Mail. Mad Magazine correspondence at age 9, recreated. At RAYKO SF, CA. Featuring work by Chad Abbley, Devon Armstrong, Negash Asegde, Abby Banks, Kevin Byrd, Bill Daniel, Yubey Delgado, Marcus Dryer-Harrison, TJ Gardea, Cornelius Hart, John Held Jr, Mel Ho, Caroline Ivins, Zoe Jackson, Sickly Lads, Derek Marshall, Makeshift Mag, Rich MacLaac, Joey Meyer, Beth Nelson, Joshua Rampage, Regular Beach, ReSearch Publications, Auspicious Books, Naya Rosas, Jillian Shea, Shadow Puppet Orchestra, Eduardo Soto, Seesha Takagishi, Thruline, Jonah Valenzuela, Anna Walker. One month
2025 Pretty Gritty. large print and Riso shrine sculpture, at RAYKO Organized by Bill Daniel featuring: Erik Zo, Droid 907, Cheryl Dunn, Abby Banks, Sluto, John Held Jr., Gail Butinsky, Chris McCaw, Nikki Greene, Joey Alone, Scott Williams, Alicia McCarthy, Swampy, Ivy Jean McClellan, Ray Potes, Yubey Delgado, Rankin Renwick, Rigo 23, Jai Tanju, Ollie, Tim Kerr, Alex Ramos, Fred Vorderbruegge, buZ blurr, Karoline Collins, Greg Harvester, Toby Hardman, Allan Burris, Chris Johanson/Johanna Jackson, Kal Spelletich, Matt White, Joey Provolone, Mike Brodie, Mia Justice Smith, Bill Daniel, Eric Kneeland, Eden Batki, Brendan Klein, Dave H./Bolinas Hardware, Barry McGee, Ted Barron, Shlomit Cyr, Clint Woodside, Jeanne Hansen, Jerry DeFrese, Mike Schneider, Martin Machato, Greta Snider, Joe Brook, Colossus of Roads, Scott Hurst, Beau Patrick Coulon, Peter Hurley and Hit Gallery, John Longyear, Sammy Mack. one month
2024 HOT MESS. How do I get out of this mess: poison diorama, hermetically sealed into an acrylic box. Curated by Ximaps Dong. with artists Alex Long, Yancy Martinez, Tana Q Arcega, Kristen Wong, Maya Djiji, Anna Firth, Olivia Reich, Nico Corona, Martin Malvar, Mansur Nurullah, Malcom Kenter, Shua Bartolome, Mark Ochinero, Leonardo Reidelbach, Selby Sohn, Joseph Blake, Travis Kerkela, Catherine Wong McMahon, Lisbeth Solis, Fear the Feast. One month
2024 Reach For Shine. 4 bas-relief ceramic scenes, two photo 35mm to inkjet prints. Curated by Lemia Monet Bodden with artists Halina Kliem, Kija Lucas, Amy Elkins, Magali Duzant at smallworkssf.com/ one month
2023 Red Dot. Photo prints from Punk House. Stove Works artist residency group show. Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN stoveworks.org. one night
2023 Portraits of the City. I exhibited 9 sculptures. Curated by Sylvie McClelland. With Jon Harrison, Deena Holman, Lena Seagrave, Deirdre White. Analog Gallery, 886 Capp st San Francisco CA analog-space.org. one month
2023 Upstairs/ Downstairs, group show. 'Sidewalk Meditations' mixed media diorama. with SF artists Alison Alstrom, Margot Sease, Marisela Villanueva Guitar, John Guida. Curated by Sylvie McClelland, hosted in Sylvie's home, San Francisco CA. one month
2023 Pyramid Scheme, group show. 'Floating in the chaos' mix media sculpture. Bass and Reiner, San Francisco CA. Bass and Reiner one month
2023 Stove Works artists in residence group show. 'it's ok not to know' mixed media collages on paper. Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN. one night
2021 Zoo Group B&W Photocopy Group Show 'Skate freedom 1' risograph collage. Curated by Peter Hurley, Hit Gallery, San Francisco, CA Hit Gallery one month
2019 Gary Panter's Evolving Joint Show and Fringe Music Emporium 10 small sculptures. Curated by Byron Coley & Gary Panter. Rozz Tox Art, Florence, MA www.garypanter.com endless
2019 Subjectively Speaking, I Solo Performance in concept created by Saara Untracht-Oakner. Saara Untracht-Oakner with Alex Knost, Verge Bliss. Costa Mesa Conceptual Art Center 1930 Placentia Ave. Costa Mesa CA. one night
2016 No New Friends Photos. Sunday, Los Angeles, CA. one night
2010 Wonderers Photos from Punk House. Catalog publication from this show. Curated by Matthias Geiger. Justine Kurland, Cutter Collective,Richard Gilles, Joel Sternfeld, Kyer Wiltshire Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis.
2009 Group Show, Photos curated by Helen Jones & Sarah Rice, Through the Music Gallery, Brattleboro Vermont
2008 Punk House + Trashtopia Multi-media built environment. Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT www.burlingtoncityarts.org
2008 Tinderbox Art Show Multi-media. Curated by Jacob Berendes. Happy Birthday Mike Leslie Junk Shop, Worcester, MA
2004 Bridgin’ the Gap Sculpture. curated by Mariko Jones, Glass House, Pomona, CA
2003 Group Exhibition Sculpture. curated by Rollo, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona CA https://www.dacenter.org
Workshops, talks and Presentations
2026 Aluminum Foil & Cola Lithography. 6M Gallery, 2 sessions. 1008 Mission, SF
2025 Craft Talk presented by Arion Press. speaking about small press publishing, Abby Banks, Zach Clark, Luca Antonucci.
2025 Music Videos screening 2012-2023, Skate Witch, The Soil Factory Ithaca NY thesoilfactory.org
2024 Speaking Presentation , SF Art Book Fair with Trinie Dalton 'From handmade to big trade: Language Barrier + Auspicious Books discuss different publishing channels and how to find them' Sfartbookfair.com/programming
2024 DIY Pinhole Camera workshop, I led a DIY pinhole workshop for the 309 punk project. Set up a chem dark room, intro and instructions. many participants! 309punkproject.org
2024 Mono-print workshop, I led a mono-print workshop for the community at the 309 punk project.
2023 Compost and Butterflies; my Community Garden. 50min Film. Presented on stage with musician Shannon Lay. Sunshine Prophecy, Oakland CA.
2023 Launched zine Shadow Shape at Printed Matter Art Book Fair, with Pine Island Press, MoMA Los Angeles www.printedmatter.org/programs/events/1564 pineislandpress.com
2023 Performance 'local cryptozoologist warns community about sightings’ a power point presentation. at Dry Ice Gallery, Chattanooga TN
2022 Clay workshops at Minnesota St Project
2021 Risograph workshops at Minnesota st Project, San Francisco CA
2019 Project Survey and Proposal at Islington Mill, Salford UK
2008 - 2010 Darkroom & 35mm photo instructor. Insight photography program, Brattleboro, VT
Residencies
2026 The soil Factory Artist-in-residence, special session, Ithaca NY
2025 The Soil Factory Artist-in-residence, Ithaca NY
2024 309 Punk Project Artist-in-residence, Pensacola FL
2023 Stove Works Artist-in-residence, Chattanooga, TN
2018 CTRI Residency Conversation, Providence, RI
2018 Pine Island Press Artist-in-residence, Portland, OR
Press
2007 NY Times “Anarchy Rules: The Dishes Stay Dirty” by Penelope Green
PUNK HOUSE NYT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_house
Education
Goddard College, earned a BA in Fine Arts, sculpture
Claremont High School awarded the graduating Class Artist
Mt. San Antonio community college, Museum studies
Studied 3 years of clay sculpture with Betty Davenport Ford
Workshop intensive with ceramic artist Paul Soldner
Completed Neon workshop sign design & build with Lili Lakich
Completed Book Binding course at SF Center for the book
Intaglio Print making, Pasadena college
Ceramics; Wheel throwing. Barnsdale Art Park, Los Angeles CA
Ceramic Tile Workshop: Slab Building & Design, Kala Sculpture Lab
Collaborations
2022 Prints Risograph prints created with Saturn Moon Milner, Minnesota St Project, San Francisco, CA.
2021 Produced Cherry Season, multi-media presentation and print zine with photographer/filmmaker Ernesto Mendez. Folsom st theater San Francisco, CA
2020 Battleship Potemkin film strip. A painting-on-film project organized by Justin Clifford Rhody. www.nonamecinema.org
2018 GALAXIES 12x12 Music for 12 guitars, Thurston Moore. On stage assistant as conductor, production. Barbican Hall, London Thurston Moore: GALAXIES 12x12 | Barbican
2022 Prints Risograph prints created with Saturn Moon Milner, Minnesota St Project, San Francisco, CA.
2021 Produced Cherry Season, multi-media presentation and print zine with photographer/filmmaker Ernesto Mendez. Folsom st theater San Francisco, CA
2020 Battleship Potemkin film strip. A painting-on-film project organized by Justin Clifford Rhody. www.nonamecinema.org
2018 GALAXIES 12x12 Music for 12 guitars, Thurston Moore. On stage assistant as conductor, production. Barbican Hall, London Thurston Moore: GALAXIES 12x12 | Barbican