Jean Banas Area 5

Painter

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Member of Flag since:
2012

Jean’s Artist Statement:

My work follows in the tradition of the “Abstract Expressionists” movement in which the painting process is the subject matter.Vibrant, exuberant, and colorful shapes, lines and marks create a sense of  energy and mystery.

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Honors and Recognitions:

2014  1st place Award
Art League of Daytona Beach, FL

2013, 2012   Best of Show
Beaux Arts  Member Exhibit Daytona Beach, FL

2014   1st Place Award
St. Augustine Art Association, St Augustine, FL

2013  Best of Show
St. Augustine Art Association, St Augustine, FL

2009 Best of Show
Art League of Daytona Beach, FL

2009 2nd Place in Painting,
The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL

2008 Best of Show
The Bascom Art Center, Highlands, NC

Selected Shows and Exhibitions:

2015  Arts Council Martin County Abstract Exhibit, Stuart, FL
2015  Valdosta National 2015 Valdosta State Univ.
Valdosta, GA

2014 9th Annual Human Rights Art Exhibit,
South Texas College, McAllen, TX

2014 Florida Art Group Exhibition St. Auggustine, FL
2014 The Boca Raton Museum of Art,
All Florida Exhibit, Boca Raton, FL

2013  Sarasota Art Center, All Florida Exhibit, Sarasota, FL
2013 Lake Eustis Museum of Art,
Permanent Collection Exhibit, Eustis, FL

Invitational Exhibits:

2021, 2020, Janes Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2021, 2020, Beaux Arts Exhibit,
Museum of Arts & Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL
2020, March, Art League of Daytona Beach, FL
2019 Peabody Auditorium Art Gallery, Daytona Beach, FL
2018 Women in the Arts, Orlando Library, Orlando, FL
2017 Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, GA
2012  FL Museum for Women Artists

Solo Exhibits:

2021 Art League of Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach, FL
2019 United Church of Christ Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2017 The Hub on Canal Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Arts on Douglas Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL,
January 2010
North Gallery St Augustine Art Association,
St. Augustine, FL,

November 2009  Work included in the Maitland
Art Center Permanent Collection

The Museum of Florida Art Permanent Collection
Bert Fish Medical Center

Juried Exhibitions:

2020, 2019, 2018 NEA‘s “The Big Read”, DeLand, FL – 2018 Exhibit-1st Place Award
2019, 2018 Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington, DC
2018 The Ellington-White Contemporary Art Gallery, Fayetteville, NC
2017 The 32nd
Annual International Exhibition Tyler Univ., Tyler, Texas

Permanent Collections:

Lake Eustis Museum of Art
The Maitland Museum of Art and History

Published in:

“Live and Learn: Expressive Drawing”,
by Steve Aimone 2009

Awarded Signature Membership Status to:

The National Watercolor Society
The Florida Watercolor Society

Residencies: 2019, 2018, 2017 Atlantic Center for the Arts New Smyrna Beach, FL “Building Artistic Community Experience”

Publications: Aimone, Steve: Live and Learn: Expressive Drawing. Lark Crafts, NYC

Represented by:

Arts on Douglas Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL