JANE BANQUER: ARTIST'S RESUME
Education
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts: Workshops in painting and woodcut
Antioch New England: MS, Organization & Management
University of New Hampshire: Courses in printmaking and graphic design
Smith College: BA, Art History; Minors in Studio Art, French
Boston Museum School
The Decordova Museum
Dana Museum of Art
Arts Employment Summary
Visual Artist
Consultant Program Director, publicist, fundraiser, trainer for the visual and performing arts
PCA Great Performances, Senior Program Director
Very Special Arts New Hampshire, Program Director, classroom instructor and teacher trainer
Managing Director, New Hampshire Modern Dance Company
Freelance and staff instructor in printmaking, graphic design: children, adults, post-secondary graduate students
Staff and freelance graphic designer
Reviewer, "New Hampshire Times"
New Hampshire Artists-in-the-Schools: Artist in Residence
Solo and Juried Invitational Exhibitions & Commissions
2016
"Art of the Hand-Pulled Print; The Peregrine Press at 25," Portland, ME
"Prints of the Year," curated by Parker Potter
2015
The Boston Printmakers Biennial, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
"The Synagogue Show", Jewish Museum of Maine, Portland, ME
"Graphic Realities", Jewish Museum of Maine, Portland, ME
Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland, ME
"Prints of the Year," curated by Parker Potter
2014
Solo and/or Small Group Shows, GEM Gallery, Peaks Island, ME
"Prints and Oils", solo exhbit, Yarmouth History Center Gallery, Yarmouth, ME
"Prints of the Year," curated by Parker Potter
Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland, ME
2013
"Take Two: Reimagining a Print from the Past," Silver Center, Plymout State College, Plymouth, NH
"Prints of the Year," curated by Parker Potter
Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland, ME
Solo and/or Small Group Shows, GEM Gallery, Peaks Island, ME
2012
New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
"Pressing On," Landing Gallery, Rockland, ME, curated by Brucde Brown
Solo, Hopkinton Town Library, Hopkinton, NH
"Prints of the Year," curated by Parker Potter
Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland, ME
Solo and/or Small Group Shows, GEM Gallery, Peaks Island, ME
2011
Studio Connections: Artists Supporting Maine PBS
"Prints of the Year," curated by Parker Potter
Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland, ME
Solo and/or Small Group Shows, GEM Gallery, Peaks Island, ME
2010
"Prints of the Year," curated by Parker Potter
Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland, ME
New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
2009
"Ink and Light," Two Person Show, Archipelago Fine Arts, Rockland, ME
Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland, ME
Solo and/or Small Group Shows, GEM Gallery, Peaks Island, ME
New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
Studio Connections: Artists Supporting Maine PBS
2008
Art of the Archipelago, Archipelago Fine Arts, Rockland, ME
Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland, ME
Solo and/or Small Group Shows, GEM Gallery, Peaks Island, ME
New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
Studio Connections: Artists Supporting Maine PBS
2007
The Figure Revealed, Atrium Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College
Celebrating 200 Years of Printmaking in Maine, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Solo and/or Small Group Shows, GEM Gallery, Peaks Island, ME
New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
Studio Connections: Artists Supporting Maine PBS
2006
"Interiors/Exteriors:" Phillip Frey & Jane Banquer, Shaw ContemporaryJewelry, Northeast Harbor, ME
57th Annual Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Strike a Pose: Figurative and Nudes, Millbrook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH
Prelude to Spring, River Tree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, ME
Solo and/or Small Group Shows, GEM Gallery, Peaks Island, ME
New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
Studio Connections: Artists Supporting Maine PBS
2005
Artists 'Bout the Bay, Dodson Gallery, Long Island, ME
Solo and/or Small Group Shows, GEM Gallery, Peaks Island, ME
New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
Studio Connections: Artists Supporting Maine PBS
The Figure Revealed, Atrium Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College
2004
Regional Artists, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
Three Person Show, Coffee By Design, Portland, ME
Portrait Commission, Peaks Island, ME
New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
Studio Connections: Artists Supporting Maine PBS
2003
Two-Person Show, Lewis Gallery, Portland, ME
Two-Person Show, Genji Cottage Gallery, Peaks Island, ME
Prior
1994, 1993: Two-Person Shows, Hardware Café and Gallery, Peaks Island, ME
1991: Solo Show, Raffles Bookstore, Portland, ME, reviewed in Casco Bay Weekly
1983: "Graphics New Hampshire" venues at League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Concord, NH; St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH; Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH. Reviewed in Art New England.
1980's: Annual Juried Shows, Living with Crafts at the Annual Sunappee Fair, League of NH Craftsmen
Prizes & Recognition
2016: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Open Residency, Deer Isle, ME
2008: Honorable Mention, Annual J Parfitt Memorial Exhibition, N. H. Art Assoc., Portsmouth, NH
1980's: League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Terrance Gallery, Palenville, NY, Holly Daly Herman Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Juried Memberships & Collections
Collection of Bruce Brown, Portland, ME
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen
New Hampshire Art Association
Gallery Representation
Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland, ME; Archipelago Fine Arts, Rockland, ME; Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH; Wenniger Graphics, Boston and Rockport, MA
Publications & Miscellaneous
Coordinator, bi-weekly life drawing, Co-Coordinator, seasonal open studios, Peaks Island, ME
"Parent Activists and Corporate Allies: The Portland Partnership," FLYING TOGETHER, 1997, Education Newsletter of Chamber Music America
"Four Artists Talk About Artists-in-the-Schools," New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Program document slide-tape: youngest, only woman artist profiled.
State Juror in Printmaking, League of New Hampshire Craftsmen
Exhibition reviews, New Hampshire Times