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  Jen Bandini
Queens, NY / jenbandini@gmail.com


Education

2006
M.F.A. with Honors, Painting, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

2003
B.F.A., Painting, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC


Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions

2009
Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

2008
Fashion Statement, Mary Stanley Studio in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography,
Atlanta, GA
String of Pearls, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC

2007
Little Things, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2006
Lamar Dodd School of Art MFA Exhibition, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Through Women’s Eyes By Women’s Hands, The Women’s Center 22nd Annual Juried
Exhibition, The Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel, Chapel Hill, NC *First Prize
UGA MFA Recent Work, Athens Academy, Athens, GA

2005
CAA Regional MFA Exhibition, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Diaspora, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
Looks Good on Paper, Spruill Arts Center Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Small Sketches and Drawings, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Thirtieth Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
Through Women’s Eyes By Women’s Hands, Juror Beth Grabowski, The Women’s Center 21st
Annual Juried Exhibition, The Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel, Chapel Hill, NC
New Painting: Bandini, Turner, Whittle, UpDown Gallery, Athens, GA
The Salon, Evolution Salon, Athens, GA

2004
Teacher’s Pets, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Married To Their Art, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC
School’s Out II: Emerging Artists of the Southeast, City Art Gallery, Columbia, SC
The Artists of Asheville, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
Portraits Real & Unreal, Jurors Greg Armine & Marge Nezin, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
Thirty-Second Annual Competition for NC Artists, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
Through Women’s Eyes by Women’s Hands, The Women’s Center 20th Annual Juried
Exhibition, The Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel, Chapel Hill, NC
Here Then Now, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
The Steak Show, Ryan’s Family Steak House, Athens, GA

2003
Truths, Lies, and Reclamations, University Gallery, Owen Hall, UNC Asheville *Solo exhibition
Surprise It’s Me, Gallery 31, Asheville, NC *Solo exhibition
d’ART Center Mid-Atlantic Art Exhibition, Juror Thomas Xenakis, d’ART Center, Norfolk, VA
Thirty-First Annual Competition for NC Artists, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
Through Women’s Eyes by Women’s Hands, The Women’s Center 19th Annual Juried
Exhibition, The Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel, Chapel Hill, NC
Upstairs Gallery Small Works Show, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC
Art for Change Benefit Show, Sky People Gallery, Asheville, NC
Ending/Beginning, University Gallery, Owen Hall, University of NC at Asheville

2001
Figurative Art Juried Exhibition, Hendersonville Arts Council, Hendersonville, NC

2000
Group Show, Alla Prima Gallery, Asheville, NC


Publications

  • Artpapers Magazine, March/April 2006: 13.
  • Adair, Sally, “Pieces of Greatness,” Marquee, Athens Banner Herald (February 10-16, 2005): 8-9.
  • Clement, Melissa, “N.C. artists present their work,” The Fayetteville Observer (April 23, 2004).
  • The Daguerreian Society Newsletter, v19, no.2 (April-June 2007): 12.
  • Fairbrother, Trevor, The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009. Washington,D.C.: University of Washington Press, 2009. *Artist’s work used as cover image.
  • Fox, Catherine, Power of paper,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (May 22, 2005): L3.
  • Hopes, David, “Exhibits mark departure of one downtown gallery, debut of another,” The Asheville Citizen Times (Dec 17, 2000): B7, 1.
  • Kavanaugh, Nan, “Asheville Art,” The Indie, v1, no.6 (December 2002): 9.
  • Martin, Soni, “Asheville Artists open at FMA,” Up & Coming Weekly (November 12-18, 2003): 12-13.
  • Maintenough, E.C., “Together: Turner & Bandini Show Off Their Differences,” The Critical Review, v1, no. 1 (July 2003): 8-9.
  • New American Paintings (Juror Laura Hoptman), no. 92, Northeast Edition. (Feb/March 2011): 24-27
  • Tynes, Teri, “Arista Vista in Congaree Vista Area of Columbia S.C.,” Carolina Arts v8, no.4 (April2004): 1, 12.