Curriculum Vitae
GERRY BANNAN
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute MFA - Painting
Brooklyn, NY
Tyler School of Art BFA - Printmaking
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
1994-2016 Professor of Fine Arts Patrick Henry Community College, Martinsville, VA
2015 Adjunct Instructor of Art Roanoke College, Salem, VA
2014-2015 MFA Mentor School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007-2012 Adjunct Instructor of Art Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015 Gerry Bannan: Icons Waddell Art Gallery, NVCC Sterling, Va.
2014 Gerry Bannan: Vanitas Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Va.
2013 Paintings and Drawings Liminal Gallery, Roanoke, Va.
2010 Torniamo Dialog Gallery, Roanoke, Va.
2008 Asymmetry Crossroads Art Gallery, Richmond, Va.
2007 Meditations Grandin Theatre Gallery, Roanoke, Va.
2006 In the Garden Greer Gallery, Ferrum College, Ferrum, Va.
2005 Recent Paintings Mountain Empire Community College, Big Stone Gap, Va.
2001 Suspended Spring Momus Gallery, Tula Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga.
1999 Betsy Hale Bannan and Gerry Bannan Smoyer Gallery, Roanoke Coll., Salem, Va.
1998 Meditations Piedmont Art Association, Martinsville, Va.
1998 Gerry Bannan and Betsy Hale Bannan Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, Va.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Radius 250 - Best in Show, Curator: Francis Thompson
artspace gallery, Richmond, VA
2017 In Memoriam
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Homeward Bound, Curator: Bradley Sumrall, Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
2017 Art on Paper, Curator: Emily Stamey
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2017 Drawing Discourse, Curator: Scott Noel
Cook Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2016 Recent Observations and Discoveries, Curator: Ann Bondurant Trinkle
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA
2016 Drawing Discourse, Curator: Edgar Jerins
Cook Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2015 The Base Line, Curator: Aron Packer
ARC Gallery, Chicago, Ill.
2015 Beyond Real, Curator: Margo Ann Crutchfield
Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
2015 From These Hills, Curator: Steven Wicks, Knoxville Museum of Art
William King Art Museum, Abingdon, Va.
2013 Radius 250, Curator: N. Elizabeth Schlatter
artspace gallery, Richmond, Va.
2013 From These Hills, Curator: Steven Matijcio, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati
William King Art Museum, Abingdon, Va.
2012 What’s Inside? Curator: Susan Jamison
Virginia Tech School of Medicine, Roanoke, Va.
2009 Roanoke City Art Show Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Va.
2009 Roanoke College Biennial Olin Hall Gallery, Salem, Va.
2008 Roanoke City Art Show Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Va.
2007 Roanoke College Biennial Olin Hall Gallery, Salem, Va.
2003 Annual Summer Show Momus Gallery, Tula Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2003-05 Stick to Your Guns Annual Contemporary Art Show Roanoke, Va.
2003 Roanoke City Art Show Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Va.
2000 Legislative Art Virginia State House, Richmond, Va.
2000 Roanoke City Art Show Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Va.
2000 Roanoke College Biennial Olin Hall Gallery, Salem, Va. Juror: Adam Lerner
1999 Roanoke City Art Show Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Va.
1998 Roanoke College Biennial Olin Hall Gallery, Salem, Va.
1997 Roanoke City Art Show Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Va.
1997 Virginia Community College System Faculty Show
Tidewater Community College Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, Va.
1997 Annual Regional Exhibit Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Va.
1996 Artists of Virginia Exhibition Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Va.
1995 Ten From Eight Diamond Club Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
AWARDS
2017 Best in Show, Radius 250, Juror: Francis Thompson
2009 Award of Excellence, Roanoke City Art Show, Juror: Beth Grabowski
2008 Second Place, Roanoke City Art Show, Juror: Helen Frederick
2003 Award of Excellence, Roanoke City Art Show
1999 Award of Excellence, Roanoke College Biennial Exhibition
1998 First Prize, Roanoke College Biennial Exhibition, Juror: Deborah McLeod
1997 Best in Show, Roanoke City Art Show
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
2016 Drawing Discourse: 7th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing
Exhibition Catalog – University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2014 Roanoke Artist Renders Complex Still Lifes in Ballpoint Pen
The Roanoke Times, November 11, 2014 Arts & Extras: Mike Allen
2014 Animus – Artwork Reproduction
Philadelphia Stories Magazine, Spring 2014 Issue, Carla Spataro, Editor
2012 Studio Visit: Artist Interview
Vianoke Magazine, July 2012, Issue 2, Tif Robinette
2010 Artists take Roanoke show on the road to NYC
The Roanoke Times, October 10, 2010, Arts & Extras: Mike Allen
2010 Abstract Memory: Exhibition Review
The Roanoke Times, May 23, 2010, Arts & Extras: Mike Allen