Jenna Banks is a visual artist grown in New Jersey.
Feeling most herself in the natural world, Jenna aims to connect with others through green spaces. She engages with nature as a vehicle for healing and a means of stepping outside of herself.
With acknowledgement that developing and refining a sense of self as an artist is a lifelong journey, Jenna creates unabashedly and abundantly. She relishes in each new craft she takes on.
Jenna's creative practice includes:
photography, crochet, writing, air dry clay, painting, doodling, and light graphic design.
Always with more to be learned.
Outside of her practice, Jenna enjoys watching silly movies, sweet treats, and taking the scenic route.
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Group Exhibitions
2023
NEXT Festival, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design's Flagg Building, Washington, D.C.
On the Horizon, Gallery 102, Washington, D.C.
2021
New Favorites, Gallery 102, Washington, D.C.
2020
Unearthing, Gallery 102, Washington, D.C.
Education
BFA in Photojournalism, minors in Fine Arts and Art History; The Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at the George Washington University, 2023.
Publications
Room to Breathe, Self-Published, 2023.
You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Slow Dance Press, 2023.
Right as Rain, Stupid Idiot Press, 2023.
Revival, GWU NPPA Annual Group Zine, 2022.
Awards
Mary Lyle Memorial Scholarship, George Washington University, 2020.
Corcoran Scholar, George Washington University, 2019.