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STEVE BANKS: BIO
1938
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Born in Washington, D.C. on February 14. |
| 1952 |
Awarded
Middle School Scholarship, Chicago Art Institute. First prize National Scholastic
Magazine, work hung in the Carnage Institute, Pittsburgh.
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| 1953 |
Continues Scholarship study at Chicago Institute. First and Second Prize
National Scholastic Magazine, work exhibited at the Carnage Institute, Pittsburgh.
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| 1956-1960 |
Graphic
Illustrator United States Air Force.
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| 1959 |
First
and Second Prize, Mixed Media, West Texas State Fair.
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| 1960-1964
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Art
Director, Leo Burnett Company, Chicago.
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| 1962 |
Individual
Exhibition Contemporary Art Gallery, Evanston, Illinois
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| 1963 |
Group
Exhibition, International Gallery, Chicago Illinois
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| 1964 |
Group
Exhibition, International Gallery, Chicago Illinois
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| 1964-1967 |
Executive
Art Director-Producer, Erwin Wasey Inc., Advertising, Los Angeles
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| 1966 |
Group
Exhibition, Larchmont Gallery, Los Angeles
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| 1967-1970 |
Vice
president Associate Creative Director - Executive Producer, William Esty
Company, Advertising, New York
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| 1967 |
Group Exhibition, Stern Gallery, Darien, Connecticut
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| 1968 |
Group
Exhibition, Strawberry Contemporary, Stamford, Connecticut
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| 1970-1974 |
Executive
Art Director - Producer/Director, McCann Erickson and Standard Ogilvy, San
Paulo, Brazil
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| 1972 |
Individual
Exhibition, Bela Vista Contompo Galleria, São Paulo, Brazil
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| 1973 |
Group
Exhibition, Flavio Cohen Galleria, São Paulo, Brazil
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| 1973 |
Group
Exhibition, Leme’ Contompo Galleria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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| 1974 |
Group
Exhibition, Martins Agusta Galleria, São Paulo, Brazil
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| 1974-1980 |
Independent
Producer of television commercials, Los Angeles
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| 1980-1983 |
Vice
President Broadcast Production, Dailey & Associates, Advertising, Los
Angeles
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| 1984-2000 |
Partner,
Wright-Banks Films, Los Angeles
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Note: 1975-2000 -- Creative focus shifted
to photography. Began painting again in 2001
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"Selected as a member of the late photographer Richard
Avedon's first master class held at his studio from
February 28th until April 26th 1967. His partner was
the late Marvin Israel, art director, photographer,
designer, former director of Seventeen, Harper's
Bazaar and Atlantic Records. Participants were
assigned weekly projects critiqued by other workshop
memebers, Avedon, Israel and various weekly visitors.
These included photographers Hiro, Diane Arbus, Gary
Winograd, Lee Frielander, Danny Lyon, Bruce Davidson,
Mary Ellen Mark, and John Szarkowski; Director of the
Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art
(1962-1991.) This workshop was modeled after Alexey
Brodovitche's Design Lab which was started in 1933 at
Philadelphia's Museum of Industrial Art.
Steve Banks
photography included in permanent collections:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Jimi Hendrix Museum
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