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Victoria Hanks studied painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking at New York University and Brooklyn College, earned a BFA at Montclair State University and an MFA at the University of Hartford. A practicing studio painter, she studied and painted in Italy and in residencies in New England and upstate New York. She has exhibited nationally and internationally. Hanks has also written critical pieces for New York Arts Magazine and other arts periodicals and has taught studio and lecture classes at Montclair State University, Brookdale Community College and Monmouth University.
In addition, Hanks has created various site-specific installations in Venice, Italy (outdoor paper sculpture), New York, NY (Amos Eno Gallery wall painting), Newark, NJ (Newark National Building wall painting), Montclair, NJ (Montclair State University Cali building stairwell mural), Long Branch, NJ (Shore Institute of Contemporary Art wall painting), Halsey Street, Newark, NJ (window installation).
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2018 Mend Me, Too, The Creativity Caravan, Montclair, NJ
2013 The End, art629, Asbury Park, NJ
2009 Vessel, Solo Project, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ
The Beingness of Animals, Newark Arts Council/Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
2004 The Adventures of Suzy Creamcheez and Dr. ViaGreat, Soho20 Chelsea, New York, NY
2000 Whatsits, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
1999 the thingness of the thing, Amos Eno Gallery, NYC
1996 Recent Work, Zuzuˆs Gallery, Hartford, CT.
1996 Stations and Satellites, Taub Gallery, W. Hartford, CT.
1991 New Paintings, Fine Art Center, Passaic, NJ
1989 Fertile Imaginings, Fine Art Center, Passaic, NJ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Hillyer Gallery, Washington, DC, Invasion
Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, My Muse
Washington Sculpture Group, Center for Hellenic Studies/Harvard University, Washington, DC, Images Show
2021 Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD, IDENTITY Online Winter Show
2020 The Art League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, Patron’s Show
Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, A Light in the Darkness
Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD, Mid Fall Madness
Circle Gallery (online exhibition), Annapolis, MD, Money, Money, Money
Towson Arts Collective, Towson, MD, Holiday Show
2019 Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, New Jersey Crafts Annual: New Directions in Fiber Art
Jersey City Arts Council, Jersey City, NJ, 14C Art Fair
2018 Atelier Rosal, Rahway, NJ, Op Ed
Shenandoah Museum of Contemporary Art, Strasburg, VA, The Strasburg Biennial
Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ, hankifers Window Installation
2017 Valley Arts Community Gallery, Orange, NJ, First Annual Members Show
2016 Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ, POL!T!CO: Money and Effect
2013 National Museum of Animals & Society, Los Angeles, CA, UnCooped: Deconstructing the Domesticated Chicken
2011 Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ Art Reaction Benefit
2010 Keydar Art Studio, Newark, NJ White Christmas
2009 City Without Walls, Newark, NJ Metro 26
Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT, Alumni 120 Show
Index Art Center, Newark, NJ, X-RAY VISION
2008 Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ, The Benny Show
Transcultural Exchange, St Pancras Railway Station, London, 2008 London Biennial
The Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School, W. Hartford, CT, Size is Relative
Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ, Boson Exotic
2007 The George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, Discoveries
Protest Space, New York, NY, Time’s Up
Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ, Singularity in the Communal Tide
Art Gotham, New York, NY, Square Foot Show
Downtown Association, New York, NY, The Skyline Show
Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ, Sanctuary
2006 Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ, Bridge Art Fair, Miami ’06.
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, W. Hartford, CT., Alumni Small Works Exhibition
Newark National Building, Newark, NJ, Newark Between Us
Art Gotham, NYC, The Skyline Show
2005 1 Washington Place, Newark, NJ, Facing Newark
473 Broadway Gallery, NYC, The 7 Deadly Sins
2004 Transcultural Exchange, THE TILE PROJECT, International traveling exhibition
Soho20 Chelsea, NYC, Room 605
Brent Sikkema Gallery, NYV, Visual Aids Benefit
Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship
Exhibition
Seton Hall University, School of Law, Newark, NJ, with CWW, Living in an Immaterial World
Downtown Arts Club, The Knitting Factory, NYC, ART BART
2003 Soho20 Chelsea, NYC, Small Works Invitational
473 Broadway Gallery, NYC, Drawing Conclusions
ENMU-R, Roswell, NM, The Regular Paper Show
Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, DogDays of Summer
Southeast Museum, Brewster, NY, The Brewster Project
2002 Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, Benefit Art Raffle 2002
The Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA, Transcultural Exchange
Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY, 9 Choose 9
2001 Greely Square Gallery, New York, NY, Emerging American Artists
Arlington Art Center, Arlington, MA, Construction Show
Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI, DOCUMENTA
Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI, MONA Art Auction
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH, The Art is in the Mail(ing)
2000 TransHudson Gallery, New York, NY, Nomads Forever
Visual Arts Gallery, Lincroft, NJ, EXIT 109
1999 Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, MSU China Faculty
Exhibition Exchange Transcultural Exchange, Korea, Nomads
1998 Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ, Faculty Show
Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY, Nothing Serious
Artistˆs Space, New York, NY Night of 1,000 Drawings
Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY Wall to Wall
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY No Boundaries
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY Annual Salon Show
City Without Walls, Newark, NJ For the Sake of Beauty
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo, New York, NY Annual Venice Show
Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY Some Artists
1997 Artistˆs Space, New York, NY Night of 1,000 Drawings
Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY Nothing Serious
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo, New York, NY Annual Venice Show
Monmouth University Gallery, W. Long Branch, NJ Faculty Show
1996 Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY Captured Space
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY Lines of Descent
Artwell Gallery, Torrington, Ct, WORD
1995 IUAV, Venice, Italy, site specific installation, Manipulated Space
IUAV, Venice, Italy, Works in Progress
Untitled #130 Ltd. Gallery, Wayne, NY, Quiet, Flowing and Juicy
Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY Salon Show2
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY Montclair in Manhattan
1993 City Without Walls, Newark, NJ New Members Show
Organization of Independent Artists, New York, Salon Show
1992 Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY Montclair in Manhattan
Blackwell Street Center for the Arts, Dover, NJ Doors and Windows
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Protect Habitat, Save the World, Washington, DC
Fiber Options 2022, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, Honorable Mention
2021 Orange Reclaimed, i19 Gallery, West Orange, NJ
2020 Strokes of Genius, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
The Endangered, Can Art Save Them? Art Impact International, Inc., Washington, DC
2017 11th Annual Passion Through Art, Atlantic Health System Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
2017 Incarceration, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2017 Emerging Artists 2017, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2015 Fourth Annual Art Show, NJ Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ
2012 Annual Juried Art Competition South Arkansas Art Center, El Dorado, AK
Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
2004 Metro Show, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
2003 Marks, Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
1998 10th Annual National Art Competition, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
International Juried Show, NJ Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
19th Annual Juried Show, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
1997 Annual Womenˆs Works Exhibit, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
1996 Paper, Art and the Book, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Annual Goldfarb Exhibition, Joseloff Gallery, W. Hartford, Ct.
Connecticut Women Artists Show, The John Ely Slade House, New Haven, CT
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
2021 Ms. Ann Cole, Annapolis, MD
Ms. Joann Vaughan, Annapolis, MD
2020 Ms. Nancy Collins, Alexandria, VA
Ms. Shelby Claire de Lune, Alexandria, VA
Ms. Lisa Taylor, Pasadena, MD
Ms. Anne Rossilli, Bethesda, MD
2019, Anonymous, Montclair, NJ
2009 Mr. Ben Goldman, Newark, NJ
2006 Mr. Jack Baldwin LeClair, Franklin, NJ
2004 Ms. Illene Sunshine, New York, NY
2003 Ms. Danielle Arrecas, Tinton Falls, NJ
Ms. Lise Alcala, Cardiff by the Sea, CA
Catholic Charities Community Services, Bronx, NY
2002 Mr. Patrick Wornock, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Ms. Jane Harris, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Mr. Harsha Reddy, NYC
1999 Mr. Tony Zaza, Hoboken, New Jersey
1998 Mr. Michael Neuhaus, New Jersey
1997 Mr. T. Winn, NYC
Mr. Peter Strounitsos, NYC
Ms. Nicci Havekost, New Mexico
1996 Ms. Shandry Castelow, Tennessee
Mr. Douglas Ferrari, New Jersey
1994 Montclair State University, NJ
Mr. David Gray, NJ
1992 Mr. Kevin Lennox, Maryland
Mr. Thomas Myers, NJ
1989 Mr. & Mrs. Bob Poda, NYC
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Vanslembrouck, Belgium
Ms. Christine Rhodes, England
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 The Glen Ridge Paper, Interview: Local Artist Has Two Works in MAM by Daniel Jackovino
2012 Artery NYC, Interview: Inside the Mosh Pit with Vicky Allen Hanks by Tony Zaza
NYU Venice 1974-2011, Artists & Angiola Churchill published by NYU Steinhardt
2009 Star-Ledger, Newark in the Frame, reported by John Zeaman
2006 Jersey Journal, Behind the Seens, reported by Cotton Delo
2004 Cream Cycles/The Adventures of Suzy Creamcheez, etc., catalog essay by Tony Zaza
1998 Artnet Magazine, New York Reviews, No Boundaries, A Global Selection of NYU Artists, Trans Hudson Gallery, reviewed by Meredith Mendelsohn
AWARDS
2015 Fellowship, Edna St. Vincent Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY
2002 Fellowship, New Jersey State Council of the Arts, Trenton, NJ
1997 Angel Award at the Vermont Studio Center via Monmouth University, W. Long Branch, NJ
1996 Graduate Award, Joseloff Gallery, Annual Goldfarb Exhibition, W. Hartford, Ct.
EXPERIENCE
2008 Curator, The Benny Show, SICA, Long Branch, NJ
2004 Curator, 7 Deadly Sins show, 473 Broadway Gallery, NYC
1998-99 Freelance writer, NYArts Magazine, New York, NY
1997-99 Adjunct Faculty, Drawing I, Intro to the Visual Arts, Painting I, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Adjunct, Art Appreciation, History of Art, Ancient to Medieval, History of Art,
Renaissance to Modern, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ
Adjunct, Art Appreciation, Monmouth University, W. Long Branch, NJ
1998 Panelist, Artists Talk on Art, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, What Makes a Coop Gallery Successful
1997 Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1996 Internship, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
EDUCATION
1996 University of Hartford, Hartford Art School, W. Hartford, CT, MFA
1995 New York University, Venice, Italy, Graduate studies
1995 Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY, Graduate studies
1994 Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, BFA, Summa Cum Laude