Marilyn Banner

About the Artist

Marilyn Banner holds a BFA in painting from Washington University in St Louis and a Master’s degree from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Her works have been widely exhibited in more than thirty solo and over one hundred group shows, and are in numerous public and private collections. Exhibition venues include Monmouth University, Long Branch NJ, The Katzen Museum of American University, Ceres Gallery, New York City, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA, B’nai B’rith Museum, Washington DC; Marymount University, Arlington, VA, Hebrew Union College Museum, NYC, Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely MD, The Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC, Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD, DCAC and Gallery 10, Wash DC, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV, Ratner Museum, Bethesda MD, Delaplaine Center for the Arts, Frederick, MD,  Costa Rican Embassy, Washington, DC and Czech Embassy, Washington DC. Ms. Banner is the recipient of ten residency fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Sweetbriar VA, and in 2012 was awarded a Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation VCCA Creative Fellows Grant. She was chosen as one of ten participants in Art Cart 2013, honoring lifelong artists of note in the DC area. Her work is included in Encaustic Art in the 21st Century, by Ashley Rooney. Marilyn Banner lives in Takoma Park, Maryland with her musician husband Carl Banner. She co-founded and helps produce Washington Musica Viva, a monthly music and arts performance series. Gallery Representation is through Ceres Gallery, NYC.