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Education
2024
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Drawing and Painting, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Flora II, Estia’s Little Kitchen in collaboration with The Watermill Center, Sag Harbor, NY
2022
Flora, The Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY
Group Exhibitions and Presentations
2024
Art Brussels, Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (forthcoming)
2023
Thus Spoke the Rabbit, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Game Show, curated by Connor Marley, Curve Line Space, Los Angeles, CA
Feather and Form, curated by Devon Gordon, Zepster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
.001, Ludlow Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Red Dot Exhibition & Fundraiser, The Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
Flora of California, Kennedy Contemporary, Newport Beach, CA
Ulular, Galería L86, Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico
2022
Art Market Hamptons with Kasper Contemporary, Water Mill, NY
AXA Art Prize, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Youth #8, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
2021
Art.Write.Now.DC, US Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
Telúrica de Relatos, Galería L86, Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico
Con Estas Nubes, Galería L86, Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico
Posterwork; Collaboration with the Contemporary at Blue Star MOSAIC Program, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Red Dot Exhibition & Fundraiser, The Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
Explore Art Expedition, Art Center of Waco, Waco, TX
2020
YoungArts Miami 2020 Exhibition, curated by Edouard Duval-Carrié (catalogue), National YoungArts Foundation, Miami, FL
LCAD Artists Unite: Virtual Exhibition and Fundraiser, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
Quarantine Diaries, The Contemporary at Blue Star MOSAIC Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Cut Out, Collaboration with University of Texas at San Antonio, The Contemporary at Blue Star MOSAIC Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2019
Art.Write.Now, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY
Uncharted, The Contemporary at Blue Star MOSAIC Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Signs of Life, Southwest School of Art Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2018
TSI Student Exhibition, Southwest School of Art Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Awards and Honors
2023
Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
YoungArts Creative Microgrant, National YoungArts Foundation, Miami, FL
Albert K. Murray Grant, Albert K. Murray Fine Art Educational Fund, Adamsville, OH
Ilona Martin Competitive Merit Scholarship, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2022
Honorable Mention, AXA Art Prize, New York, NY
Albert K. Murray Grant, Albert K. Murray Fine Art Educational Fund, Adamsville, OH
Nina Fitzpatrick Competitive Merit Scholarship, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
First Thursday Competitive Merit Scholarship, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
Plotkin Scholarship, Plotkin Memorial Foundation, Laguna Beach, CA
2021
Future Generation Competition Honorable Mention, Portrait Society of America
Albert K. Murray Grant, Albert K. Murray Fine Art Educational Fund, Adamsville, OH
Artist Residency, Landmark Inn, Texas State Historic Site, Castroville, TX
Best in Show, Art Center Waco, Waco, TX
Hexburg Competitive Merit Scholarship, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2020
Merit Award, National YoungArts Foundation, Miami, FL
Da Vinci Initiative Finalist, Art Renewal Center International Salon
ArtEffect Project Best in Show, Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes, Fort Scott, KS
National Gold Medal, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, New York, NY
2019
National Gold Medal, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, New York, NY
Publications and Press
Art Renewal Center. "15th International ARC Salon: International Realism." Art Renewal Center, 2021.
Butterworth, Hillary and Denis Delasio et al. "Portraits & Figures." Artit, April 2021.
Elizondo, J.D. "Episode 4." SAPL Variety, August 10, 2022.
Frank, Nicholas. "San Antonio High Schooler Wins $3K Prize in International Art Competition." San Antonio Report, June 4, 2022.
James Lane Post, "The Watermill Center & Estia's Little Kitchen Present Exhibition by Artist Piper Bangs." James Lane Post, 2023.
LaBerge, Peter and Heidi Seaborn. Issue 30, Adroit Journal, October 2019.
Norris, David. "Teen artist wins big prize in international competition." Fox 29, June 9, 2020.
Russo, Lynne. "Students Score $15,500 in Cash Prizes in International ArtEffect Project Competition." Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes, May 26, 2020.
Santos, Lara. "Interview with 2020 ArtEffect Project Senior Best in Show Recipient Piper Bangs." Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes, August 5, 2020.
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. "The Best Teen Art of 2019." Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, June 3, 2019.
Wackenhut, Celeste and Joan Wyatt. "Holdsworth Center Art Collection Catalog." French & Michigan, 2021.
Public Collections
The Holdsworth Center, Austin, TX
Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Museum, Fort Scott, KS
The Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY