CV
b. 2002, San Antonio, TX. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Education
2024
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Drawing and Painting, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Fruiting Body, Megan Mulrooney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Flora II, Estia’s Little Kitchen in collaboration with The Watermill Center, Sag Harbor, NY
2022
Flora, The Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
NADA Miami with Megan Mulrooney Gallery, Miami, FL
Surrealism in the Service of Distraction, curated by Alyce Mahon, Galerie Raphael Durazzo, Paris, France (catalog)
Arcus, curated by Lucy Liu, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Superbloom, curated by Evan Trine, The Pit, Palm Springs, CA
Art Brussels with Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
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, New York, NY
Red Dot Exhibition & Fundraiser, The Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
Flora of California, Kennedy Contemporary, Newport Beach, CA
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.
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
2020
YoungArts Miami 2020 Exhibition, curated by Edouard Duval-Carrié (catalog), National YoungArts Foundation, Miami, FL
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
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
Albert K. Murray Grant, Albert K. Murray Fine Art Educational Fund, Adamsville, OH
Hexburg Competitive Merit Scholarship, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2020
Merit Award, National YoungArts Foundation, Miami, FL
Selected Publications and Press
2024
Belcove, Julie. "3 New Art Galleries Opening This Fall, From Manhattan to Tokyo." Robb Report, September 8, 2024.
Divacorp, "Piper Bangs at Megan Mulrooney." Divacorp (2024).
Greenberger, Alex. "Former Nino Mier Senior Director to Open Her Own Gallery in Dealer's Closed LA Spaces." ARTnews, July 4, 2024.
Guilford, Lauren, "Gallery Rounds: Piper Bangs." Artillery (2024).
Kim, Leena, "Introducing the 2024 Creative Aristocracy." Town & Country (2024).
Olsen, Annikka, "Piper Bangs Just Graduated from College. Now Her Fantastical Fruit Paintings Are Captivating the Art World." Artnet (2024).
Porterfield, Carlie. "Megan Mulrooney, a former director at Nino Mier, will open her own gallery in his former Los Angeles space." The Art Newspaper, July 4, 2024.
Reddy, Sid. "Conversations with Piper Bangs." Voyage LA, June 10, 2024.
White, Katie. "2024’s Rising Stars: 5 Emerging Artists Who Made a Lasting Impression." Artnet, December 13, 2024.
2023
James Lane Post, "The Watermill Center & Estia's Little Kitchen Present Exhibition by Artist Piper Bangs." James Lane Post, 2023.
2022
Elizondo, J.D. "Episode 4." SAPL Variety, August 10, 2022.
2021
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.
Wackenhut, Celeste and Joan Wyatt. "Holdsworth Center Art Collection Catalog." French & Michigan, 2021.
2019
LaBerge, Peter and Heidi Seaborn. Issue 30, Adroit Journal, October 2019.
Public Collections
The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL
The Holdsworth Center, Austin, TX
The Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY