Resume of work done by BANNING KENT LARY

Artist´s Resume

BANNING KENT LARY has worked as a multi-media artist for over twenty-five years and has won awards as a painter, videomaker, photographer and writer. A graduate of the University of Texas, Banning studied classical painting at Mission: Renaissance in Los Angeles where he exhibited his work in various community shows from Venice to Manhattan Beach in the 1970s. While evolving artistically through various styles, Banning painted murals, worked as a contract painter, a carpenter and a writer. He has edited several magazines and published hundreds of articles and photographs in regional and national periodicals. As a videomaker, Banning has written, produced and directed over 70 documentaries that have been seen by millions of people around the world. His big, bold and rare original paintings in the style of "Cathartic Aestheticism" are prized by collectors including the late actor Richard Burton. Banning works in Austin, Texas, synthesizing a new style from of multi-media visual art from disciplines of photography, computer animation, oil pastels and acrylics.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: Exhibition L 1999 AVAA; "Electronic Impressionism" Art-in-the Park, Fairchild Gardens, FL 1998; 25th Anniversary Show -- AVAA, Summer, 1997; "Cathartic Aestheticism," avaanti, Winter 1997; "AVAANTI 10" -- selected as one of ten featured artists, 1996; "Cathartic Aestheticism," Chow Ciao! (solo), August 1996; "Cathartic Aestheticism," Hyde Park (solo), July 1996; "Exhibit I," Austin Visual Arts Assn. (invitational), 1996; "Ponderosa Stampede," mural 8´ X 84´, River Place CC, 1995; Reunion," mural 14´ X 56´, Common Market Cafe, 1995; "Full Range of Motion," 3rd Place for "KOBE," 1995; "Post-Apocalyptic Pagan Deconstructivism," (juried), 1995; "Exhibit H," Austin Visual Arts Assn. (Invitational), 1995; "Copy Art 1995," juried finalist; "ART @ Large" exhibit, St. Edwards University, 1995; "War Stories," eight assemblages on canvas, Dobie Theatre, February-March 1991; "Recent Retrospective," West End Cafe, December 1989; "Slash Paintings," Katz´s, November 1989; "Emotional Expressionism," Dobie Theatre, September 1989; "Eclectic Five," Capital City Playhouse, August 1989; "Seven Canvases," one-man show, Dobie Theatre, February 1988; "Copy Art 1988," juried finalist; Wall murals - Cricket Club, various Miami residences 1975-78; "Superimpositions of MEST II," 12´ X 60´ - Wall mural, Los Angeles, 1974; "Mantra Paintings," Marina Del Rey, 1973; "First Paintings," Manhattan Beach, 1972; "Primitive Paintings," Sunset Galley, Venice Beach, 1972.

AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS: Crystal Award of Excellence - The Communicator; Top 100 Multimedia Producers in America 1998; Gold Award - Flagstaff International Film Festival 1998; Certificate for Creative Excellence - International Film & Video Festival 1998; Silver Award, Documentaries, WorldFest 1998 U.S. Patent #5,599,021 for "Golf Swing Muscle Articulator" 1997; Bronze Award -- Worldfest 1995, screenplays (family); Who´s Who in the World; Who´s Who in America; "Full Range of Motion," Third Place for "KOBE"; Art Category First Place, ACTV Awards 1995; Finalist - ART @ Large Billboard Competition 1995; IABC Best of Austin - Audiovisual: Education / Training 1993; Bronze Award Worldfest Charleston 1993; Best of ACTV Video Programming 1993 - Comedy; Best of ACTV Video Programming 1993 - Community Service; Original Screenplay (Sci Fi) Finalist Award Worldfest 1993; Original Screenplay (Adventure) Finalist Award Worldfest 1992; Legal Training Finalist Award Worldfest 1992; Award of Excellence ACTV 1992 - Children´s Programming; First Place - 1991 USA Hometown Video Festival; Silver Award - 1991 Houston International Film Festival; Prize Stories 1989 - The O. Henry Awards; Silver Award - 1988 Houston International Film Festival; Distinguished Achievement Award - 1987 ASIS Film Competition; Gold Award - 1987 Houston International Film Festival; IABC Best of Austin 1986 - video / films; "Security Film of the Year" - 1987; "Security Film of the Year" - 1986; The White Paper Editorial / Art Director Competition - Winner; PEN American Center - fiction co-winner 1988; Art Director - Beach & Town Magazine; South Florida Poetry Institute - founding member; Weatherproofing Contractor Florida; Bachelor of Arts University of Texas; U.S. Patent #4,172,373 "Paint Roller Washer".