Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Adjunct Faculty, Columbia College, Chicago
Adjunct Faculty, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago
Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Student Mentor, Graduate Thesis Committee Member, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
Visiting Artist (full-time teaching appointment), Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Graduate Painting Assistant, Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Solo Exhibitions
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2010 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN (upcoming)
47th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Art Museum, Monroe, LA
Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now - 2010, Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Eight Counties Biennial Exhibition, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan ,WI
Annual Art Exhibition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Faculty Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Rockford Midwestern Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Annual Winter Group Exhibition, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Sheets, Planes and Pulp, Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, (Juror: Margaret Hawkins, Chicago Art Critic)
New American Paintings - Exhibition in Print - Midwestern Regional Edition, (Juror: Elizabeth Dunbar, Curator of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri)
Chicago LANDscapes, Orleans Street Gallery, Saint Charles, IL
Biennial 24, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN (Jurors: Meg Sheehy and Myra Casis, Directors of ZG Gallery, Chicago, IL)
Annual Winter Group Exhibition, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
3rd Annual Weisman Art Museum Art Expo, Groveland Gallery at Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Artist Initiative Grant Recipients, Minnesota State Arts Board
Ten Times Out, Juried MFA Alumni Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN (catalogue)    (Jurors: Kristen Makholm – MCAD Gallery Director, Thomas Barry – Director, Thomas Barry Fine Art, Kris Douglas – Chief Curator, Rochester Art Center)
The Other Hat, Annual Faculty Exhibit, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Box Fresh, Juried Exhibition, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN        
Move, Invitational Exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design & Soo-Vac Gallery, Minneapolis, MN                 
Annual Winter Group Exhibition, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2nd Annual Weisman Art Museum Art Expo, Groveland Gallery at Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Juried Annual Art Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, Minnesota 
Graduate Painting Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design at the Itasca Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota   
1st Annual Weisman Art Museum Art Expo, Groveland Gallery at Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Juried Annual Art Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Work on Display, Minneapolis City Council Representative Gary Schiff’s Office, City of Minneapolis Government Building, Minneapolis, MN
Annual Winter Group Exhibition, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
NCJW Focus On Art Annual Exhibition, Montclair, New Jersey
Summer Group Exhibition, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Annual Winter Group Exhibition, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Juried Annual Art Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Foot in the Door Show, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN        
Annual Winter Group Exhibition, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
NCJW Focus On Art Annual Exhibition, Montclair, New Jersey
Juried Annual Art Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, Minnesota        
3rd Annual Small Works Exhibition, An Art Place Gallery, Chicago, IL (Juror: Frank Piatek – Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
Juried Annual Art Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, Minnesota         
Personal Journeys, Juried Group Exhibition, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI                 
3rd Annual National Small Works Exhibition, Chuck Levitan Gallery, New York, NY (Juror: Marisol Escobar – Artist)
Spirits in the Material World, Art Space Gallery, Boulder, CO        

Suite of Three Paintings, Securian Corporation, St. Paul, MN
Suite of Three Paintings, Tennyson Residence, Shoreview, MN

Bibliography
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Riddle, Mason, "Territories Real and Imagined", MN Artists.Org, http://mnartists.org/article.do?rid+227669
(Review of Corridor Views solo exhibition at Groveland Gallery)
Illustration, Minnesota Independent, (www.minnesotaindependent.com)
Sherwin, Brian, "Art Space Talk: Michael Banning", My Art Space > Blog,          (http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/01/art-space-talk-michael-banning.html)
Nugent, Tom, "Dumpster Art", Coloradoan Magazine, Artist Profile, January       
Open Press Studios, New American Paintings - Midwestern Regional Edition, (Juror: Elizabeth Dunbar, Curator of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri)
Gillespie, Evan, "Outward Orientation", South Bend Tribune, Review of Biennial 24 at the South Bend Regional Museum of Art, March 23rd, 2007
“Secrets”, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Exhibition Announcement with Photo, October 28th, 2004
Baltzer, Rochelle, “Art Condition: The Secret Life of Houses”, Exhibition Review with Photo, Southwest Journal, October, 2004
Minneapolis/Saint Paul Magazine, Exhibition Listing with Photo, 2004
Valentine, Valerie, “Some are Fresher than Others: “Box Fresh” at the Soap Factory”, Online Exhibition Review with Photo, Mnartists.org, October, 2004
O’Sullivan, Thomas, “Check out the Fine Arts”, Minnesota State Fair Exhibition Review, Pioneer Press, August 19, 2003
Hanson, Doug, “Groveland Gallery Review” Review of “Trees and Houses" solo exhibition at Groveland Gallery with Photo, Minneapolis Star Tribune, June, 2001
Pioneer Press, Art Highlights, Exhibition Announcement with Photo, June, 2001
Waller, Steve, “Inner discovery drives artist featured in college gallery”, Review of Central Lakes College Exhibition, The Brainerd Dispatch, December, 2001        
Hanson, Doug, “Farm and Function”, Minnesota State Fair Annual Art Exhibition Review with Photo, Minneapolis Star Tribune, August, 1999

Groveland Gallery, 25 Groveland Terrace, Minneapolis, MN

2 Month Artist Residency, Mill Atelier Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Articulture, Board of Directors, Minneapolis, MN
(Vice Chair: 2003 – 2005, Chair: 2006)

Minneapolis Aquatennial, Milk Carton Boat Race, Creativity Judge

Securian Corporation, Saint Paul, MN
Chambers—Burnet Realty Collection, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, MN
Weisman Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Regis Hospital, Saint Paul, MN

Art History in Italy Summer Program, University of Colorado, Boulder