Phone: 951.818.7289
Email: kevinbannisterart@gmail.com
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
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2006-Present | Owner, Creative Director | Kevin Bannister Illustration & Design
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2016-Present | Senior Designer (seasonal contract) | ELM Learning
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2013-2015 | Art Director and Design Lead | Lakeshore
Learning Materials LLC, Carson CA
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2010-2013 | Illustrator, Game Design Lead, Asset Management | Lakeshore Interactive Software, Carson
CA
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2005-2007 | Graphic Designer/Data Assistant | CSULB Academic Advising Center, Long Beach CA
INDEPENDENT CONTRACT ARTIST AND DESIGNER
Selected Client
List
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Mattel,
Inc. | Designer, sketch artist (Hot Wheels™, Barbie™ licensed art)
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Papyrus | Designer, production artist for Disney's Mickey & Minnie™, Winnie the Pooh™, and Star Wars™ licensed merchandise
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eLearning Mind | Designer, art director : animation assets, icons, layout,
storyboards ( Fortune 500 clients such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter )
- Barley and Sword Brewing Company | Label designer,
illustrator, copywriter, branding consultant
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DM Velasquez Photography | Logo designer, branding consultant
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Floris van Bommel footwear | Mural designer, commissioned painter, illustrator
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FOCUS
Freedive | Logo designer, branding consultant
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Mondo Celluloid | Poster and T-shirt artist
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Petco | Sketch artist, packaging consultant
SELECTED LICENSING
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Marvel's Avengers
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Roblox
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Hot Wheels
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Barbie
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Star Wars
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Winnie the Pooh
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The Mandalorian
SELECTED ART EXHIBITIONS
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Horror Business VI | Left Hand Black Tattoo, San Diego, CA
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All is Full of Life | Art du Vin Gallery, Long Beach, CA
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Neoterikos | Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
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Ways of the Force |
La Bodega Gallery, Barrio Logan San
Diego, CA
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Shades Apart | Thumbprint Gallery at Bar BASIC, Downtown San Diego, CA
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Legend of Zelda 30th Anniversary Art Celebration | Hero Complex Gallery, Beverly
Hills, CA
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Locals Only | Phone Booth Gallery, Long Beach, CA
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“Oh, You Are Sick...”, An Art Show Dedicated to David Lynch | Phone Booth Gallery,
Long Beach, CA
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Almost Blue | Phone Booth Gallery, Long Beach, CA
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Clap Hands 2 | Art Du Vin Gallery, Long Beach, CA
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The Art of Digging | The Light Galleries, Costa Mesa, CA
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Kevin Bannister: Mundane (Solo Exhibition) | Phone Booth Pop-Up Gallery, Long Beach,
CA
EDUCATION
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2007 | BFA in Illustration, California State University, Long Beach