May 28–June 25, 2022
Steve Turner is pleased to present In My Bag, a solo exhibition by Kansas City-based Bianca Fields that features new paintings of screaming animals that the artist considers stand-ins for the psyche of her six-year-old self, one who spent hours watching “Tom and Jerry,” an American cartoon that portrayed the rivalry of Tom, the cat and Jerry, the mouse. Tom is the protagonist in many of Fields’s works, and because he barely spoke, Fields imagined his speech, something she continues to do in these works. Fields, working with intense passion along with a well controlled silent concentration, felt as if she was conjuring up her own internal demon. The resulting works have thick flourishes of lustrous colors, accents of copper that mirror the artist’s complexion, as well as scratched lines and text that convey violence and vulnerability, something that Fields routinely experiences as an African American woman.
Bianca Fields (born 1995, Cleveland) earned a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art (2019) before relocating to Kansas City. She had a solo exhibition with Dragon, Crab and Turtle, St. Louis (2021) and has had work included in group exhibitions with Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2021); L21, Palma de Mallorca (2021) and Galerie Droste, Paris (2021). This is Fields’ first solo exhibition with Steve Turner.
Born 1995, Cleveland, Ohio
Lives and works in Kansas City, Missouri
Education
2019
BFA, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio
Solo Exhibitions
2022
In My Bag, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
2021
Like A Rowdy Raccoon, Dragon, Crab and Turtle Gallery, St. Louis
CLOCK OUT, POWDERFREEVACUUMEDSEALED
Group Exhibitions
2022
EXPO Chicago (with Steve Turner)
2021
UNIVERSES 4, Galerie Droste, Paris
Eating Sugar? No Papa, L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca
Rose Tint, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn
The Armory Show, New York (with Steve Turner)
So Excited, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Nonstick Chick, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City
2020
Admirational Invitational, Studio E Gallery, Seattle
Don’t Joke About That, Elote Loco Gallery, Cincinnati
Blastover, Ruttkowski 68, Paris
Life In A Pressure Cooker, Young Space
Group Virtual Exhibition/Live Auction, Sunday Studios
Live From The Deep End, Gobstopper Gallery
Group Virtual Exhibition, Aurelia Arts Festival, London
Group Virtual Exhibition, Show House JayJay, Antwerp
Touch, Moisturizer Gallery, Florida
Another Roadside Attraction, River House Arts Gallery, Ohio
2019
Run Run Riot, Plugs Projects Gallery, Kansas City
Group Exhibition, Smalter Gallery, Kansas City
2018
Group Exhibition, YARDS Projects Gallery, Cleveland
Boom Pow Bang, Newsense Gallery, Cleveland
2018 Student Independent Exhibition, The Cleveland Institute of Art
2017
The Art of Giving Progressive Corporation
The 100th Show, 78th Street Studios
2016
Flesh Prison, The Cleveland Institute of Art
Grants, Residencies and Awards
2021
Residency Program, Cob x PLOP Residency, London
2019
The President’s Traveling Scholarship, The Cleveland Institute of Art
2018
Liza Noble ’48 Scholarship for Excellence in Painting, The Cleveland Institute of Art
2017
Pauline Graver Biskind Scholarship, The Cleveland Institute of Art
Lang Scholarship Endowment Fund, The Cleveland Institute of Art
Joseph McCullough ’48 Scholarship for Excellence in Painting, The Cleveland Institute of Art
Bibliography
2021
Hingley, Olivia. “Artist Bianca Fields leads us through her “super fast and rhythmic” style,” It’s Nice That, December
Bogojev, Sasha. “Like a Rowdy Raccoon: Bianca Fields @ Dragon, Crab and Turtle, St Louis,” Juxtapoz Magazine, May 5
Babbs, Verity. “Bianca Fields in Conversation with Verity Babbs,” Art Plugged, March 11
