About the Studio
Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio helps clients stand apart from the competition by creating custom artwork for unique locations, products and special events. Whether the situation calls for realistic, abstract, graffiti, figurative or illustrative styles, we design and create artwork that perfectly fits our clients’ needs.
“Chalking it up to her MBA,” Crain’s Chicago Business, “The Innovators” featureYou can read more about Nancy under Press & Media and view her resume here.
Studio visit by appointment, contact Nancy here or give us a call at 773.297.5643.
About Nancy Pochis Bank
Nancy Pochis Bank is a Chicago based visual artist. Nancy’s specialties include watercolor, oil painting and chalk art murals. A recipient of the multi-year Chicago Neighborhood Arts Program Grant, Nancy provides fine art instruction to seniors and high school students. In addition to her work in arts education, Nancy completes several commissioned portraits and murals each year, and her artwork has been exhibited in numerous venues throughout the United States.
Nancy started her professional career in business, earning a BA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago. In 2000, after twelve years in management consulting, she turned toward her lifelong passion for painting, enrolled in the Continuing Education Program at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and studied with Chicago artist Ed Hinkley.
Nancy is an active arts advocate: she dedicates her time and art skills to benefit her community and raise awareness for a range of social issues through public artworks such as five “Cool Globes”, two Great Chicago Fire Hydrants, Literary Chicago, and the annual Art Therapy Connection’s Chalk Festival.
Meet the Team
Shayne Taylor
Shayne Taylor is a Chicago-based Illustrator, Designer, Muralist and Novice Wood Worker originally from Detroit Michigan. She attended the College for Creative Studies and received her BFA in Illustration. Shayne’s paintings are primarily done on birch and oak panel. She uses the wood grain for both texture and as outlines giving some of her work a wood-cut appearance. Her paintings have been displayed in galleries, businesses and private collections in Chicago, Ohio, LA and Detroit. View work, links to social media and shops at: www.ShayneArt.com
Brandin Hurley
Brandin is a freelance visual fine artist who specializes in murals, scenic design and large scale installations. Her fine art focuses on intricately cut and layered paper lit from behind. She has been working in the Chicagoland area since receiving her MFA from NIU in 2013. View work at: www.brandinhurleydesigns.com
Emma Moss
Emma Moss is an Evanston-based illustrator and typographer. She graduated with a BA in Studio Art from Lawrence University. Emma started working for Pochis Bank Studio last June, and has enjoyed her time collaborating on the various projects that the studio provides. In her personal life, Emma is a mythical creature enthusiast, a Miyazaki film connoisseur, and a hopeless devotee to her kitten, Calcifer. View work at: www.emmamossart.tumblr.com
Brittney Leeanne Williams
Brittney Leeanne Williams is a Chicago-based studio artist who is originally from LA. She attended the School of the Art Institute from 2008-2009. Her work has exhibited in Los Angeles, Chicago, Madison, WI, and Ann Arbor, MI. She also does conceptual work, including set design for the short film Self-Deportation (which has screened at film festivals nationally and internationally, including the 15th Annual DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival and the Pineapple Underground Film Festival, Hong Kong). Her work has been commissioned by Acme Hotel, Lawry’s The Prime Rib, the city of Oak Park, Emmy-nominated show Weird But True and several private collectors. View work at: http://www.brittneyleeannewilliams.com
People are talking…
“Working with them is always a very pleasant experience. Nancy and the team do actually listen to, and work with us until we see the final results that we envisioned.”
The quality of the artwork is outstanding, I am extremely happy with the end product. Communication with Nancy and her team was very quick and easy. Working collaboratively with Nancy and her team was much more productive than working with one artist, and one of my favorite experiences so far. The Studio is highly professional and I would absolutely work with Pochis Bank Art Studio again!
“Lovely, Friendly Staff. Very Flexible. Showed up on time, did wonderful work, added necessary suggestions and comments about the mural and the best ways to achieve what we wanted. Worked on our very limited timeline and budget and were overall EXTREMELY friendly and would highly recommend for any project or install!”
“Such a beautiful piece, and such fun for our party! Thanks for creating this. We love it and can’t wait to use it in the showroom.”
“We are so pleased with the artwork of Nancy and her team. Our customers are raving about the new look!”
“Thank you so much for yesterday! You and your team completely transformed the space at Ampersand, it looked so beautiful. You were also so great to work with, thank you for all the ideas and inspiration along the way. We got so many compliments throughout the evening, so kudos to all of you!”
Just a few of the clients we’ve had the pleasure of working with:
Michael Alan Group
Aussie Hair Care
Agency EA
Amdur Productions
Port Clinton Art Fair
Gold Coast Art Fair
American Medical Association
Beam Global
Begyle Brewery
Blue Door Farm Stand
Bobby Mitchell and Andy Kates
Burik Family
Chicago Gateway Green: Green Tie Ball
Chris Metz
City of Chicago
Cochlear Americas
Cool Globes
CPC Experiential
Crain’s Chicago Business
Critical Mass
Current PR
Dance All Night
Derse
Enolo Wine Bar
Forbidden Root Brewing
Freeman
Sanofi Oncology
Frontline Foundations
Golub and Company
Great Chicago Fire Hydrants
Google
Zagat
Greenbelt Cultural Center
Group 360 Worldwide
Illinois Banker Association
InterContinental Hotels and Resorts
Interior Define
John Ross
KSL Media, Inc.
Navistar
Laura Friend Feldman
Laura Klise
Mather Lifeways
MaxEx, Inc.
Bialetti
Mosaic Sales Solutions
Nike: Nike Training Club Lincoln Park
Nalco Holding Company
NextWave Media Group LLC
North Branch Arts
Northwest Community Hospital
Oak Street Council
Omni Hotels and Resorts
676 Restaurant and Bar
PepsiCo (Quaker Oats)
Renee and Sandy Bank
Rocketfuel
The Rosenthal Group, Inc.
Sopraffina Marketcaffe
Russell and Joyce Greenblat
Southport and Irving Restaurant
St. Jerome Croatian Catholic Church
Tom and Judy Lubin
Zapatista Restaurant
Starbucks (United Entertainment Group)
Waggener Edstrom Communications
Shire
Walter E. Smithe (Mayor Daily Tribute)
Nestle Coffeemate (Zocalo Group)
