Caroline Banks

London, London, United Kingdom

About Caroline Banks

Now based in London after several years living and working in India and China, Caroline’s work draws on memory and remembrance. Her work ranges from small studies to large pieces, often to commission. She has an ongoing fascination with the circle, the most elemental and universal shape, not only in nature but also in every culture on earth. The gesture, previously subservient to the circle form in earlier work, has become a more dynamic presence on both paper and canvas. It connects to her meditation on the fugitive nature of memory over time, the existence of gestures and traces that would otherwise be lost. How may the essence, the feeling of a particular moment be expressed and how might it change over time? In an age of instant imagery, her work aims to reflect a slow process of meditation and reflection. Current work is based on observational drawings of conductor Marin Alsop in rehearsal with the BBC Symphony orchestra for various concerts including music by Shostakovich and Sir James MacMillan. Caroline uses the expressive gestural qualities of brush and ink combined with gesso, paint, gilding and piercing in a process that develops over time. As in life, chance and working on the edge of control play their part. In addition to making art, Caroline shares her celebration of creativity in a weekly blog, found at http://art.carolinebanks.co.uk/blog/ .

Education:

BA Hons - Mixed media textiles - Loughborough University

Exhibitions:

2018
The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, London (March)
Square Peg, Circle Gallery Sheffield
2017
The Other Art Fair, Bristol
Appearances of…A&D Gallery , London
44 Artworks at 44 Hallam Street, London
The Other Art Fair -Victoria House London
Toto Gallery London
2016
The Other Art Fair - Truman Brewery London
Twitter Art Exhibit, Trygve Lie Gallery – New York
Group show – Luminaire Arts, London
2015
ThirtyforThirty – National Theatre, London
2014
The London Collective – Luminaire Arts, London
Fiumano Fine Art Summer Exhibition, London
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London
Fiumano Fine Art Spring Exhibition, London

Caroline Banks

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