Nick Banks

Having successfully created for some years, paintings, drawings and collages, I have recently returned to making sculptural works, the area of Fine Art that I was trained in and taught for many years.
I am lucky enough to be able to create work at my home studio, with the necessary time needed to be fully engaged and motivated by what I am making, exploring and developing.
I don't work in a thematic way, each piece evolves from a germ of an idea which can come to me through all sorts of channels and interests. However, what links my current work is the gilding process. I use gold leaf for its inherent qualities of reflection, warmth and colour, but above all it involves a slow, meticulous method of application which I find compelling whilst it also references the history of art going back thousands of years.
When I am not sculpting, similar eclectic ideas are made manifest through drawing.

My art education began at Epsom School of Art, where I was the only one of my year to specialise in Sculpture.
Here I thrived on being shown the fundamentals of the discipline, many of which are no longer taught. Gaining a 1st, I was successful in winning one of seven postgraduate places in the Sculpture department at The Slade School of Fine Art London.

When in London, I had solo shows at-

The Walk Galley Lambeth,
The Foreign Press Association Westminster

Group shows at
The Kingsgate Gallery Kilburn,
Christies Auction House St James'
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

In The North East -
3 solo shows at the Globe Gallery
Solo show at Red Box Gallery Newcastle
Group shows at
Queens Hall Hexham
Balman Gallery Corbridge
Aviary Gallery Jesmond
Gallagher and Turner Gallery Newcastle

Two person show with Brian Old at

Adhoc Gallery Wallsend
Sandford Goudie Gallery South Shields
Myles Meehan Gallery Darlington