Steve Banks

Promised Land (of Sky Blue Waters), Brightly Colored Pop Art, Mixed Media

2021

Using bold imagery and a bright color palette, Steve Banks takes pieces of popular culture to create this work entitled "Relative Location (Redux)". He creates a scene with animated comic book characters and imaginative uses of commercial products. Several layers of paint and raised lettering give the piece three-dimensional quality adding to the overall aesthetic. Steve Banks Relative Location (Redux) mixed media 66h x 34w in 167.64h x 86.36w cm STB015 STEVE BANKS b. Cedar Rapids, IA, 1972 EDUCATION 1997 MFA – Florida State University 1995 BFA – Northwest Missouri State University SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 Pop Culture Palimpsest. Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA 2014 A More Refined Mayhem. Cortona Gallery, Ashford University, Clinton, IA Ill-Suited For The Pleasantries. Black Hawk College Artspace, Moline, IL 2013 Dutiful Citizen. Maquoketa Art Experience, Maquoketa, IA 2009 Carry-on Baggage. University of Western Illinois, Macomb, IL 2008 Funky Aftertaste. Moressey Gallery. St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA 2005 Surfacing. Next II Gallery, New Orleans, LA Process, Perception and Clandestine Skivvies. Bucktown Ctr for the Arts, Davenport, IA 2004 Last Gasp. Midcoast Art Under Glass at The Parker Building, Davenport, IA 2003 B.M.O.C. and Nitzles. Peanut Gallery, Rock Island, IL 2002 Walls and the Mask. Peanut Gallery, Rock Island, IL 1997 The Faces of Masks: Color Photographic Studies. Tallahassee Airport Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 1996 Masks. Oglesby Gallery, Tallahassee, FL GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Dr. Portmanteau's Galorium Emporium. Black Hawk College ArtSpace Gallery, Moline, IL Faculty Art Show. Catich Gallery, Saint Ambrose...

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