Steve Banks

Steve Banks

Davenport, IA

Bio

Steve Banks - a Midwest native and Quad City resident, is a mixed media artist who spends most of his waking hours working in his studio on the banks of the mighty Mississippi.

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Artist Statement

One subset from my overall artistic output is my ceramic works. While trying to maintain a connection to the playful pop culture undertones and personal notes/doodles of my wall-mounted pieces, my clay pieces strive to expand this palette by including references to ruin/ruins. Sun-bleached billboards, skeletal remains of Greco-Roman temples, and the dilapidated carcass of a defunct roadside Denny's Restaurant are now welcome additions to the world of Captain Galactikka, fast food nibbles, sound-bite understandings, meaning full/less sloganizing, and all things Bunn-Macho. The party is dying down. Who's gonna pick up the check?

Steve Banks, Ship of Fools, 2022, Ceramic, 18" x 28" x 16"