New York. Born 1972
Installation, collage, performance
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Born 1973 Ithaca, New York. Known for: New gothic, minimalism.
Banks Violette's work includes "high-contrast drawings and onyx-like sculptures, full of references to satanic ritual murder and suicidal Judas Priest fans.". As a teenager Violette began using drugs... Read full biography
Banks Violette's work includes "high-contrast drawings and onyx-like sculptures, full of references to satanic ritual murder and suicidal Judas Priest fans.". As a teenager Violette began using drugs and by 16 had dropped out of school and ran away from home. He had always been interested in... Read full biography
Banks Violette's work includes "high-contrast drawings and onyx-like sculptures, full of references to satanic ritual murder and suicidal Judas Priest fans.". As a teenager Violette began using drugs and by 16 had dropped out of school and ran away from home. He had always been interested in hard-core heavy metal and fears of the music's power to provoke violence. Eventually he cleaned up and was working as a tattoo artist in Hawaii, where he decided that he wanted to pursue his career as an... Read full biography
Banks Violette's work includes "high-contrast drawings and onyx-like sculptures, full of references to satanic ritual murder and suicidal Judas Priest fans.". As a teenager Violette began using drugs and by 16 had dropped out of school and ran away from home. He had always been interested in hard-core heavy metal and fears of the music's power to provoke violence. Eventually he cleaned up and was working as a tattoo artist in Hawaii, where he decided that he wanted to pursue his career as an artist seriously. He went back to New York and received a BA from the School of Visual Arts, NYC and attended Columbia University's MFA Program. "Violette is a present day history painter rendering the social landscape in which we live and the way the... Read full biography
Banks Violette's work includes "high-contrast drawings and onyx-like sculptures, full of references to satanic ritual murder and suicidal Judas Priest fans.". As a teenager Violette began using drugs and by 16 had dropped out of school and ran away from home. He had always been interested in hard-core heavy metal and fears of the music's power to provoke violence. Eventually he cleaned up and was working as a tattoo artist in Hawaii, where he decided that he wanted to pursue his career as an artist seriously. He went back to New York and received a BA from the School of Visual Arts, NYC and attended Columbia University's MFA Program. "Violette is a present day history painter rendering the social landscape in which we live and the way the signs of our times breed and contain stories of violence.". The artist is part of a circle of young artists (including his friends... Read full biography
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Florida, New York / Cuba. Born 1978
Painting, drawing, video, installation-fantasy, symbolism
New York. Born 1960
Geometric abstraction
New York, Massachusetts. Born 1975
Acrylic abstract auto-racing themed painting, prints, assemblage, photography
California / Netherlands. Born 1972
Mixed-media figurative and abstract sculpture, drawing, printmaking
New York. Born 1974
Sculpture, installation-human existence themes
New York, California / France. Born 1972
Avant-garde social commentary painting
New York / Kenya. Born 1972
Large-scale figurative collage, scupture, videos, feminist themed work
New York, Ontario / Canada, China. Born 1977
Installation sculpture, performance art, handmade books
California / Canada. Born 1972
Bizarre landscapes, sculpture and drawings
California. Born 1968
Prismatic, abstract paintings and drawings
Massachusetts, Missouri. Born 1965
Sculptor-conceptual, everyday object
New York. Born 1973
Abstract expressionist painting-religious subjects
United Kingdom, England. Born 1963
Installation, video art, painting, drawing, conceptual
New York, Rhode Island / England. Born 1967
Abstract text painting, film making
New York. Born 1969
Whimsical supernatural creatures, surrealism
New York / Germany. Born 1964
Social commentary installation art
California. Born 1964
Whimsical abstraction, conceptual
California. Born 1961
Large-scale abstract collage-paper items
New York. Born 1969
Rorschach sculpture, social commentary
New York / Indonesia. 1959 - 2022
Resin sculpture, assemblage, gaudily colored walls
New York, Michigan. Born 1976
Contemporary macabre narrative, distorted figure painting, open caskets
New York, Louisiana. Born 1948
Provacative pop images, modernist figure and mural painting
New York, Michigan. Born 1955
Psychological portrait painting, abstraction
United Kingdom, Germany. Born 1982
Painting, sculpture, photography
Belgium, France. Born 1978
Non-objective painting, light design collaborative art
Germany. Born 1956
Iconic surreal and hyper-real sculpture, installation, audio
New York. Born 1957
Sculpture-video installation, performance, painting
New York, Pennsylvania. Born 1962
Partially-clad female figure painting
United States, Germany. Born 1954
Abstraction
New York / Germany, Austria. 1953 - 1997
Mixed media sculpture, collage, installation
New York / Netherlands, South Africa. Born 1953
Abject figurative and portrait painting and drawing-narrative