Ellen Banks

Ellen Banks (June 7, 1938 - May 18, 2017) is an American painter and multi-media artist using only printed musical scores as inspiration for her paintings.

Ellen Banks
Born (1938-06-07) June 7, 1938[1]
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died
Brooklyn, New York, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts College of Art
AwardsPrix de Paris
Websiteellenbanks.net

Biography

Born in Boston, Banks spent her childhood exploring both painting and music and was inspired by Piet Mondrian.[2] Banks received her bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts College of Art, studying also at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Her first solo exhibition took place in 1962.[3] Only five years later, in 1967, she received the Prix de Paris, and her work has been widely exhibited.[4] Since 1981 she has been using musical scores as the visual basis for her work.[5][6]

Career

Banks began her career in 1962 with her first solo gallery.[7] In addition to her formal education at the Massachusetts College of Art, Banks received training from César Domela and Hans Jaffé.[8] She has drawn inspiration from only printed musical scores since 1981.[9] She refers to herself as "a representational painter of abstracts forms",[10] and her unique work has been featured in galleries across the United States and Europe including Galerie Spandow, Artu Gallery, and Museum of Modern Art (NYC). She taught painting courses at the School of the Museum of Fine Art in Boston (1974-1996), where she garnered a number of awards and grant funding.[11] Banks has been based in Brooklyn for much of her career.[12]

Notable works

References
  1. "Scott Joplin". Collection. Addison Gallery of American Art. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  2. Lock, Graham. "Ellen Banks: The Geometrics of the Score". Oxford Scholarship Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (1997). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. p. 49. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (December 19, 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
  5. "Ellen Banks – Musical Manifestations: Compositions in Wax, Paper, and Yarn - College of Fine Arts". Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  6. "10 O'Clock News - [Ellen Banks]". WGBH. June 15, 1984. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  7. Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (1997). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. p. 49. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  8. Banks, Ellen. "Resume". ellen banks. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  9. "Ellen Banks – Musical Manifestations: Compositions in Wax, Paper, and Yarn". Boston University: College of the Fine Arts. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  10. Banks, Ellen. "Artist's Statement". ellen banks. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  11. Banks, Ellen. "Resume". ellen banks. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  12. "Artist Combines Two Loves: Color and Music - BU Today - Boston University". Retrieved February 6, 2017.
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