Darren Banks

Biography

Born 1978 Orsett Essex, UK
1998 - 2002 BA Fine Art (Hons), University of Newcastle upon Tyne
2003 - 2005 MA Fine Art, University of Newcastle upon Tyne


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007   Goddess, British & European Legs, CAN07, Norwich
2006   Sci-fi Looking Thing, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead


Selected Group Exhibitions

2009  
The Golden Record, Lincoln Museum & BAC, London
2008 
TOMORROW THE FUTURE, Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton, UK
"All My Favourite Singers Couldn't Sing…" Workplace Gallery, Gateshead
The Golden Record Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Epic, Auto-Italia, London
King Fisher's Tales, Union Gallery, London
Art Futures, Bloomberg Space, London
2007  
Beacon Of Hope, Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Metteurs en Scène, The Embassy, Edinburgh
Drawing 2007, The Drawing Room, London
Comfort Zones, Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales, Touring exhibition
Art Futures, Bloomberg Space, London
The Opposite of Vertigo, The Drawing Room, London       
2006  
Electrical Activity, Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle
The Opposite of Vertigo, Burren College of Art, Ireland
Formal Dining, Hales Gallery, curated by Workplace
Blue Star Red Wedge, Glasgow International, curated by Workplace
The Space In-Between the Sole and the Heel, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
2005  
Darren Banks and Mattias Harenstam, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead
The Space In-Between the Sole and the Heel, Globe Gallery, Newcastle
2004  
Windows Wide Open, Side Cinema, Newcastle
Practice, Newcastle
2003  
Show 2, Starboard Home, Newcastle upon Tyne
Novotel Rooms, Magnifitat, Edinburgh

Film Screenings

2008  
Beyond Film, curated by Workplace, Durham
Back garden Biennial, curated by Sara Sinclair, Edinburgh  
2007  
Spook Up I Can't Hear You, The Embassy, ECA, Edinburgh

Bibliography

2007  
The Opposite of Vertigo, Flash Art magazine - Courtney J. Martain
British & European Legs, Artist Newsletter - Stephanie Douet
Domestic Virtues: Art, Interiority and Domesticity Chris Townsend
2006  
Blue Star, Red Wedge, Matt Hearn


Collections

Private Collections UK / USA


Commissions and Awards  

2006  
Graduates, Axis Artist Database
2003  
Awarded a European Social Fund Bursary
2002  
The Hatton Gallery Student Prize


Darren Banks is represented by Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK