STATEMENT
In these paintings I shift my vision from the horizon, from a broad view of earth and sky, to what is underfoot. I work in encaustic on wood, occasionally incorporating a bit of related natural material into the wax.
Conceptually this work is about flow, disintegration, history, change, and depth. Forms expand and contract, take shape and are then dispersed with a kind of whirling energy. I share an intimate view, one in which I am awed and humbled by the natural world. The painting’s surface reflects nature: varied, highly textured, sometimes dull and sometimes luminous. The imagery recalls grains of sand, tide lines, shells, and the random stuff of beach walks. Some pieces convey calm, delicacy, and flow, while others explode with vibrant radiating energy.
As an artist my aim is to bring the viewer into my way of seeing and experiencing life at the water’s edge. A calm approach to the work can move one at once inward into the quiet and private world of the tiniest sea creature, and outward into the vast and open world of stars, spirals and infinite space.
Marilyn Banner 2016
7502 Flower Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
301-891-6844
marilynbanner@verizon.net
www.marilynbanner.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND MAJOR INSTALLATIONS SINCE 2003:
2016 | Sands of Time/Bodzin Gallery/JCCNV, Fairfax, VA |
2015 | Shoreline/Ceres Gallery/New York City, NY |
2015 | When Looking Down Becomes Up/Mclean Project/Arlington VA |
2014 | H2O/Marymount University/Arlington, VA (2 person) |
2013 | Wind and Water/Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
2013 | Spring/James Madison U. Edith C. Carrier Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA |
2013 | Rhythm and Resonance/Levine School of Music, Wash. DC |
2012 | Earth in Bloom/Brookside Gardens Gallery, Wheaton, MD |
2012 | Light/Flow/Resonance/Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD |
2011 | A Sense of Place/Adkins Arboretum Gallery, Ridgely, MD |
2011 | A Sense of Place/Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
2009 | Sacred Ground/Delaplaine Center for the Arts, Frederick, MD |
2009 | Sacred Ground/Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
2008 | Scenes of Childhood/Georgetown University Lombardi Center, Wash. DC |
2008 | Songs of Joy/Benfield Gallery, Severna Park, MD |
2006 | Soul Ladders/Northern Virginia Community College, Sterling, VA |
2006 | Still With Us/Prince Georges Community College, Largo, MD |
2005 | Music Memory/Atlas Performing Arts Center, Wash. DC |
2004 | Rainforest Memories/Embassy of Costa Rica, Washington, DC |
2003 | Congregation/Bodzin Gallery, JCCNV, Fairfax, VA |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS SINCE 2010:
2015 | Fusion/Central Booking, New York City NY Joyce Ellen Weinstein, Curator |
2013 | Ancestors, Guardians, and Guide/ Sumner School Museum, Wash. DC Jarvis DuBois, Curator |
2013 | Cherishing the Legacy/ Corcoran Museum, Washington DC Dr. P. Lawton, J Hale Curators |
2013 | Transformed/ Blackrock Art Center/ Germantown MD (4 person) |
2013 | Natura Viva/ ArtCurrent Gallery, Provincetown, MA Debra Claffey, Curator |
2013 | Meet My Uterus/ Ceres Gallery, NYC |
2012 | Women and Wax/ Glenview Mansion Gallery, Rockville, MD Susan Feller, Curator |
2012 | Inside/Outside/ Ceres Gallery, New York City |
2011 | Exploring New Dimensions/ Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD |
2011 | Beeline/ Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA(Francine D’Olimpio, Juror |
2011 | Sanctuaries in Time/ Barnard College, New York City Juried |
2010 | VMRC National Juried Show, Harrisonburg, VA |
2010 | This is Our Body/ poet/artist collaboration, Takoma Park Com. Center, Tak. Pk, MD |
2010 | Drawing the Line/ National WCA/JWAN, Beverly Arts Center of Chicago, Sarah Giller, Juror |
2010 | Body Mind Spirit/, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, H McNamee, B Donovan, Jurors |
2010 | Personal Armor (2)/ Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD T. Van Dyke, Curator |
RECENT AWARDS/ HONORS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
2012 | Art Cart/Saving the Legacy, Washington DC |
2012 | Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts |
2012 | 2009, 2008, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1995, 1993, 1992: Fellowship Residencies at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA |
RECENT AWARDS/ HONORS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
2012 | Washington University (BFA 1968); Queens College, CUNY (1968-69); Montgomery College; University of Maryland; Massachusetts College of Art (MSEd 1982); Corcoran School of Art; R&F Encaustics |
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
2012 | Ceres Gallery, New York City, NY |