Margo Banks
Born in 1951 and living once again in her childhood home in Clontarf with sweeping views of Dublin Bay, Margo Banks was an artistically precocious child and began oil painting classes at 13 years of age. She moved to Spain where she met her late husband Miguel with whom she had three sons. Fifteen years later she returned to Dublin and Clontarf with her three young children and worked hard at developing her art practice. She initially worked in ceramics; building a kiln in her garage and from there moved into bronze sculpture, before returning to drawing and painting. With each medium, she enjoyed early success, and has shown for many years at the Royal Hibernian Academy and Royal Ulster Academy; amongst many solo shows. Her work now sits in private collections across Ireland, the UK and Holland, as well as the Office of Public Works, Enterprise Ireland and Cill Rialaig Arts Centre.
She has shown her lively charcoal, chalk and crayon animal drawings very successfully with the Solomon Gallery since 2016. The gallery hosted Banks' much anticipated inaugural solo show, Soverign Realms. These large scale mixed media drawings on the highest quality Fabriano paper owe a huge debt to her modelling experience as a ceramic artist and sculptor. They are charming and original and while being wholly contemporary in their composition also maintain a timeless quality .
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Margo BanksGood Day in Mayo 1mixed media on paper70 x 100 cm
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Margo BanksGrey as Winter Skiesmixed media on paper64 x 90cm
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Margo BanksInto the Rest of the Worldmixed media on paper70 x 100cm
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Margo BanksKeep Your Heart Open to Everythingmixed media on paper70 x 100cm
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Margo BanksShe Knows What You Don't Knowmixed media on paper
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Margo BanksSheep Ballinskelligsmixed media on paper
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Margo BanksThe Crow Conversationmixed media on paper
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Margo BanksTwo Sweet Haresmixed media on paper
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Margo BanksWitch Hare 5mixed media on paper90 x 64cm
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Winter Group Show
Gallery & Invited artists 26 Nov - 23 Dec 2020Solomon Fine Art is delighted to hold its annual Winter Group Show. The exhibition which runs right up to Christmas will showcase painting, sculpture and print by a range of...Read more -
SUMMER GROUP SHOW
Gallery & Invited Artists 30 Jul - 29 Aug 2020An extensive and varied exhibition offering a vibrant mix of painting, sculpture and print by Ireland’s leading artists including Margo Banks, John Behan, Leah Beggs, Comhghall Casey, Tom Climent, Eamon...Read more -
SUMMER GROUP SHOW
Gallery & Invited artists 5 - 28 Jun 2020Solomon Fine Art is delighted to re-open its doors and welcome visitors back to gallery after the long COVID-19 lockdown. From Monday 8 June, our opening hours will be 11am...Read more -
WINTER GROUP SHOW
Gallery & Invited Artists 29 Nov - 23 Dec 2019Solomon Fine Art is delighted to hold its annual Winter Group Show. The exhibition which runs right up to Christmas will showcase painting, sculpture and print by a range of...Read more -
SUMMER GROUP SHOW
Gallery & Invited artists 9 - 31 Aug 2019Solomon is delighted to host its annual Summer Group Exhibition. Painting, sculpture and print by some of Irelands leading artists including John Behan RHA, Jean Bardon, Leah Beggs, Cheryl Brown,...Read more -
Margo Banks
SOVEREIGN REALMS 12 Jul - 3 Aug 2019Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host the in augural and much anticipated solo exhibition of new works by Margo Banks. Sovereign Realms will include a range of Banks’s popular...Read more -
SPRING GROUP SHOW
Gallery & Invited Artists 12 Apr - 11 May 2019PLEASE NOTE THE GALLERY WILL BE CLOSED FROM FRIDAY APRIL 19TH - TUESDAY 23RD FOR THE EASTER WEEKEND Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host its annual Spring Group Exhibition....Read more -
Winter Group Exhibition 2018
Gallery & Invited artists 23 Nov - 22 Dec 2018Solomon Fine Art is delighted to hold its annual Winter Group Show. The exhibition which runs right up to Christmas will showcase painting, sculpture and print by a range of...Read more -
Summer Group Show
Gallery & Invited artists 3 - 25 Aug 2018Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host its annual Summer Group Exhibition. This stunning mix of paintings, sculpture, drawing and print by Ireland’s leading artists includes work by Anthony Scott,...Read more -
Easter Group Exhibition
Gallery & Invited Artists 9 - 29 Mar 2018Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host its annual Easter Group Exhibition. A stunning mix of paintings, sculpture and print by Ireland’s leading artists including work by John Behan, Tom...Read more -
Winter Group Show
Gallery & Invited Artists 23 Nov 2017 - 27 Jan 2018