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 BANKS
New Works 9 Jan - 1 Feb 2025Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host an exhibition of new work by artist Margo Banks. The exhibition includes a range of Banks’s popular mixed media studies of Irish wildlife...Read more -
WINTER GROUP SHOW
Gallery & Invited Artists 21 Nov - 23 Dec 2024Solomon Fine Art is delighted to hold its annual Winter Group Exhibition showcasing painting, sculpture and print by some of Ireland's leading artists. This extensive and varied exhibition will include...Read more -
SUMMER GROUP EXHIBITION
Gallery & invited artists 25 Jul - 24 Aug 2024This extensive and varied exhibition, presented in our bright city centre space represents the best of contemporary Irish art and is well worth visiting this summer. A vibrant mix of...Read more -
SPRING GROUP SHOW
Gallery & invited artists 4 - 27 Apr 2024Our annual Spring exhibition of painting, sculpture and print. Featuring work by some of Irelands leading contemporary artists including Margo Banks, Leah Beggs, John Behan, Comhghall Casey, Serena Caulfield, Tom...Read more
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SUMMER GROUP EXHIBITION
Painting, sculpture & print by gallery & invited artists 27 Jul - 26 Aug 2023This extensive and varied exhibition, presented in our bright city centre space represents the best of contemporary Irish art and is well worth visiting this summer. A vibrant mix of...Read more -
Margo Banks
Crow Voice, Fox Voice....Wolf Voice 29 Jun - 22 Jul 2023Margo Banks presents an exhibition of her ever-popular mixed media studies of Irish wildlife. In these large, energetic works the artist strives to capture the freedom, autonomy and sense of...Read more -
SPRING GROUP EXHIBITION
Gallery & Invited Artists 6 - 29 Apr 2023Featuring new work by some of Ireland’s leading artists including Margo Banks, Jean Bardon, John Behan, Leah Beggs, Comhghall Casey, Tom Climent, Eamon Colman, Orla de Brí, Ana Duncan, Margaret...Read more -
WINTER GROUP SHOW
Painting, sculpture & print by gallery & invited artists 24 Nov - 23 Dec 2022Solomon Fine Art is delighted to hold its annual Winter Group Exhibition showcasing painting, sculpture and print by some of Ireland's leading artists. This year’s exhibition will include work by...Read more
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SUMMER GROUP SHOW
Gallery & invited artists 4 - 27 Aug 2022A vibrant mix of paintings, sculpture and print by Ireland’s leading artists including work by John Behan RHA, Margo Banks, Jean Bardon, Leah Beggs, Comhghall Casey, Tom Climent, Eamon Colman,...Read more -
SRING GROUP EXHIBITION
Gallery & invited artists 7 - 30 Apr 2022A vibrant mix of new paintings, sculpture and print will include by some of Ireland’s leading artists including Margo Banks, Jean Bardon, John Behan, Leah Beggs, Comhghall Casey, Tom Climent,...Read more -
WINTER GROUP SHOW
GALLERY & INVITED ARTISTS 25 Nov - 23 Dec 2021PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR PRICES, AVAILABILITY AND 'VIEW ON A WALL' OPTIONS: https://www.solomonfineart.ie/viewing-room/27-winter-group-show-2021-gallery-invited-artists/ Solomon Fine Art is delighted to hold its annual Winter Group Exhibition showcasing painting, sculpture and print...Read more -
SUMMER GROUP SHOW
Gallery & invited artists 17 - 30 Aug 2021Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host its annual Summer Group Exhibition including work by John Behan RHA, Margo Banks, Jean Bardon, Leah Beggs, Comhghall Casey, Tom Climent, Eamon Colman,...Read more
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MARGO BANKS
WALKING BACKWARDS 23 Jul - 14 Aug 2021Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host the second and much anticipated solo exhibition of works by Margo Banks. The exhibition will include a range of Banks’s popular large-scale mixed-media...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
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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
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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
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Elegant Victorian pile on Raglan Road for €3.95m
featuring work by Solomon Artist Margo Banks May 16, 2024Family room at garden level opens to the garden featuring 'The Light as Wind' by Margo Banks. While it is immortalised in Patrick Kavanagh’s poem...Read more -
APRIL ART TO INSPIRE
Elizabeth Birdthistle, Irish Times April 22, 2023April art to inspire Art, Antiques & Collecting Elizabeth Birdthistle, Irish Times 22 April 2023 From a mammoth sculpture to African artefacts, and a rare...Read more -
MARGO BANKS feature in Sunday Independent
What Lies Beneath column, Niall MacMonagle March 26, 2018Thanks to Niall MacMonagle for another super 'What Lies Beneath' column in yesterday's Sunday Independent. This week he focuses on our very own Margo Banks...Read more