Banks Violette is an artist who challenges the epic weight of conceptual and minimalist art history with a visual language that was visceral, dark and deeply engaging. Violette’s work plays with the legacy of Americana and where it meets the residue of the subcultural, blending the heritage of Steven Parrino, Don Flavin and Robert Smithson with something unsettling and contemporary.
— Francesca Gavin
His work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions at The Whitney; Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway; Museum Dhont-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium; rodolphe janssen, Brussels, Belgium; MoMa, New York, NY USA; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France and the Royal Academy.
His works are collected by: The Coppel Foundation; Mexico; The Ellipse Foundation, Portugal; Frank Cohen Collection, Manchester, UK; The Jumex Foundation, Mexico; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland; Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA USA; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY USA; The OverHolland Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; The Saatchi Collection, London, UK; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY USA; Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA USA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY USA; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
