Amy Cohen Banker's Page

Hometown:

New York

Country:

United States of America

About Me:

Amy Cohen Banker, Visual Artist

Amy Cohen Banker is interested in past, future, present social, aesthetic, cultural, literary and political topics that inform her art and her life.

She holds a B.S. from Cornell University’s School of Human Ecology and has 
studied with Isabel O'Neill and at N.Y.U., Parsons, and in Art Student's League 
Master Classes.  She resides in New York City and Massachusetts where she has 
collaborated and exhibited in many multimedia and fine art projects through 
the Smithsonian, MOMA, and the Whitney (where she taught international 
tourists and art to blind). The United Nations, National Association of Women Artists, Feminist Art Archives, Metropolitan Opera House,Hermitage, and Jewish Museum of London have exhibited her paintings.
Amy is the mother of two daughters (Meredith and Allison). 

Visit Amy at www.amycohenbanker.com

Are You artist?

yes

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?

Event, Installation, Painting, Performance, Photography, Sculpture, Video, Music

Member type

Artist, Graphic Designer

How would you describe your style of art?

eclectic,abstract expressionist,lyrical impressionist,synthetic
realist,full of color and form. AMY COHEN BANKER
ARTIST STATEMENT

I work in a variety of mediums: acrylic, oil, pastels, aquarelle, oil sticks, varnishes, glazes, finishing and surface techniques. I explore the basic issues of opacity, color, form, depth, obfuscation and revelation in life, language and in art. I cannot help but be influenced by philosophy, poetry, literature, psychological symbolism, fairy tales, music, myths, conceits, and metaphors, especially of strong feminist models: women’s conflicting roles in a changing time throughout the centuries.
I am using background in design, two and three dimensional techniques and aesthetics. My background is integrated with my writing, psychology, my early childhood and life experiences evolving as a woman and mother combining international study to explore these issues in an organized but abstract way. I tend to reinvent the same themes, work from a structure and then proceed by distressing, demolishing, recreating and conserving. My major themes are inner restoration and survival, challenging always reality vs. myth.

Describe your most recent work:

Oil on wood, inspired by "War and Piece" by Tolstoy and
related music of Tchaikovsky,Beethoven,Prokofiev,Patti Smith.
Oil on wood, inspired by Allen Ginsberg and related music.
Oil on canvas inspired by Elliott Carter,William Schumann,
William Cullen Bryant.

How do you decide on your subject matter?

I am often suggested a motif or theme by a curator or
art director. Otherwise by current events and what ever
I am studying or reading. last year I took courses at Juilliard
School in comparative music orientation.

Website:

http://amycohenbanker.com

Which language do You speak?

English, some French,Spanish,Japanese

Please take a moment to tells us how you heard about Pieronymus Art Network?

I was invited.