Fiona Banner

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Fiona Banner (born 1966) is an English artist, who was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2002, and is seen as one of the Young British Artists (YBAs).

She was born in Merseyside and now lives in London. She studied at Kingston University and completed her MA at Goldsmiths College in 1993. The next year she held her first solo show at City Racing. Following her shows at the Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, and Dundee Contemporary Arts, she was nominated for the Turner Prize.

The wall of her show in the Turner Prize was dominated by a large text piece Arsewoman in Wonderland. This caused a certain commotion in the media, as it was a vivid description of a pornographic film. The Guardian wittily reversed the widespread question and asked, "It's art. But is it porn?" calling in "Britain's biggest porn star," Ben Dover, to comment. [1]

[edit] External links

• Profile on BBC site
• Interview with Fiona Banner

Young British Artists

Artists: Young British Artists | Steven Adamson | Fiona Banner | Christine Borland | Angela Bulloch | Simon Callery | Jake and Dinos Chapman | Mat Collishaw | Ian Davenport | Tacita Dean | Tracey Emin | Angus Fairhurst | Anya Gallaccio | Liam Gillick | Marcus Harvey | Damien Hirst | Gary Hume | Michael Landy | Abigail Lane | Steve McQueen | Lala Meredith-Vula | Chris Ofili | Sarah Lucas | Martin Maloney | Stephen Park | Cornelia Parker | Richard Patterson | Simon Patterson | Marc Quinn | Fiona Rae | Jenny Saville | Bob & Roberta Smith | Georgina Starr | Sam Taylor-Wood | Gavin Turk | Gillian Wearing | Mark Wallinger | Rachel Whiteread | The Wilson Sisters Artworks: My Bed | State Britain | The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living | The Upper Room Shows: Freeze | Sensation Curators: Joshua Compston | Carl Freedman | Norman Rosenthal | Charles Saatchi | Jon Thompson Galleries: Curtain Road Arts | City Racing | Gagosian Gallery | Karsten Schubert Gallery | Lisson Gallery | Maureen Paley | Saatchi Gallery | Sadie Coles | South London Gallery | Victoria Miro Gallery | White Cube Advocates: Louisa Buck | Matthew Collings | Richard Cork | Michael Craig-Martin | Sarah Kent | Norman Rosenthal | Sir Nicholas Serota Critics: Billy Childish | David Lee | Brian Sewell | Stuckists | Charles Thomson See also: Conceptual art | Frieze Art Fair | Turner Prize | Momart