Sarah Banks, Babylon, 2015, Mixed Media Collage, 20 x 24 x in

Sarah Banks' work explores the visible and lingering effects of history on people, landscapes, and cultural memory. She is particularly interested in what she describes as "invisible cities and towns"-places shaped by conquest, empire, migration, labor, and decay, where layers of history accumulate over time. Her work considers how large historical forces continue to affect individuals and communities, from ancient civilizations to contemporary working lives.

Working across paper cut, printmaking-including serigraph, intaglio, and monotype-and painting, Banks combines observation, research, and material process to investigate these themes. Long periods of travel and artist residencies in Portugal, Spain, and Washington State have deeply informed her practice, providing both visual and historical points of departure. Sketches and studies developed during travel are later reexamined and expanded within her Seattle studio.

Banks is a member of Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle Print Arts, and Northwest Collage Society. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Pacific Northwest, Los Angeles, North Carolina, and Portugal, and is included in both public and private collections in the United States and abroad.