Lot 37

Russell Banx is an artist living in Tiohti:áke / Montréal. His graphite works depict quiet intimacy, both in subject and materiality. Focusing mainly on the male figure, his softly rendered images approach a therapeutic calmness through their form and resolute compositions. From the tip of his graphite pencil, Banx revisits memories that he patiently shapes on the paper’s surface. The laborious application of graphite is, in itself, an act of empathy and patience. Banx makes formal associations between subjects and objects that are selected from different environments, like a suburban backyard or his studio. An arm, long and flexible, can recall paint erupting from its tube or noodles floating on the surface of a backyard pool.

Recent exhibitions include Memory at Arm’s Length, a solo exhibition at Pangée (Montréal, 2022) and Du pain et du beurre at la Maison de la Culture Maisonneuve (Montréal, 2023) as well as presentations at PLURAL (Montréal, 2022-2024), Material (CDMX, 2023), and NADA NY (New York, 2024). In 2023, Banx completed residencies at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Banff) and La Napoule Foundation Residency (Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France).