Born in 1966 in Merseydside, UK, Fiona Banner lives and works in London. Using sculpture, drawing and installation, her work explores the possibilities and limitations of language. Her 'wordscapes' or ‘still films' are single blocks of text, recalling cinema screens by their shape and size. The texts themselves are meticulous accounts of feature film scenarios. More recently, Banner has started exploring the classical idea of the nude. Her texts describe the posture of a posing model, mis-matching sensuality with art and language’s dry aesthetics. Banner plays with the semiotic relationship that unites form and content, offering a contemporary approach to the conceptualist heritage.

Fiona Banner has had recent solo exhibitions at Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin (2007), The Power Plant, Toronto (2007), Frith Street Gallery, London (2006) and Printed Matter, New York (2006). Her work has been included in BODYPOLITCX at Witte de With, Rotterdam (2007), Drawing 2007 at The Drawing Room, London (2007), Eye on Europe - Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960 to Now at MoMA – Museum of Modern Art, New York (2006) and Concrete Language at CAG – Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver (2006). In 2002, she was short-listed for the Turner Prize presented at Tate Britain, London.

Fiona Banner is represented by Frith Street Gallery in London, Galerie Barbara Thumm in Berlin, and 1301PE in Los Angeles.