After studying at the National School of Decorative Arts and the National School of Fine Arts in Paris, Marc Bankowsky first practiced painting. His meeting with painter José Fabri-Canti led him to Corsica to establish Cyrne Arte, a collective of visual artists, actors, and musicians. Sculpture, ceramic, mosaic, brassware and ironware workshops were set up in a village in the Balagne region. He delved into frescoes and mosaics while continuing his journey as a painter and participating in the organization of Corsica’s first music festivals.

In the 70’s, Bankowsky returned to Paris after a visit to Switzerland, where he discovered and learnt weaving. Huge hanging cocoons, the “Platforms”, born of his imagination, met a huge success, especially in the biennial of tapestry in Lausanne. For its opening, the Centre Georges Pompidou commissioned him a monumental work installed at the entrance. His passion for modeling and the magic of certain objects led him to work with bronze in the 1980s, to which he has been devoted since, developing an ornamental vocabulary blending references to nature and neoclassicism.

The realms of plants, minerals, and animals transform into bronze furniture and objects that have captivated collectors worldwide, thanks to his now international profile.

For several years now, Marc Bankowsky has been developing an exceptional collaboration with Chilean-born embroiderer Miguel Cisterna. Former artistic director of the Brocard Workshops (the workshop that created Napoleon’s famous coronation cape), Cisterna is steeped in the French tradition of classic embroidery, which he combines with traditional techniques and sophisticated materials, all infused with a modern sensibility that adds to the beauty of his work.