Steel Bananas
# Steel Bananas

Steel Bananas is a Canadian artist collective and publishing house.

## History

Established in 2008 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the frequency of their publications has varied from monthly (2008-2010), to quarterly (2011-2013), to annual chapbooks and interdisciplinary projects in various media (2014+). Originally established as a collective of young artists, writers, and university students in Toronto, the collective matured into a network of professional artists and a dedicated publishing house that expanded into Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Leeds, United Kingdom under the leadership of Karen Correia da Silva and Curran Folkers.

## Major works

* Overachiever. Leeds, UK, 2015–2016.
* Works in the Public Domain. Leeds, UK, 2015-ongoing.
* Lucy. Vancouver and Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2014-ongoing.
* Trigger Warning: Demons. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2014.
* Steel Bananas Publications. Toronto and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Leeds, UK, 2012-ongoing.
* Verbs. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
* Bruised / Modern Ruin. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2010–2011.
* The Artichoke Revue. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2010.
* Eggplant. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009–2010.
* Gulch: An Assemblage. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009.
* Steel Bananas Zine. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2008–2010.

## Major publications

* A State, A Statue, A Statute by Adam Abbas, 2014.
* Hate Letters from Buddhists by Dave Hurlow, 2014.
* Sew with Butterflies by Anna Veprinska, 2014.
* Free Agent by Katrina Pruss, 2014.
* East Van Sound by Karen Correia da Silva, 2014.
* Public Consultation by Curran Folkers, 2014.
* Publics by yta, 2012.
* Dear Adolf by Daniel Scott Tysdal, 2012.
* Fuck Irony by Matt Marshall and Karen Correia da Silva, 2012.
