title: Steel Bananas
text: # 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.
  