✕
CV
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Beabonafini@gmail.com
![]()
My work is
very much an art of excavation. As a kind of anthropologist, I approach my work in a way that traverses
cultures, historical periods and mediums, creating a multi-layered, fragmented mash-up. The work asks the viewer to place themselves psychologically and physically
at its centre, enveloping them so that they become integranted in the work’s narratives. I play with the tension between contemporary references, my entire experience and the historical motifs without fully unveiling them, allowing for multiple readings.
EDUCATION
2016 Royal College of Art - MA Painting
2014 Slade School of Fine Art, UCL - BA Fine Art, 1st Class Honours
2010 Chelsea College of Art & Design, UAL - Foundation in Art & Design Diploma
2010 Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Art, Austria - Scholarship for Sculpture course
by Italian artist Liliana Moro.
2008 Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Art - Painting course by Chinese artist Li Songsong.
SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019
Bologna Art Fair. Solo booth, Renata Fabbri, Bologna.
(June) Solo show, Bosse and Baum, London.
(September) Solo show, Chloe Salgado, Paris.
2018
Ogni Pensiero Vola. Solo show. Renata Fabbri Gallery, Milan.
Giotto’s Room. Two person show with Aisha Christison. Post_Institute Von Goetz, London. Curated by Lucy Von Goetz.
Garageland. Two person show with Anne Ryan. The Rectory Projects, London.
Shed Shreds. Solo show. Lychee One Gallery, London.
2017
Dovetail’s Nest. Solo show. Zabludowicz Collection, Invites, London.
A World of One’s Own. Solo show. Fieldworkds Gallery, London.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Upcoming - Subversive Stitch, TJ Boulting, London.
London Art Fair, Union Gallery, London.
FiBRA, Post_Institute Von Goetz, London.
2018
Premio Lissone, Lissone, Italy.
Bone Memory, Lychee One, London.
FEŸ Rencontres, Art Festival. Burgundy, France.
Memories Arrested in Space, Italian Cultural Institute, London. Curated by ARTUNER
(Two-person) Giotto’s Room, with Aisha Christison. Post_Institute, London. Curated by Lucy Von Goetz
(Two-person) Garageland, with Anne Ryan. The Rectory Projects, London.
Searching for Myself Through Remote Skins. Renata Fabbri, Milan. Curated by Bianca Baroni
Et Refaire Le Monde. Galerie Bessieres, Chatou, Paris. Curated by Bianca Cerrina Feroni
If You Can Stand the Heat. Roaming Projects, London. Curated by Lindsey Mendick and Paloma Proudfoot
2017
40-40-40. Soho House London. Curated by Fenella Brownlee
Ripe. Kingsgate Project Space, London. Curated by Eleanor Davies
Dik Piks. Ladybeck, Leeds UK. Curated by Suzy Babington
La Diablesse. Tramps Gallery, London. Curated by Jerusha West, Sarah Batey and Simone Kennedy-Doig.
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On The Bedpost Over Night)? J Hammond Projects, London. Curated by Will Rees and Hamish Pearch
Penelope. Curated by Alix Janta and Lauren Jones. 46 Gallery, London.
2016
Summer Blue. Lychee One Gallery, London. Curated by Jonathan Miles.
Royal College of Art Graduate Show. London.
At Home Salon: Double Acts. Marcelle Joseph Projects, Ascot. Curated by Lana Bountakidou.
Paper, Publication, Performance. Lychee One Gallery, London. Curated by Jonathan Miles.
2015
The Behaviour of Being. Group exhibition from the Beekeeper’s Residency at Cob Gallery, curated by Mia Pfeifer.
Two Hundred Acres. Group exhibition of RCA students. Pump House Gallery,
London. Curated by Anna Clifford.
Rift Banquet. Performance at AYA Peckham, London. Curated by Leo Cohen.
ScreenSaver. Group Video Exhibtion and co-curation. Dyson Gallery, RCA.
RCA Secret. Group Exhibition. Dyson Gallery. Royal College of Art.
15th Cypriot Contemporary Dance Festival. Commissioned the performance of In the Likeness Of… Rialto Theatre, Limassol, Cyprus.
Exposiçao Lar. Group Exhibition curated by Paola De Ramos. Curitiba, Brazil.
Resolutions!2015. The Place Theatre, London. Performance of In the Likeness Of…
2014
Persephone, Queen of the Underworld. E122 Banquet Performance. Cock ‘N’ Bull Gallery, London.
Arts Atrium, Twitter HQ. Group Exhibition organised by the London Sculpture Workshop.
The Scars are Not Just Skin Deep, Group Exhibition curated by Mia Pfeifer. Cob Gallery, London.
Slade School of Fine Art Degree Show. London.
2013
On/Off. Performance Event. Vibe Gallery, London
Slade Print Fair. Group exhibition and performance. Slade Research Centre, London.
Anthropophagi. Two-person exhibition with Paola De Ramos. 26 Greek Street, London.
Tate Modern. Invitation by the Board Director of the UAL Development Council.
St Martins School of Art & Design Degree Show. Collaboration with Cecilia Granara.
Elegy. Guest Project Space. Group exhibition and performance. Curated by Leo Cohen.
Camden Arts Center London. Performance Event organised by the Slade School of Fine Art.
Bodies of Silence. Platform, London. Performance. Curated by Giulia Casalini and Diana Georgiou.
The Strange Impression of Seeing Things. Group exhibition and performance. Mile End Art Pavilion, London.
2012 Camden Arts Centre, London. Performance Art Event organised by the Slade.
Platform 1. Performance Art Event organised by the Slade. Bloomsbury Theatre, London.
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2019 (Official invitation-only selection) Premio Lissone / Lissone Prize
2018 Platform Southwark Studio Residency. London
2018 FIBRA Artist Residency, Colombia.
Curated and co-produced with Mia Pfeifer. Participating artists include: Bea Bonafini / Dan Coopey / Maisie Cousins / Alix Janta / Adeline de Monseignat / Laurence Owen / Charlotte Colbert.
2017 Fieldworks Studio Residency. London.
2016 Villa Lena Residency. Tuscany, Italy.
Commendation, West Dean Tapestry Commission
2014-16 Leverhulme Scholarship
2015 The Beekeepers Art Residency. Portugal. In collaboration with curator Mia Pfeifer and Cob Gallery London.
2015 Stapely Trust Grant
2015 O2 Think Big Grant
2014 Slade Prize
2010 Salzburg Academy of Fine Art Scholarship
TEACHING
2018 Artist workshops at October Gallery, London.
2015 Art workshops designed and taught at the Royal College of Art, ReachOut, for two state secondary schools.
2015 The Garden Tapestry. Public workshops at the Pump House Gallery.
2014 The Slade Summer School. Widening Participation Course, UCL.