BIO
CONTACT:
bianca.barandun[at]gmail.com
Working at the intersection of print, drawing and sculpture, Bianca Barandun constructs work by combining and alternating methods to perceive what happens when materials are used unconventionally. Her goal is to establish a visual language with both rhythm and flow, that includes the imperfections and the unexpected as part of a growing vocabulary. Bianca assembles shapes drawn from architecture, everyday objects and memory. Shifting from organic to geometric appearances, they are in flux and generate multiple associations, while playing with anthropomorphic attributions.
EDUCATION
MA Print, Royal College of Art London, UK (2015-2017)
BA Illustration, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg), DE (2010-2014)
Scientific Illustration (BA), Zurich University of the Arts, Zhdk Zürich, CH (2008-2010)
SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 - Marc Bibiloni Gallery, Madrid, ES
2024 - Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur , CH
2023 - HILTIBOLD Plattform für aktuelle Kunst, St.Gallen, CH (Two Person Exhibition with Isabelle Krieg)
2023 - Baustelle Schaustelle, Essen, DE
2021 - HILTIBOLD Plattform für aktuelle Kunst, St.Gallen, CH (Two Person Exhibition with Marianne Rinderknecht)
2019 - Bianca Barandun, Blank100, London, UK
2018 - Line in Sand, Unit 1 Gallery/Workshop, London, UK
2014 - Hinterconti, supported by Hamburg Kulturbehörde, Hamburg, DE (Two Person Exhibition)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2026 - Visual Manifesto, Marc Bibiloni Gallery, Madrid, ES
2025 - Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, DE
2025 - Marc Bibiloni Gallery, Madrid, ES
2024 - Heimspiel, Triennale, Kunsthaus Glarus, CH
2024 - La Bibi Gallery, curated by Esmeralda Gómez Galera, Palma, ES
2024 - DIE GROSSE, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, DE
2024 - AURA Kunstraum, Düsseldorf, DE
2024 - Kunst Sarganserland-Walensee VIII+, Museumbickel Walenstadt, CH
2023 - Jahresausstellung der Bündner Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, CH
2023 - Grosse Regionale 2023, Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil-Jona, CH
2023 - OHSH Projects Central, London, UK
2023 - Kunsthaus Essen, curated by Joel Roters and Nils Bleibtreu, DE
2022 - The Ingram Collection, Rawlinson and Hunter, London, UK
2022 - ESC Exhibition, Gallery VVOVVA, NLD
2022 - Art Matters 5, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, DE
2021 - Wait for my colour and my body, Heimspiel, Triennale, Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte Appenzell , CH
2021 - The Ingram Prize 2021, Unit 1 Gallery/Workshop, London, UK
2021 - Fair Art Fair Curated I, Unit 1 Gallery/Workshop, curated by Angeliki Kim Jonsson, Delphian Gallery, Maria Koroleskaya and Stacie McCormick, London, UK
2021 - Floorr/Exh 7, London, UK
2021 - The Invitational I, Unit 1 Gallery/Workshop, London, UK
2020 - MK Calling 2020, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK
2020 - Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Spring Exhibition 2020, Copenhagen, DK
2020 - Kunstsalonen, Copenhagen, DK
2020 - Ducato Prize 2020, online presentation due to Covid-19, Sezione Arte Contemporanea, Piacenza, ITL
2020 - Art on a Postcard Auction, International Women`s Day, The AllBright Mayfair, London, UK
2020 - To all our Absent Dialogues, Warbling, 155A Gallery, curated by Robyn Graham, London, UK
2019 - HIX Award 2019, HIX Art Gallery, London, UK
2019 - A.P.T. Gallery, Creekside Open 2019 curated by Sacha Craddock, London, UK
2019 - Editions Show, Kensington and Chelsea Art Weekend, Unit 1 Gallery/Workshop, London, UK
2019 - Abstraction v Figuration, curated by Cedric Christie & Pascal Rousson, Kunstgenerator, Geneve, CH
2018 - Herrick Gallery, London, UK
2018 - RCA Secret, Dyson Gallery, London, UK and Art Dubai, Madinat Jumeira, Dubai, AR
2018 - Call me Bitter, with Heidi Maribut and Liz Willson, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, UK
2018 - Zureta, traveling exhibition, Chinretsukan (TUA Exhibition Hall), University of the Arts, Tokyo, JPN, The College of Fine Art of Shanghai University, CHN, NEON Gallery, Wroclaw, PL, Galéria Medium, Bratislava, SVK,
2017 - Super Super, Kingsgate Project Space, London, UK
2017 - SHOW2017 - RCA, London, UK
2017 - Supercommunity, RCA Dyson Gallery, London, UK
2017 - Output, CGP London, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
2017 - P.P.S - Royal College of Art, London, UK
2017 - MA & Other Postgraduates 2017, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, UK
2016 - Edit Control, Hockney Gallery, London, UK
2016 - RCA Secret, Dyson Gallery, London, UK and Art Dubai, Madinat Jumeira, Dubai, ARE
2016 - Break Link, CGP London, Southwark Park Galleries, UK
2014 - Kunst in der Börse, Handelskammer Hamburg, supported by Lions Club Hamburg, DE
2014 - Thomas Manns Beziehung zu den Künsten, Group Exhibition, Museum Buddenbrookhaus, Lübeck, D
2014 - add art, Shipper Company, Hamburg, DE
PUBLIC COLLECTION
Kunstsammlung des Kantons St.Gallen, CH
Katrin Bechtler / Stiftung
GRANTS / AWARDS
2024 - Art Price Bündner Kunstverein 2024
2023 - Finalist, The Hopper Prize, US
2022 - Wettbewerb für professionelles Kulturschaffen (grosse Projekte) Kanton Graubünden, Art Council Grant canton Grisons, CH
2021 - Shortlisted, The Ingram Prize 2021 London, UK
2020 - Werkbeitrag Kanton St.Gallen, Art Council Grant canton St.Gallen, CH
2020 - Innovate Grant Recipient Summer 2020, US
2020 - Shortlisted, Ducato Prize 2020, Sezione Arte Contemporanea, Piacenza, ITL
2019 - Shortlisted, HIX Award 2019
2019 - BAK Kulturfonds, Stiftung Kulturfonds - Pro Arte/Gleyre, CH
RESIDENCIES
2024 - La Bibi Gallery Residence, Mallorca, ES
2023 - Riddergade AIR, Viborg Kunsthal, DK
2023 - Selected: Residency & three person show, Aldea-Center for Contemporary Art, Design and Technology, Bergen, NO
2022 - CCA Andratx , Artist in Residence, Mallorca, ES
2020 - Vermont Studio Center residency, US
2019 - Anderson Contemporay, four month Residency at Anderson Contemporary, London, UK
2018 - Unit 1 Gallery Solo Residency, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London, UK
PRESS / PUBLICATIONS / TALKS
2025 - FLOORR Magazine Issue 35, UK
2024 - ART HUB – art magazine, Interview by Esmeralda Gómez Galera
2023 - The Hopper Prize Journal, US
2022 - ESC — EXHIBITION / #2031 AW curated by Vvovva, NLD
21/20 - Talk, University of Fribourg and UNESCO Almaty, KAZ, Adventure of Science: Women and Glaciers in Central Asia
2020 - Innovate Grant Recipient Summer 2020, Feature & Interview, US
2020 - FLOORR Magazine Issue 24, FLOORR, UK,
2020 - Interview by Liz Corkery for Print Club Ltd, US,
2019 - Across RCA, Talk and Workshop in collaboration with Ramona Güntert, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2018 - Review, ‚Line in Sand‘, interview with Boundary Art Magazine, 30 October 2018, UK
2018 - Review, ‚Line in Sand‘, S. McCormick
2018 - ArtMaze Mag Issue 9 - 25th September 2018
2017 - Talk, University of Leeds, UK
2014 - Kunst in der Börse, Book, Handelskammer Hamburg, supported by Lions Club Hamburg, DE
2013 - Leipzig Book Fair, Book: ‚Innenleben‘, & ‚Fürchte dich Nicht‘ Woodcut Collection, HAW Hamburg, DE