Bea Bonafini (Italian, born )

Timeline

1990
Born in Bonn, Germany
2009–2010
Foundation in Art & Design Diploma. Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, UK

2009–2010
Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Art, Austria
2010
Study Grant at Salzburg Academy of Fine Art, Austria
2010–2014
BA in Fine Art. 1st Class Honours. Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK

2014
Slade School of Fine Art Prize
2015
The Beekeepers Art Residency, Portugal. In collaboration with curator Mia Pfeifer and Cob Gallery London, UK
2015
Stapely Trust Grant O2 Think Big Grant
2014–2016
MA in Painting. Distinction. Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014–2016
Leverhulme Scholarship
2016
Villa Lena Residency. Tuscany, Italy

2016
Commendation, West Dean Tapestry Commission, UK

2017
Fieldworks Studio Residency, London, UK
2018
Platform Southwark Studio Residency, London, UK
2018
FIBRA Artist Residency, Columbia, curated and co-produced by Mia Pfeifer
2019
Finalist Premio Cairo, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
2019
La Berlugane-Maleki Residency and Commission, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France 
(Official invitation-only selection)
2019
Premio Lissone

2020
Finalist Talent Prize, Rome, Italy
2020
Rosa Lee Travel Grant, British School, Rome, Italy
2019–2021
Abbey Scholarship for Painting, British School at Rome, Italy
Lives and works in London

Exhibitions

2022
A Monstrous Fruit, SETAREH, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2022
Ghosts for a Post-Modern Tale, LAAA, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
2021
Full Moon (Empty Stomach), Renata Fabbri, Milan, Italy (solo)
2021
Sfiorare Fantasmi, Eduardo Secci, Florence, Italy (solo)
2021
Art-o-Rama, Bosse & Baum, Marseille, France (solo)
2021
The Artsy Vanguard Fourth Edition, curated by Erin Jenoa Gilbert, Miami, USA
2021
Psychic Anemone, Cob Gallery, London, UK
2021
Salto in Altro, curated by Edoardo Monti, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2021
Artissima, Double V gallery, Torino, Italy
2021
June Mostra, British School at Rome, Italy
2021
Worst Case Scenario, curated by Chloe Bonnie More, Paris, France
2021
Quarantanove non è cinquanta, Vogue Italia, curated by Valentina Ciarallo, Italy
2021
Latence, Boulevard Malesherbes, curated by Chloe Bonnie More, Paris, France
2020
Waves Between Us, Fondazione Sandretto, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene, IT. Curated by Alison Karasyk, Camille Regli, Katie Simpson, YCRP
2020
In Stitches, Larsen Warner, Stockholm, Sweden
2020
Transatlantico, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, USA
2020

The Thicker the Woods, the Vaster the Vista, Nevven Gallery, Göteborg, Sweden
2020
March Mostra, British School at Rome, Italy
2020
Twin Waves, Operativa, Rome, Italy (solo)

2019
Chimère, Chloe Salgado, Paris, France (solo)
2019
Talk to the Hand, Bosse & Baum, London, UK
 (solo)
2019
Arte fiera Bologna, Renata Fabbri arte contemporanea, Bologna, Italy (solo)
2019
Adieu to Old England the Kids Are Alright, Choi and Lager, Cologne, Germany
2019
Düsseldorf Art Fair, Choi and Lager Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
2019
December Mostra, British School at Rome, Italy
2019
Premio Cairo, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
2019
A Seed’s a Star, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden, curated by Constance Tenvik
2019
The Italian Open, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, Germany
2019
Generation Y, Platform Foundation X, London, UK, curated by Kate Bryan and Sara Terzi
2019
Tender Touches, AMP Gallery, London, UK
2019
Role Play, The Orange Garden, Rome, Italy
2019
Subversive Stitch, TJ Boulting, London, UK, curated by Hannah Watson

2019
London Art Fair, Union Gallery, London, UK

2019
FiBRA Residency Group Show, Post_Institute Von Goetz, London, UK, curated by Mia Pfeifer

2018
Ogni Pensiero Vola, Renata Fabbri, Milan, Italy (solo)
2018
Shed Shreds. Lychee One Gallery, London, UK
 (solo)
2017
Dovetail’s Nest. Zabludowicz Collection Invites, London, UK (solo)
2017
A World of One’s Own. Fieldworkds Gallery, London, UK (solo)
English (US)

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