BIO
CONTACT:
bianca.barandun[at]gmail.com
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 - LA BIBI Gallery, Mallorca, 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)
2025 - Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, DE
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
GRANTS / AWARDS
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
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