Bea Bonafini
MA work
MA work
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After Cake, Bea Bonafini 2015
Knitted textile, wood, clay and steel coffee table
100 x 90 x 60 cm -
Installation Shot, Bea Bonafini 2016
Mixed media
Variable dimensions -
Supra, Bea Bonafini 2016
Acrylic on leather, salt dough, food dye, wood and plaster
400 x 109 x 43 cm -
Library of Spoons, Bea Bonafini 2016
Ceramic and wooden spoons, leather pillows, prints on paper, plaster, embroidered and knitted textiles, wooden bookshelf, food dye
244 x 200 x 50 cm -
Library of Spoons (detail), Bea Bonafini 2016
Ceramic and wooden spoons, leather pillows, prints on paper, plaster, embroidered and knitted textiles, wooden bookshelf, food dye
244 x 200 x 50 cm -
Library of Spoons (detail), Bea Bonafini 2016
Ceramic and wooden spoons, leather pillows, prints on paper, plaster, embroidered and knitted textiles, wooden bookshelf, food dye
244 x 200 x 50 cm -
Herzlyia & Dover, Bea Bonafini 2016
Knitted textiles and Italian Cactus fig-dyed Portuguese cotton upholstered armchairs
70 x 71 x 71 cm each -
Poked Peach & Georgian Mouths, Bea Bonafini 2016
Plaster, food dye, wood, salt dough and steel coffee table, with six canvas pillows / Sound recordings of Georgian supras (traditional feasts) in Georgia and London.
125 x 125 x 40 cm / 4 hours -
Installation Shot, Bea Bonafini 2016
Mixed Media
Dimensions variable -
Library of Spoons (detail), Bea Bonafini 2016
Ceramic and wooden spoons, leather pillows, prints on paper, plaster, embroidered and knitted textiles, wooden bookshelf, food dye
244 x 200 x 50 cm -
Poked Peach & Georgian Mouths, Bea Bonafini 2016
Plaster, food dye, wood, salt dough and steel coffee table, with six canvas pillows / Sound recordings of Georgian supras (traditional feasts) in Georgia and London.
125 x 125 x 40 cm / 4 hours -
Sarkophagus, Bea Bonafini 2016
Salt dough, food dye and wood
143 x 109 x 43 cm
Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Humanities
Programme
MA Painting, 2016
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Contact
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Spaces are dressed with the aesthetics of the decorative, the stylised and the domestic, inviting viewers to stroke a knitted coffee table, inspect an archive of studio fragments or look through a skeletal table at a string of painted hides, while listening to the ancient chants and emotional toasts of dinner parties.Â
In my practice I create painterly objects, installations, textiles and performances that are interconnected, exploring the dynamics of social gatherings and traditions, human relationships, and our connection to consumption.Â
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Degrees
- BA Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, 2014; Foundation Art & Design Diploma, Chelsea College of Art & Design, 2010
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Experience
- Script supervisor for "Khibula", an independent art feature film by Georgian director George Ovashvili, Georgia, 2016; Workshop Leader, ReachOut RCA, London, 2015; Workshop Leader, Pump House Gallery, London, 2015
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Exhibitions
- At Home Salon: Double Act, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Ascot, 2016; The Beekeper’s Residency, Cob Gallery, London, 2015; Two Hundred Acres, Pump House Gallery, London, 2015; Arts Atrium, Twitter HQ, London, 2014–16; 15th Cypriot Contemporary Dance Festival, Rialto Theatre, Limassol, 2015; Resolutions!2015, The Place Theatre, London, 2015; The Scars are Not Just Skin Deep, Cob Gallery, London, 2014; Slade School of Fine Art Degree Show, London, 2014; Central Saint Martins Degree Show, London, 2013
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Awards
- Slade Prize, 2014; Salzburg Academy of Fine Art Scholarship, 2010
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Publications
- Illustrations for 2 volumes of "Nils Holgersson’s Wonderful Journey Through Sweden" by Selma Lagerlof, Norvik Press, 2013