User:ArtDataArt/Project 15: Bianca Raffaella

Bianca Raffaella (born 1992 in London, England) is a British artist, activist and public speaker.

Raffaella is legally blind and known for 'tactile painting' along with her use of 'soft colours, dusty shadows, and smooth empty spaces which symbolise vision loss'; described by Jonathan Jones in The Guardian as 'ethereally beautiful works'. Her work explores themes of memory, perception, and fragility.

The first legally blind student to graduate from Kingston University with a First class degree in the visual arts.

Invited Keynote Speaker at Beyond Seeing (2016–18), a project by the Goethe-Institut in Paris. Invited lecturer and collaborator at Institut Français de la Mode alongside Chanel.

Panelist on the March 2023 Tate Modern Late talk, ''Please Touch the Art. ''

Selected by Tracey Emin for the inaugural Tracey Emin Artist Residency (2023–24) at TKE Studios, Margate.

Solo exhibitions

 * Selected by Tracey Emin. Raffaella opened the 25th edition of Artist of the Day, a landmark programme started by Angela Flowers and Matthew Flowers in 1983. Interviewed by Martha Kearney alongside Emin, for the BBC Radio 4 programme Today. Followed by a public panel discussion and Q&A with Emin.
 * Selected by Tracey Emin. Raffaella opened the 25th edition of Artist of the Day, a landmark programme started by Angela Flowers and Matthew Flowers in 1983. Interviewed by Martha Kearney alongside Emin, for the BBC Radio 4 programme Today. Followed by a public panel discussion and Q&A with Emin.


 * A multi-sensory exhibition focused on accessibility in the visual arts.
 * A multi-sensory exhibition focused on accessibility in the visual arts.

Group exhibitions





 * The final show for the inaugural Tracey Emin Artists' Residency.
 * The final show for the inaugural Tracey Emin Artists' Residency.




 * Inaugural artists' residency exhibition.
 * Inaugural artists' residency exhibition.


 * In collaboration with King's College London, Shape Arts and AccessArt. Coinciding with UK Disability History Month.              Raffaella exhibited a commissioned polyptych titled In the Rose Garden (2022).
 * In collaboration with King's College London, Shape Arts and AccessArt. Coinciding with UK Disability History Month.              Raffaella exhibited a commissioned polyptych titled In the Rose Garden (2022).


 * Coinciding with Richmond Literature Festival.
 * Coinciding with Richmond Literature Festival.


 * Coordinated by Yinka Shonibare, under his theme of ‘Reclaiming Magic’.
 * Coordinated by Yinka Shonibare, under his theme of ‘Reclaiming Magic’.

Artist residencies

 * 2022/23 — Artist-in-residence, Orleans House Gallery, London
 * 2023/24 — TEAR, Margate
 * Selected by Tracey Emin for the inaugural Tracey Emin Artist Residency (2023–24) at TKE Studios in Margate.

Commissions

 * 2022 — Commissioned by King's College London in collaboration with Shape Arts and AccessArt
 * Coinciding with UK Disability History Month.

Features

 * Selected by Tracey Emin. Raffaella opened the 25th edition of Artist of the Day, a landmark programme started by Angela Flowers and Matthew Flowers in 1983. Interviewed by Martha Kearney alongside Emin, for the BBC Radio 4 programme Today. Followed by a public panel discussion and Q&A with Emin.
 * Selected by Tracey Emin. Raffaella opened the 25th edition of Artist of the Day, a landmark programme started by Angela Flowers and Matthew Flowers in 1983. Interviewed by Martha Kearney alongside Emin, for the BBC Radio 4 programme Today. Followed by a public panel discussion and Q&A with Emin.

Selected collections

 * Tracey Emin Foundation