Bianca Barandun (b. 1984, CH) works across print, painting and sculpture. She studied at the Royal College of Art in London, UK, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, DE, and at Zurich University of the Arts, CH. 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. Barandun 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.
Solo shows include Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, CH (2024); HILTIBOLD Plattform für aktuelle Kunst, St. Gallen, Ch (2023); Baustelle Schaustelle, Raum für Junge Kunst, Essen, DE (2023); BIanca Barandun, Blank100, London, UK (2019); Line in Sand, Unit 1 Gallery /Workshop, London, UK (2018).
Group Shows include DIE GROSSE, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, DE (2024); Heimspiel, Triennial, Kunsthalle Glarus, CH ( 2024); And This Old World is a New World, LA BIBI Gallery, Mallorca, curated by Esmeralda Gómez Galera, ES ( 2024); AURA Kunstraum, Düsseldorf, DE (2024); Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Jehresausstellung der Bündner Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Chur, CH (2023); Grosse Regionale 2023, Kinst(zeug)Haus, Rapperswil, CH (2023); OHSH Projects, London, UK (2023); Into Distance, Kunsthaus Essen, DE (2023).
Hightlights and Collections:
Her work has been shown at Kunsthalle Essen, DE, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK, Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte in Appenzell, CH, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, CH, Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil, CH, and MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK, among others. In 2022, she was selected for the Residency at CCA Andratx in Mallorca, ES and Riddergade AIR at the Viborg Kunsthal in Denmark. Bianca Barandun is the recipient of the 2020 Summer Innovate Grant, US, the Art Council Grant by the Canton St.Gallen in 2020 and by the Canton Graubünden (large projects) in 2022, CH. After receiving the Bündner Kunstverein 2024 Art Prize, Barandun is working towards her first institutional solo show at the Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, CH in December 2024. Additionally, she is participating in DIE GROSSE 2024, showing her work at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, DE as well as in an upcoming group exhibition at Kunsthaus Glarus, CH, and a group exhibition at Aura Kunstraum in Düsseldorf during DC Open. Barandun‘s work is in the public collection of the Canton St.Gallen.
Her work has been shown at Kunsthalle Essen, DE, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK, Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte in Appenzell, CH, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, CH, Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil, CH, and MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK, among others. In 2022, she was selected for the Residency at CCA Andratx in Mallorca, ES and Riddergade AIR at the Viborg Kunsthal in Denmark. Bianca Barandun is the recipient of the 2020 Summer Innovate Grant, US, the Art Council Grant by the Canton St.Gallen in 2020 and by the Canton Graubünden (large projects) in 2022, CH. After receiving the Bündner Kunstverein 2024 Art Prize, Barandun is working towards her first institutional solo show at the Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, CH in December 2024. Additionally, she is participating in DIE GROSSE 2024, showing her work at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, DE as well as in an upcoming group exhibition at Kunsthaus Glarus, CH, and a group exhibition at Aura Kunstraum in Düsseldorf during DC Open. Barandun‘s work is in the public collection of the Canton St.Gallen.