Bea Banfi

Landscapes, the sunrise, a sea wave at dawn, a quiet parking lot, a river in the wilderness... Nature is a constant inspiration to me.
I consider ordinary places to be really beautiful, especially in some particular moments with a certain light or silence. Places where I have been travelling to, or especially places I went to over and over again over time, dedicating my attention to them in different hours, seasons or even years.

My artistic path started at the core of the so called 'contemporary art world'. I used to paint abstract, minimalist work and debate over very, very intangile concepts with my peers and the gallerists. I then had the privilege to work as assistant fresco iconographer in a little beautiful Orthodox church in Romania, where I was thrown back into the so called 'past' all of a sudden.
From then on, understanding what was my place took several years, and I visited many places in my journey and work (Thessaloniki, Ikaria, Palermo, Graniti, Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Porto); in general, I can say I moved from North to South, and from the 'cutting edge' of art to simpler areas, areas of art that allow me to live with humans, and not with numbers or concepts.
What you see in these pages is very simple an...

FdA Degre Fine Art Skills&Practices - UAL University, London (Byam Shaw College - CSM)

Past exhibitions:
June 2025 - Natura di Notte - Collective exhib - Villa dei Cedrati, Roma
June 2024 - Natura di Notte - Collective exhib with AIPAN association - Genoa Natural History Museum
​November 2021 Apuntes de Calor - 21.Mars Bistrot, Barcelona
February 2020 Dones Transitant – Centre Civic de la Barceloneta (BC)
September 2019 Barceloneta Residents – Centre Civic de la Barceloneta (BC)
January 2018 La conquesta del Jardì – Solo exhibition – C.P. De Vilafranca del Penedès (BC)
December 2018 Open studio @ El Pati - Barcelona
May 2018 Conte Va! Va De Contes – Centre d'Art Contemporani La Sala, Vilanova I la Geltrù
September 2016 Artist in residence exhibition - Rhodes Art Park Gallery, Greece
April 2016 Le Beatrici / Solo foyer installation - Studio Uno Theatre, Rome
May 2015 Artist in residence at Ikarian Centre - Ikaria, Greece December to
January 2014-15 Artist in residence at Graniti Murales - Graniti, Sicily
December 2013 Monadi – Solo show. 3B Gallery, Rome
February 2013 Made in Rome - Atelier Montez, Rome
October 2013 Matter101013 - Exchange Tower, Canary Wharf, London
October 2013 Piccolo Festival dell'Essenziale - Adrian Temple, Rome
September 2013 Not A Drop - 47/49 Tanner Street, London
May 2013 JANUS / Alessandra ...