Bea Bonafini is an interdisciplinary artist based between London and Barcelona. Through painting, tapestry, ceramics and drawing, she delves into the intersection of humanity with other forms of existence. Her interests are in the cyclical nature of materials and symbols as well as the revival of cross-cultural mythologies and their contemporary and personal reconfigurations. She is also interested in the emotional landscape of colour. Recently, her research has focused on Mediterranean narratives related to symbolism, collaboration, hybridity and movement.

Bonafini’s works act as transcendental openings, presenting swirling, fragmented and multi-layered scenarios that are both optimistic and tender. Expanding and contracting from the monumental to the intimate, her pieces become protected spheres, serving as receptacles for a lost spirituality. Strongly influenced by archaeology and literature, her work celebrates new and unexpected combinations and juxtapositions, where boundaries and identities co-exist and fuse.