Bianca Bondi
Bianca Bondi was born in 1986 in Johannesburg, South Africa
She lives and works in Paris
At the heart of Bianca Bondi’s work lies an awareness of the impact of the globalised capitalist economy on the environment, of its consequences on all living and non-living realms, on humans and non-humans alike but without any moralising framing. As Yoann Gourmel has explained, her process results in hybrid works born from the merging of organic and synthetic materials, chosen not only for their physical properties, but also for the symbolic aura and energy that various cultures associate them with. Shaped by more or less controlled chemical reactions, the forms generated therefore include their own transformation processes and express a sense of impermanence and instability.
Bianca Bondi graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts of Paris-Cergy in 2012 after completing two years at WITS School of Art, University in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2006.
Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Le Parvis, Tarbes, France (2020), Les Limbes, Saint-Etienne, France (2018), Hazard, Johannesburg, South Africa (2018), La Cité des Sciences, Paris (2017) and at La Villa Belleville, Paris (2017). She has also participated to numerous group exhibitions in international institutions and manifestations such as the 13th Gwangju Biennale (2022), Casino Luxembourg (2020), Pera Museum, Istanbul (2020), Busan Biennale (2020), Het HEM, Zaandam, Netherlands (2020), the 15th Lyon Biennale, Lyon (2019), Bozar, Brussels (2019), IK Lab, Tulum, Mexico (2019), CAC La Traverse, Alfortville, France (2018), CAC Meymac, France (2018), La Panacée, Montpellier (2018), New Jörg, Vienna (2016), The Plug, London (2016), Cité des Arts, Paris (2016), Villa Emerige, Paris (2015), Kunstencentrum Belgie, Hasselt (2014), Centre for Contemporary Art Ujadowski Castle, Warsaw (2014) and Treize, Paris (2013), among others.
In 2020, Bianca Bondi was nominated for the AWARE Prize, France. Bianca was a finalist for the Prix des Amis du Palais de Tokyo in 2019, and for the Prix Meurice in 2018. She is currently in residency at Poush Manifesto, France.
Exhibition View, Chapter 3HREE at Het Hem, Zaandam, The Netherlands © photo: Eeftinck Schattenkerk
The Private Lives of Non-Human Entities, 2020 - Detail of the site specific installation
The Private Lives of Non-Human Entities, 2020 - Detail of the site specific installation
Exhibition View, The Sacred Spring and Necessary Reservoirs, 15th Lyon Biennial, curated by Le Palais de Tokyo, 2019 ©photo: Blaise Adilon
Exhibition View, The Sacred Spring and Necessary Reservoirs, 15th Lyon Biennial, curated by Le Palais de Tokyo, 2019 ©photo: Blaise Adilon
The Sacred Spring and Necessary Reservoirs, 15th Lyon Biennial - Detail of the site specific installation
The Sacred Spring and Necessary Reservoirs, 15th Lyon Biennial - Detail of the site specific installation
Exhibition View, The Antechamber (Tundra Swan), Busan Biennale, curated by Jacob Fabricius, MoCa Busan, 2020
Exhibition View, The Antechamber (Tundra Swan), Busan Biennale, curated by Jacob Fabricius, MoCa Busan, 2020 - Detail of the installation
The Antechamber (Tundra Swan), Busan Biennale, 2020 - Detail of the site specific installation
The Antechamber (Tundra Swan), Busan Biennale, 2020 - Detail of the site specific installation
Exhibition View, Still Waters, Le Parvis, Tarbes, France, 2020
Exhibition View, Still Waters, Le Parvis, Tarbes, France, 2020
Scrying in Astral Ponds, 2020 - Detail of the site specific installation
Scrying in Astral Ponds, 2020 - Detail of the site specific installation
Exhibition View, L'homme gris, curated by Benjamin Bianciotto, Casino Luxembourg, 2020
Bloom, 2017 - ongoing - Mixed media installations
Exhibition View, Crash Test, 2018, La Panacée MoCo, Montpellier, France ©photo: Aurélien Mole
Bloom (Coco, Coppe and Cognitive), 2018 - Mixed media installation in a Plexiglass vitrine
Bloom (Eat the Earth), 2018 - Mixed media installation in a Plexiglass vitrine
Bloom, Crust, Cake I, 2018 - Detail
Bloom, Crust, Cake II, 2018 - Detail
Exhibition View, Alchemistry, IK, Tulum, Mexico, 2019
Jupiter in Sagittarius, 2019 - Detail of the site specific installation
Jupiter in Sagittarius, 2019 - Detail of the site specific installation
Exhibition View, Alchemistry, curated by Claudia Paetzold, IK, Tulum, Mexico, 2019
Pendulum, 2019 - Leather, electric wire, chrome
Pendulum, 2019 - Detail
Exhibition View, Alchemistry, curated by Claudia Paetzold, IK, Tulum, Mexico, 2019
Exhibition View, Ainsi jouent les enfants seuls, 2017 - Les Ateliers des Arques, France, 2017 ©photo: Nelly Blaya
Exhibition View, Ainsi jouent les enfants seuls, 2017 - Les Ateliers des Arques, France, 2017 ©photo: Nelly Blaya
Have you accepted Christ as your personal savior? I considered telling her we hung our gods from trees but thought better of it, 2019 - Neon signs, steel structure, electrical wires, artificiel vegetations
Have you accepted Christ as your personal savior? I considered telling her we hung our gods from trees but thought better of it, 2019 - Detail
Smash and Grab (love is electrical), 2016 - Installation comprised of 7 neon signs, electrical wires and artificial ivy plants
Smash and Grab (love is electrical), 2016 - Detail
Ectoplasm, 20&9 & Overlay, 2019 - Installation View
Overlay, 2019 - Installation View
Overlay (fig. 2), 2019 - Salt, pigments, latex on paper
Overlay (Systema Magicum), 2019 - Salt, pigments, latex on paper
Overlay (In this space unite the moment of birth), 2019 - Salt, pigments, latex on paper
An Arrangement with the Bottom (l'air de l'eau), 2017 - Detail of the installation
An Arrangement with the Bottom (l'air de l'eau), 2017 - Latex, ultramarine pigment, plastic, aluminium