Born in Johannesburg, South Africa
Lives & works in Beaminster, Dorset, United Kingdom
Member of ArtCan Arts Organisation - an arts organisation which enables artists to sustain their practice
Mirella Bandini is an emerging artist working primarily in ceramics, often coupled with or inspired by found objects. She has an inherent love of old rusty metal and gnarled bits of wood, and these elements weave their way into her pieces. She follows an intuitive process of making – a communion between clay and the human hand. Her pieces are frequently figurative in nature with a deeply emotive quality, and are often bound physically or contextually to ‘place’, thus creating a continuum between mind, space and object. Her landscape architectural education and South African upbringing emerge as generators in her work and contribute to the underlying themes of connection between the female form and her natural surroundings. She currently resides in beautiful west Dorset which provides endless inspiration, and her affiliation with ArtCan (an organisation which enables artists to sustain their practice) has opened a number of new doors and provided significant opportunities for growth.
Exhibitions:
2022 Legacy, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK
2022 Body Unbound, Stour Gallery, London, UK
2022 Eye of the Beholder, 508 Gallery, London, UK
2022 Free Painters & Sculptors Group Exhibition, Muse at 269 Gallery, London, UK
2021 Intuit - solo show, D Contemporary, London, UK
2021 Inspire 2021, D Contemporary Gallery, London, UK
2020 Elevate 02, Duff & Phelps, The Shard, London, UK
2019 Wanderlust, The Ollerod, Dorset, UK
2019 Betwixt and Between Solo Show, Willoughby Memorial Trust Gallery, Grantham, UK
2019 Lie of the Land - a 2 Valleys Art Circle exhibition, The Ollerod, Dorset, UK
2019 From ArtCan with Love 2019, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK
2019 Elevate, Duff & Phelps, The Shard, London, UK
2018 Vienna Calling, Gallery Art Pool, Vienna, Austria
2018 From ArtCan with Love 2018, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK
2018 Earthday, An ArtCan Online Exhibition
2017 Naughty & Nice, Sweet 'Art Exhibition, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
2017 Anduma - A Look into the Future, Centro Culturale, Valenza, Italy
2017 What is the Point? - ArtCan annual exhibition, Camden Image Gallery, London, UK
2017 'Appearance of' Exhibition, A &D Gallery, London, UK
2017 Something Blue, Cultivate Gallery Online Exhibition
2017 44 Art Works at 44 Hallam Street - An ArtCan takeover, London, UK
2017 Somewhere In Between exhibition, Exhibitionist Hotel, London, UK
2017 Landart workshop & installation - Paesaggi Migranti, Pennabilli, Italy
2017 Infinite Human: Here & Now exhibition, The Tabernacle, London, UK
2017 Touchpoint: Borders & Boundaries, Curator’s LAB, Poznan, Poland
2017 Every Last Drop exhibition, TOTO Concept Gallery, London, UK
2017 At This Point in Time exhibition, Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh, UK
2016 WITP group exhibition, Strand Gallery, London, UK
2015 Collaborative group mural, Jo’burg CBD, RSA
2015 Street art installation, Jo’burg CBD, RSA
2015 Snake Eagle Thinking Path Launch Exhibition, Matjiesfontein, RSA
2015 Jan Cellier Exhibition, Johannesburg, RSA
2015 Land art installation, Matjiesfontein, RSA
2015 THAT Art Fair, Cape Town, RSA
2014 Fresh Produce, Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg, RSA
2012 Group exhibition, Nunos Restaurant, Melville, RSA
