Biography

Originally trained as a designer in Paris, Ana Bianchi later studied fine art at Chelsea College of Art, the Byam Shaw and Central St Martin’s in London. Although previously better known for her work in the medias of sculpture and installation, painting has been a constant focus and something to which she has returned with regularity.

She has exhibited in Poland, joining a site-specific project of 30 artists in Skoki headed by Jaroslav Koslowski; Barcelona and Geneva, where she was one of six British artists chosen by the Greene Gallery to exhibit in “Unusual Tension” in 1999. A Gloucestershire resident, she has been a regular contributor to the biennial Quenington open-air sculpture show, the Stroud House Gallery and the Anderson Gallery in Burford.

In London, she has exhibited in various venues including the Hyde Park Gallery, Lauderdale House and took part in “Living Room” 2000, an exhibition of nine installation artists curated by Damian Llambias. More recently she has exhibited in Art London 2005 and 2006; and the London Art Fair 2007.

She has had two solo painting shows in 2002 and 2003, at the Gavin Graham Gallery in London, and a third, in April 2005 at the COSA Gallery, Ledbury Mews North, London W11. She will be exhibiting at the Arndean Gallery, Cork Street, London in 2009 in a double show with Cornish based artist, Caroline Delavigne.

For the past four years, Ana has organised and curated the biennial Quennington Sculpture Show in Gloucestershire: Fresh Air 2005, Fresh Air 2007 and will be curating Fresh Air 2009.