Rafaela de Ascanio (b.1986)
Turps Banana Off-Site Painting Programme 2018 - 2019
MA Curating the Art Museum, Courtauld Institute of Art 2009 - 2010
BA History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art 2006 - 2008
Fine Art Foundation Diploma, Central Saint Martin’s College 2005 - 2006
Awards
Winner of Young Masters 2021 Focus on the Female Emerging Women’s Artist Award
Shortlisted for Mother Art Prize 2022
Exhibitions
2023
Sexing the Cherry, Tristan Hoare Gallery (duo)
Ex Voto, organised by The Mary Leyline Pilgrimage at Original Projects
2022
Wave, Cob Gallery
Conjure, Arusha, curated by Chantal Powel
The Pump House, Berntson Bhattacharjee, (solo presentation)
Fancy a Bite?, Studio West
The Amber Room at Reference Point Library, 180 The Strand
Ill be your mirror, curated by Mark Connoly at Alice's Gallery and Oyster Bar
Swamp Legends, Terrace Gallery
2021
Cracked, Tristan Hoare Gallery, curated by Leonie Mir
Focus on the Female, Cynthia Corbett Gallery
Universal Yearnings, Liliya Art Gallery (solo)
Back to Back: Nettle Grellier and Rafaela de Ascanio, Bowes Parris Gallery (duo)
2020
Monster/Beauty: The Female/Femme Gaze, Lychee One, curated by Marcelle Joseph
Paintings On, And With Paper, Cob Gallery, curated by Cassie Beadle
Clay Today: A Showcase Of Ceramics In Isolation, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, curated by Preston Fitzgerald
The Amber Room, curated by Rosie Reed
Tangled up in blue & the tales we tell ourselves, Purslane
With Love, Paint Talk
2019
The Deccan Traps, Aindrea Contemporary (duo)
Turps Banana Off-Site Painters, Turps Gallery, curated by Phil Allen and Marcus Harvey
If you know you know, Eccleston Project Space, curated by Mark Connolly & Joana Galego
The Amber Room, curated by Rosie Reed
Summer of Ceramics, Doddington Hall
Nobu Knows Art, Nobu Hotel Shoreditch, curated by Aindrea Emelife
A Room of One’s Own, Koppel Gallery Central
2018
The Body is a Blessed Juicy Fruit, Lamb Arts Gallery, London (duo)
Her Stories, Protein Studios
Elephant Parade London
Adventures and Curiosities, Hauser and Wirth Gallery, London
Duende, Kingsway Centre, Hackney (solo)
Performance
Queer Campervan, Lila Festival, Switzerland 2018
Queer Campervan, Uniqlo Tate Lates, Tate Modern 2017
Queer Campervan, Peckham Festival 2016
The Alternative, Alternative Miss World, The Moth Club 2016
Curation
BLOOD. TEARS. FAITH. DOUBT., with The Arts Council Collection & The Courtauld Gallery 2010