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Education

 

MA Fine Art (2019-2020)

Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts, London

 

DPsych Counselling Psychology (2007-2010)

City University, London

 

MSc Transcultural Mental Health (2006-2007)

Queen Mary College, University of London

 

BSc Psychology (2002-2006)

Birkbeck College, University of London

 

Solo Exhibitions

Mundus Transfiguratus (2026)

Florence Trust, London

 

From Rome with a Fag in the Mouth (2022)

Cosmo Trastevere Rome, Italy

Fag Attacks the Country (2021)

Espacio Gallery, London

Group Exhibitions

Ex Roma VI (2026)

APT Gallery, London

 

QueerFest Norwich (2026)

St Margaret's Gallery, Norwich

 

Sherborne Open (2025)

Digby Hall, Sherborne

Fringe Arts Bath (2025)

Bath Spa University, Bath

In Your Face: Queer Portraiture Now (2025)

Colonnade House, Worthing

QueerFest Norwich (2025)

The Undercroft Gallery, Norwich

Queer Portraiture (2024)

The Ledward Centre, Brighton

Sherborne Open (2024)

Digby Hall, Sherborne

QueerFest Norwich (2024)

The Undercroft Gallery, Norwich

Riposte Queer Art Rave (2024)

Electrowerkz, London

 

Queer Opening Festival (2023)

KMWTW, Krakow, Poland

 

Beautiful is the Vessel: A Carnival of Queer Shorts (2023)

The British School at Rome, Italy

 

Traumwelt (2022)

LiTE-HAUS Gallery, Berlin

 

Visions in the Nunnery  (2022)

Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts London

Lichtblüten Festival Altmark (2022)

Kalbe, Germany

 

Künstlerstadt Kalbe Group Show (2022)

Galerie die 8, Kalbe, Germany

 

Atelier Rundgang (2022)

Künstlerstadt Kalbe, Germany

 

Wiltshire Creative Summer Exhibition (2022)

Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury

 

Spazi Aperti (2022)

The Romanian Academy in Rome, Italy

June Mostra (2022)

The British School at Rome, Italy

Gates Wide Open (2022)

Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury

March Mostra (2022)

The British School at Rome, Italy

The Sequestered Prize (2022)

Unit Gallery, London

December Mostra (2021)

The British School at Rome, Italy

 

Journey Into Unknown (2021)

Copeland Gallery, London

Subject to Change (2021)

Lewisham Art House, London

Non-Place Collective (2021)

This is Not a Shop, Bath Fringe Festival, Bath

 

London Grads Now (2020)

Saatchi Gallery, London

 

Post-Graduate Showcase (2020)

Online Exhibition, University of the Arts London

 

On-line Walls (2020)

Online Exhibition, University of the Arts London

 

Voices of Otherness (2020)

Online Exhibition, Camberwell College of Arts

 

Coronarchive (2020)

Online Exhibition, Camberwell College of Arts

 

Mixtape (2020)

Online Exhibition, Camberwell College of Arts

 

Lunar New Year (2020)

Camberwell College of Arts Gallery, London 

 

New Camberwell Art (2019)

Camberwell College of Arts Gallery, London 

 

Performances

The House of Cliza & Thorne (2026)

APT Gallery, London

The Cave of the Oracle (2026)

Florence Trust, London

 

The House of Brightwyna (2026)

Florence Trust, London

Painting the Painter (2025)

Open Studios, Dorset

Between 3 and 8 there is a Thong (2022)

Kunstlerstadt Kalbe, Germany

The Banquet of the House of Oretta (2022)

The British School at Rome, Italy

From Rome with a Fag in the Mouth (2022)

Cosmo Trastevere Rome, Italy

The Occupation (2022)

The British School at Rome, Italy

A Musical Soiree (2022)

The British School at Rome, Italy

Tramping the Lady (2020)

UAL, London

 

Awards, Competitions & Residencies

The Florence Trust Artist in Residence (2026)

Residency at The Writers' Room, London

International Summercampus (2022)

Residency at Künstlerstadt Kalbe, Germany

Abbey Awards Scholarship (2021-22)

Residency at British School at Rome, Italy

 

Visual Art Open 2021 UK & International Emerging Artist Awards (2021)

Shortlisted 

 

The Sequestered Self-Portrait Prize (2021)

Shortlisted 

Mirror Mirror on the Wall (2021)

UAL PG Community Instagram Pride Month take-over

 

Lady in Waiting (2021)

UAL PG Community Instagram take-over

 

Tramping the Lady (2020)

On-line residency

 

 

Publications

Article: Camberwell College of Arts (2021)

Article: Camberwell College of Arts (2020)

Photography: Hospital Club Magazine (2011)

Essay: Deodor Artist Book (2010)

Photography: Routledge Publishing (2010)

Feature Article: Umbigo Magazine (2005)

Interviews/Reviews

British School at Rome (2022)

British School at Rome (2022)

British School at Rome (2021)

Radio Televisão Portuguesa (2021)

Art Review: The Sunday Times (2020)

 

Teaching/Other

Faculty Member (2022 – to date)

Faculty of Fine Arts, British School at Rome

Scholar in Painting (2021 - 2022)

Abbey Awards, British School at Rome

 

Workshop Facilitator (2020)

Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London

Associate Lecturer (2007 – 2020)

Queen Mary College, University of London

 

Workshop Facilitator (2009)

London College of Communication, University of the Arts London

  © Claudio Pestana

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