Roberta is a London based artist, strongly drawn to the landscape as a source of inspiration and meditation. Roberta trained in Canterbury, completing her MA in 2006. Having grown up within a 5 minute walk from the beach, she found a strong connection with the Kent coast. Seascapes continue to dominate Roberta’s practice and complement her love of walking by the coast, which offers her the ultimate form of escapism. Her paintings are created from memory, drawings and photographs – taking on a new abstracted life, back in the studio. The key artists who have informed Roberta’s art are David Bomberg, Frank Auerbach, Richard Diebenkorn and Peter Lanyon. Searching for new ways to express experiences and feelings through the medium of paint are what makes painting such an essential part of Roberta’s existence.
EDUCATION
Canterbury Christ Church University
MA Fine Art – Painting
2004 – 2006
Canterbury Christ Church University
PGCE Primary 5 – 11, Curriculum Specialism in Art
2002 – 2003
Canterbury Christ Church University
BA Hons Art and Social Science: 2:1
1998 – 2001
Bournemouth & Poole College of Art & Design
BTEC: Foundation Studies in Art & Design
1997 – 1998
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Fishslab Gallery, Whitstable
JULY – AUGUST 2024
Good Foods Cafe, Canterbury
‘Seascapes’
2006
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Catford Arts Trail
OCTOBER 2024
Catford Arts Trail
OCTOBER 2022
Catford Arts Trail
OCTOBER 2021
Catford Arts Trail
SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2019
Fishslab Gallery, Whitstable
Matthew Field and Roberta Bonfield
JULY – AUGUST 2024
Beckenham Place Mansion
Catford Arts Exhibition
APRIL 2018
Bow Arts Open Studios, Catford
MAY 2017
Mall Galleries, London
Lynn Painter Stainers Prize
MARCH 2017
Catford Arts Trail
SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2016
Dulwich Artists Open House
MAY 2016
Dulwich Artists Open House
MAY 2016
Chelsea College of Arts Staff Show
FEBRUARY 2017
Chelsea College of Arts Staff Show
FEBRUARY 2016
College Arts, The Chocolate Factory Open Studios, London
NOVEMBER 2011
College Arts, The Chocolate Factory Open Studios, London
NOVEMBER 2010
Horsebridge Gallery, Whitstable
‘Out From the Edge’ joint exhibition with sculptor Hazel Stone
2008
Canterbury Christchurch University, Sydney Cooper Gallery
MA Degree Show ‘13’
NOVEMBER 2006
Artache Studio, Whitstable
Whitstable Artists Trail – Open Studios
2005
PROJECTS
Mural, commissioned for domestic interior, Notting Hill Gate
2019
Mural, commissioned for domestic exterior, Notting Hill Gate
2017
Mural, commissioned for Alya Retreat Centre, Costa Rica
2019
AWARDS
Lynn Painter Stainers Prize Shortlisted
2017
RESIDENCIES
Casa Tagumerche, La Gomera
2025
Inishowen, Artists’ Retreat & Studio, Ireland
2023