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.

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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

AWARDS

Lynn Painter Stainers Prize Shortlisted
2017

RESIDENCIES

Casa Tagumerche, La Gomera
2025
Inishowen, Artists' Retreat & Studio, Ireland
2023