We are delighted to present the work of Mandy Bonnell, who is currently artist in residence & leading the artists’ books course at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica. Her work has researched traditions in botanicals and herbariums whilst on various residencies at the Albers Foundation and the Minnesota Center for Book Arts USA. Her unique boxed collections of drawings, collages and botanical samples and editioned artist’s books, were featured in a major exhibition Of Green Leaf Bird and Flower at the Yale Center for British Art in 2014.
Mandy Bonnell was born in the UK. She studied at the Royal College of Art, MA in Printmaking in 1983.
She has shown at the RaMoma, Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi and is represented by the Eagle Gallery. Her work is held in many public collections including Ashmoleum Museum, Oxford; British Council, Kenya; British High Commission, Nairobi; British Library, RaMoma, Museum of Modern Art, Kenya; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Yale Center of British Art.
