Bianca Raffaella, painter
Bianca Raffaella won the 2025 Women in Art Prize, a remarkable achievement for an artist who has visual impairment and is registered blind. In this episode, she talks about the nature of this impairment, how she developed an eating disorder in her youth, how she spent successful years as a fashion designer, how lockdown led her to return to painting, her technique for putting paint on the canvas, her experience of applying for the Tracey Emin Artist Residency, how she has become an activist for other sight-impaired people and how she collaborated with a printmaker for her current exhibition of portraits. Bianca Raffaella talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart.com Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sweet-dreams-2023.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sweet-dreams-2023.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-10904" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sweet-dreams-2023.jpg 800w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sweet-dreams-2023.jpg?w=150 150w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sweet-dreams-2023.jpg?w=300 300w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sweet-dreams-2023.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> Sweet Dreams , 2023 Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/viewless-wings.jpg?w=714" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/viewless-wings.jpg?w=714" alt="" class="wp-image-10906" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/viewless-wings.jpg?w=714 714w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/viewless-wings.jpg?w=105 105w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/viewless-wings.jpg?w=209 209w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/viewless-wings.jpg?w=768 768w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/viewless-wings.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" /> Viewless Wings , 2024 Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sensation-of-bloom.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sensation-of-bloom.jpg?w=776" alt="" class="wp-image-10908" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sensation-of-bloom.jpg?w=776 776w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sensation-of-bloom.jpg?w=114 114w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sensation-of-bloom.jpg?w=227 227w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sensation-of-bloom.jpg?w=768 768w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sensation-of-bloom.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px" /> Sensation of Bloom , 2024 Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/invisible-in-a-crowded-room.jpg?w=730" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/invisible-in-a-crowded-room.jpg?w=730" alt="" class="wp-image-10910" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/invisible-in-a-crowded-room.jpg?w=730 730w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/invisible-in-a-crowded-room.jpg?w=107 107w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/invisible-in-a-crowded-room.jpg?w=214 214w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/invisible-in-a-crowded-room.jpg?w=768 768w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/invisible-in-a-crowded-room.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px" /> Invisible in a Crowded Room , 2025 Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/veils-of-enchantment.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/veils-of-enchantment.jpg?w=743" alt="" class="wp-image-10912" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/veils-of-enchantment.jpg?w=743 743w, https://consideringart.com/wp-con