BILLY

Bianca Billy Raffin is a multi-disciplinary artist, based in Melbourne, Australia, from an Argentinian background. She works across music, illustration, installation, and more recently, film.

In 2018, Bianca Billy Raffin received a small grant from La Trobe University to develop her first short film, 'BILLY', which she co-directed with Tara di Marco. It was screened at ACMI at the 'Short Flicks' film festival (2018), considered for the North Bellarine Film Festival Emerging Filmmakers Award (2019), and made the official selection for the First-Time FIlmmakers Festival (2018).

In 2019, Bianca Billy Raffin then directed another short film, 'Pasta Girl', with support from the City of Yarra Council. After a successful private screening in late 2019, it was screened at the Greenscreen Outdoor Film Festival, Brunswick (2020). The film, which is semi-autobiographical, is a quirky exploration of LGBT+ dating in the modern world and all the tension and awkwardness associated with it.

Aside from film, Bianca Billy Raffin works as an artist across different mediums. She is a drummer in several Melbourne bands and has toured nationally and internationally since the age of 15. Bianca has also just completed a year-long artist in residence program with the City of Yarra's Youth Services, where she facilitated comic book workshops for young people in the area. In 2020, she also curated a group exhibition entitled 'An Oneiric Reality' at the Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.

Bianca has also exhibited projection work at the Gertrude Street Projection Festival, co-produced the closing event of the festival, undertook a Projection Art Masterclass with the Centre for Projection Art (Australia), and worked as a videographer for the Reservoir Stomp, Urban Outer Limits, among others.

Please don't hesitate to ask for a full artist CV if you are interested in reading more about Bianca's art practice.