Bianca Vern-Barnett is an artist based in the Hunter Valley, Australia. She has been a finalist in the Mac Yapang Art Prize, The Hornsby Art Prize, The Leda Art prize, The Omnia Prize, The Newcastle Club Foundation Prize and has twice been a finalist for the National Emerging Art Prize. She is the winner of the 2024 Hunter Emerging Art Prize for painting.
Bianca is represented in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley by Straitjacket, where she sold out her first solo show in 2024. She has exhibited widely in group exhibitions and will have her second solo show at Straitjacket in September, 2026. Bianca is a graduate of UNSW College of Fine Arts.