I use photography as a tool for connection, advocacy and healing - especially for those who feel unseen. I’m accredited in mindful photography, and I incorporate therapeutic photography techniques into everything I do.
I am a mother before anything else to two beautiful neurodivergent kids who teach me every day about resilience and the beauty of being different. My work is about presence, and my hope is that through it, people feel a little less alone in their own story.
Hi, I’m Bianca Joanna, photographer, artist, advocate.
Biography & Statement
Bianca Joanna is an artist photographer and mental health advocate whose work explores themes of identity, vulnerability, and healing through therapeutic and documentary photography.
Her work has been exhibited across South Australia, including as part of SALA Festival and Head On Photo Festival in Sydney. Her 2024 solo exhibition Breaking the Silence: A Postpartum Story (SALA Festival, Adelaide) shared a raw and deeply personal exploration of postpartum depression through self-portraiture.
Her group work has been exhibited at Gallery M, The Mill, and Bearded Dragon Galley.
Bianca is also the creator and curator of Hear Me Say This, a virtual exhibition. The project features portraits and written reflections from people living with bipolar disorder, neurodivergence, and other mental health challenges, using virtual photography sessions as an accessible and inclusive format.
Her most recent work, Healing Out Loud, is being part of SALA 2026 at Goodwood Theatre and Studios. This is a black and white self-portrait series challenging stigma around mental health and neurodivergence, and her most personal body of work to date.
Bianca has led Mindfulness Photography Workshops across South Australia (including with Talk Out Loud in 2024), where she teaches the therapeutic benefits of photography for processing emotion and practicing presence. She is also an artist speaker and mental health panelist, regularly sharing her lived experience to create dialogue around trauma, resilience, and the power of being seen.
Awards
Finalist, Don Dunstan Foundation Award – 2025
Winner, I Now Call Australia Home Award – 2024
Merit Award, Gallery M – 2024
Voice 2023, 1st Prize, Visual Storytelling
Mono Awards 2023, Highly Commended, People Category
Publigation
Local Artist Bianca Joanna Buliga Opens Raw, Intimate Exhibition – Glam Adelaide, 2024
Recognized by Covasna Media (2015–2019) for her work with disadvantaged families in Romania
Exhibitions
Healing our loud- Gallery M, March-April 2026
Breaking the Silence: A Postpartum Story - Head On festival November 2025
Hear Me Say This (SALA Festival, Virtual) – 2025
LIGHT_LIGHTNESS_& the EPHEMERAL, Gallery M – 2025
Breaking the Silence: A Postpartum Story, SALA Solo Exhibition – 2024
City of Marion Community Exhibition, Gallery M – 2024
Memberships & Affiliations
Look Again (UK) – Accredited Mindfulness Photographer (2024–present)
Guildhouse Member (2025)
Red House Member (2025)