Enriqué Tabone b. 1987
Enriqué Tabone (b.1987 in Malta) is a UK-based artist, designer, and founder of
QUE Design Studio. She completed postgraduate studies in Digital Curation at the
University of Salford in Manchester, United Kingdom, where she now continues to
conduct research and teach at the Digital Curation Lab situated at MediaCityUK.
Her works have appeared at several exhibitions, events, and venues, including the
3rd Istanbul Design Biennale (2016) and the Ostrale Contemporary Art Biennale
2019 in Dresden, Germany, which came soon after her first solo exhibition at The
Mill in Birkirkara, operated by the Gabriel Caruana Foundation in Malta.
More recent solo exhibitions have been presented at the Valletta Campus of the
University of Malta (2022) and Spazju Kreattiv (2023), Malta's national centre for
creativity. Works associated with these two solo exhibitions have also been shown at
the Stanley Picker Gallery in London (2022) and the Rettorato of the Università di
Torino (2023).
Previous exhibitions of her work were held in Malta at Spazju Kreattiv (2018, 2019 &
2020), Palazzo Pereira (2015), BirguFest2014 in collaboration with the Valletta 2018
Foundation, St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity (2013); the Earth Garden
Festival (2008, 2010 & 2011); the launch of Strada Stretta’s Splendid Lounge (2011);
the Deception collective exhibition at Lascaris Wharf (2010), and Notte Bianca
(2008). Other recent work has been exhibited as part of the 2018 touring exhibition
Inspired in China, with venues including the Parliament of Malta Building, SkyParks
at Malta International Airport, and the Ministry of Gozo.
Red Leaf (2013), a metal seating sculpture by the artist, is permanently installed at
the Verdala Sculpture Garden in Buskett, the official summer residence of the
President of Malta. Her large-scale work Naħla (2017) was included in the third
edition of VIVA – the Valletta International Visual Arts Festival at Spazju Kreattiv;
parts of this work now form part of Fondazzjoni Kreattività’s permanent collection.
These and other works in private and public collections, cement her reputation as a
respected and accomplished artist.
Between 2016 and 2019 she operated the QUE Boutique Shop in Valletta, featuring
her limited-edition wearable art and home products made mainly from plexiglass.
These unique custom designs have been displayed in various international
publications (including British Vogue and Vogue Italia), shows, and events in Malta,
the Netherlands, Turkey, and Poland.
Toni Sant's catalogue raisoné of her work was published by Kite Group in 2023.