ISABELLE BORGES 1966 Born in Salvador / Brazil - Lives and works in Berlin
1985 - 1988 Social Sciences , UnB, Brasilia. Brazil
1989 - 1992 Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1993 - Moved to Köln , Germany
1993 - 1996 Atelier Assistent from Jack Ox , Köln, Germany
1994 - 1996 Atelier Assistent from Antonio Dias, Köln, Germany
1996 - 1997 Atelier Assistent from Sigmar Polke, Köln, Germany
1995 - 1997 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany with Prof. Christian Megert
Awards
- 2020 - Neustart Kultur/ STIFTUNG KUNSTFONDS
- 2022 - Neustart Kultur/ STIFTUNG KUNSTFONDS
Solo Exhibitions
2022
- Shifts / Feldbusch Wiesner Rudolph Galerie / Berlin / D
- 1061 / Aanschouw / Rotterdam / NL
- Duo with Yisu Kim / Frank Taal Galerie / NL
2021
- Fragments of Time / Till Richter Museum / Schloss Buggenhagen / D
- Floating Spaces / Frank Taal Galerie / Rotterdam / NL
- Mies goes Future / Mies van der Hohe Haus / Berlin / D
2020
- Textures of reality / Kogan Amaro Galeria / Zürich CH
- In Between / Berlin-Weekly / Berlin D
2018
- Synthetic fields / Kogan Amaro Galeria / Sao Paulo (Catalog) Br
- Lost and found (with Marcia Thomson) / Botschaft Uferhallen / Berlin D
- Isabelle Borges / the garden of forking paths / Galerie 1214 / Berlin D
2017
- l´espace indicible / Galeria Roberto Alban / Salvador de Bahia Br
2015
- Imbalance of nature / Holthoff Mokross Galerie / Hamburg D
2014
- Dobras Silenciosas / Galeria Paralelo / Sao Paulo (curated by Tereza de Arruda)
- Interchangeable Templates / Smac Artspace / Berlin
2013
- the arrow of time / Museu Brasileiro da Escultura / MUBE / Sao Paulo (curated by Tereza de Arruda)
- Isabelle Borges.+ Bernd Hahn / Galerie alte Schule / Ahrenshoop D
2012
- Suchmaschine läuft / works on paper - Galerie Exhibeo / Berlin
2011
- Der unsagbare Raum / Kunstverein Meiningen / Meiningen / D
- the arrow of time (intro) - Galerie im Tempelhofmuseum / Berlin
2010
- Isabelle Borges / Strom - Galerie Schuster / Berlin
2008
- Hinterkopf / Galerie Weisser Elefant / Berlin
- Kalt,Kalt - Heiss, Heiss / Galerie Schuster / Frankfurt a.M. D
2004
- Mind the Gap / Galeria Rosa Barbosa / Sao Paulo
2002
- Isabelle Borges / Brazilian Embassy / Berlin
- Isabelle Borges / Galerie Spielhaus Morrison / Berlin
- Isabelle Borges / Galerie Brigitte Utz / Dresden D
2000
- Galeria Candido Mendes / Rio de Janeiro
- Museu da República / Rio de Janeiro
- Quatro Quadros - Centro Cultural Candido Mendes / Rio de Janeiro
- Extremos - Centro Cultural Sao Francisco / Joao Pessoa Br
1999
- Galeria SESC Paulista / Sao Paulo
- Galerie Mönch / Berlin
- Kunstverein Tiergarten / Galerie Nord / Berlin
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2022
- Environmental Abstraction / Laura Mars Gallery / Berlin / D
- It’s a feeling / Artists Collective M.I.A. / Kunstverein Meissen / Meissen / D
2021
- RECENTLY SEN AND ADMIRED - Group Exhibition / Feldbusch Wiesner Rudolph galerie / Berlin / D
- Catch ́22 / Frank Taal Gallery / Rotterdam / NL
- Proximity and Distance / Kunstraum LLC / New York / USA
- Color Bind / Kogan Amaro Gallery /Curated by Marcello Dantas/ Sao Paulo / BR
- Environmental Abstraction / Roger Katwijk Gallery / Amsterdam / NL
- Three rooms, three exhibitions / Feldbusch Wiesner Rudolph Galerie / Berlin / B
- Out Now / Uferhalle open Studios / Berlin / D
2020
- Clash / Valencia - Berlin / Sporting Club Russafa / Valencia / Spain
- Something True / Schau Fenster / Berlin / Germany
- Cold Turkey - Glue / Werketage eV. / Berlin / Germany
- Contemporary Contemplations / Galerie Ursula Walter / Dresden / Germany
- Berlin Baustelle / De Cacaofabriek / Helmond / NL
2019
- 14th. international Bienal of contemporary Art Curitiba / Oscar Niemeyer Museum /Curitiba Br
- Contemporary contemplations #4 / Bureau voor Kunst PHK 18 / Rotterdam NL
- Rhizome / Berlin based / Galerie Frank Taal / Rotterdam NL (curated by Bram Braam)
- Check mate / Abstrakt Art vs. Figurativ Art / Project space BCMA Berlin (invited by Jerry Kowalski, Wolfgang Flad)
- Geheimnis und Faktum / Galerie alte Schule Adlershof / Berlin (curated by Christoph Tannert)
- Kunst im September / mit Jessica Buhlmann, Christian Henkel / Pavillon am Milchhof / Berlin (curated by Dirk Teschner)
2018
- Berlin Radio / five artists from berlin / Galeria Murilo Castro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Desver a arte - KoganAmaro Galeria / Sao Paulo
- No place like home / Standard international - Glint / Loopraum Berlin (curated by Rüdiger Lange)
- Focus on abstraction / Pavillon am Milchhof / Berlin
- Contemporary Contemplations / Bethanien Haus (curated by Dag Berlin)
- Räume 2 / Group Show / Art Week Berlin
- Contemporary Contemplations II / Kunsthaus Erfurt / Germany (curated by Dag Berlin)
- In to the light / Bridgette Mayer Gallery / Philadelphia US
- A Fio a Cor / Villa Aymore / Rio de Janeiro (curated by Gabriela Davies)
- pequenos formatos e multiplos / Galeria Lurixs / Rio de Janeiro
2017
- The inaudible and noiseless foot of time / Isabelle Borges - Christian Henkel / Kunstverein Meissen / Meissen D
- Reflecting space / Diana Sirianni, Eva Berendes, Isabelle Borges / Kunsthaus Essen / Essen D (curated by Marta Colombo)
- no limite / Museu da UFPA / Nazare, Belem / Br (curated by Martin Juef)
- Spectrum three / Collage Montage / Galerie Eigenheim / Berlin
2016
- Les Miniatures / Galerie Nicole Gnesa / Munich / Germany / curated by codex Berlin
- The Great Leap / Galerie Rothamel / Erfurt / Germany
- Papier collé / kommunale Galerie Paterre / Berlin
- Zat Nr. 4 / Salon des Amateurs / Düsseldorf
- New masters vs. modern - Jörg Heitsch Gallery / Munich / Germany
- Kaleidoscope / Lóiseau presente / Ballhaus Ost / Berlin / Germany
- Inscape / Kunsthaus Erfurt / Erfurt / Germany
- Paper works II / Galerie Martin Mertens / Berlin
- Spectrum two / about paper / Galerie Eigenheim / Berlin
2015
- BerlinRoma-RomaBerlin / Reverse Inequality – Galerie Patrick Ebensperger / Berlin
- Standard International / Post Spatial Surfaces 1 / Geisberg / Loopraum / Berlin (curated by Rüdiger Lange)
- Synthetic Fields – Kunsthalle PLU 41 / Berlin / Germany (curated by Jens Hausmann)
- Inaugural Exhibition / Galerie Patrick Ebensperger / Wien / Austria
- InterAktion - 27 Artists from Brazil / Sacrow Castle / Potsdam / Germany (curated by Tereza de Arruda)
- Alles was ich mag, fast – Schaufenster / Berlin / Germany (invited by Philip Grözinger)
- Spectrum One / on canvas – Galerie Eigenheim / Berlin
- A Painting-Show / Galerie Patrick Ebensperger / Berlin
2014
- Außer der Reihe - Galerie Eigen + Art / Leipzig / Germany
- Orte / Nicht-Orte / Kunstverein Uelzen / Museum Schloss Holdenstedt / Uelzen / Germany (curated by Jens Hausmann)
- Map Art - Cultural Symbiosis / Rosalux / Project Space / Berlin / Germany
- Restatement - Galerie Schütte / Essen / Germany
- Black Market – 10 curators / 80 Artists – Projekt Space / Berlin / Germany
2013
- Borges - Budet - Popescu - Galerie Eigen Art Lab / Berlin
- mixed signals / part I – Haus am Kleistpark / Berlin (curated by Jens Hausmann)
- mixed signals / part II – Kunstverein Ulm / Ulm / Germany (curated by Jens Hausmann)
- on Paper / Galerie Eigen Art Lab / Berlin
- How lonely does it get ? / Black bridge off space / Beijing Heiqiao / China
2012
- Apes presents / Galerie Volker Diehl / Berlin
- der unsagbare Raum / Part II, ARD Hauptstadtstudio / Berlin
- peer to peer, Projektraum tête / Berlin
2010
- Konstruktiv / Beck+Eggeling / new quarters / Düsseldorf /Germany
- Berliner Salon / Europäischer Kunsthof Vicht, Stolberg-Vicht / Aachen
2009
- Alpha / Pilot Projekt für Kunst / Düsseldorf
- Positionen 09 / 47 Internationale Künstler / das Seewerk / Moers / Germany
2007
- Arcadia / Tactile Bosch / Cardiff / Wales / GB
2006
- Brasil + Berlin / Galerie Schuster + Scheuermann / Berlin
2004
- Ten Artists Two Countries / Brazilian Embassy / Berlin
- Ponto de Fuga Galeria Marta Traba / Sao Paulo
2001
- Galeria Scoglio di Quatro / Milano / Italy
- Galerie Mönch / Berlin
2000
- Quatro Quadros - Centro Cultural Candido Mendes / Rio de
- Extremos - Centro Cultural Sao Francisco / Joao Pessoa / Br
International Artfairs
2020
- Untitled Art fair San Francisco US (Kogan Amaro Galeria)
2019
- SP ARTE / international Art Fair Sao Paulo (Roberto Alban Galeria / Kogan Amaro
Galeria)
- ART RIO / international Art Fair Rio de Janeiro (Roberto Alban Galeria)
2018
- SP ARTE / international Art Fair Sao Paulo (Roberto Alban Galeria / Kogan Amaro Galeria / Murilo Castro Galeria)
- ART RIO / international Art Fair Rio de Janeiro (Kogan Amaro Galeria)
2017
- SP ARTE / international Art Fair Sao Paulo (Emma Thomas Galeria)
2016
- ART RIO / international Art Fair Rio de Janeiro (Roberto Alban Galeria)
2015
- ART LIMA / international Art Fair Lima / Peru (Galeria Paralelo)
- SP ARTE / international Art Fair Sao Paulo (Galeria Paralelo)
2014
- SP ARTE / international Art Fair Sao Paulo (Galeria Paralelo)
2003
- ART FRANKFURT (Galerie Brigitte Utz)
