Isabelle Borges

Artists Statement
I am a Brazilian born artist. Living and working in Berlin .
The main theme of my work is space and how we perceive it. It’s about the space behind the space, the in between spaces. I perceive the space between things not as been empty, but like a fabric, that folds and moves, uncovering many layers of our perceived reality. The spatiality created in my work happens through folds of planes and lines. , be it thorough paintings, paper cuts, collages, installations.
In fact, the tensioned field in which my work develops is between the subtitle , almost the impossibility of a representation of a dramatic scientific space which is always moving – a folding space. This been explored in a minimalistic aesthetic, a concentrated form of the absolutely necessary.
Thus, I´ve been researching different tendencies of art found in Brazil as well as European Tradition such as concrete art, constructivism ,neo concrete, and dadaism. I´m specially interested in how artists like lygia Clark, Almicar de Castro and Mira Schendel explored the limits of formal two dimentional space, questioning through the abstract art the status quo- the way we see and interact with our surroundings.
In the present work, I´m dealing with collages and layering not only by juxtaposing different materials, but also layering of ideas and spacial perception. A whole series of work has been evolved as a result of a poetic process in which I study nature structures by folding, layering and flattering space through color fields, lines and shapes.. By doing so, a three dimensional illusion of space is created. The walls become also an active rolle in the work by been painted and integrated with the pieces.
Site-specific wall murals have become also a way where I recently explore space. The same, dynamic and movement found in the paintings and paper works are also to be seem in the site specific wall pieces.

ISABELLE BORGES 1966 Born in Salvador / Brazil - Lives and works in Berlin

www.isabelleborges.com

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

Stipendium / Awards
2020
- Neustart Kultur Kunstfonds Bonn

Einzel Ausstellungen / Solo Exhibitions

2021
- Fragments of Time / Till Richter Museum / Schloss Buggenhagen / Buggenhagen

2020
- Textures of reality / Kogan Amaro Galeria / Zürich / CH
- In Between / Berlin Weekly / Project art space / Berlin / D

2018
- Synthetic fields / Kogan Amaro Galeria / Sao Paulo / 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 / BR
- Interchangeable Templates / Smac Artspace / Berlin / D

2013
- the arrow of time / Museu Brasileiro da Escultura / MUBE / Sao Paulo / D
- Isabelle Borges.+ Bernd Hahn / Galerie alte Schule / Ahrenshoop / D

2012
- Suchmaschine läuft / works on paper - Galerie Exhibeo / Berlin / D

2011
- Der unsagbare Raum / Kunstverein Meiningen / Meiningen / D
- the arrow of time (intro) - Galerie im Tempelhofmuseum / Berlin / D

2010
- Strom / Galerie Schuster / Berlin / D

2008
- Hinterkopf / Galerie Weisser Elefant / Berlin / D
- Kalt,Kalt - Heiss, Heiss / Galerie Schuster / Frankfurt a.M. / D

2004
- Mind the Gap / Galeria Rosa Barbosa / Sao Paulo / BR

2002
- Isabelle Borges / Brazilian Embassy / Berlin / D
- Isabelle Borges / Galerie Spielhaus Morrison / Berlin / D
- Isabelle Borges / Galerie Brigitte Utz / Dresden / D

2000
- Galeria Candido Mendes / Rio de Janeiro / BR
- Museu da República / Rio de Janeiro / BR
- Quatro Quadros - Centro Cultural Candido Mendes / Rio de Janeiro / BR
- Extremos - Centro Cultural Sao Francisco / Joao Pessoa / BR

1999
- Galeria SESC Paulista / Sao Paulo / BR
- Galerie Mönch / Berlin / D
- Kunstverein Tiergarten / Galerie Nord / Berlin / D

Gruppe Ausstellungen / Group Exhibitions Auswahl / selection

2021
- Proximity and Distance / Kunstraum LLC / Curated by P. Wesenberg / New York / USA

2020
- Clash / Valencia – Berlin / Valencia / SP
- Contemporary Contemplation 6 / Galerie Ursula Walter / Dresden / D
- Berlin Baustelle / De Cacao Fabriek / Helmond / NL
- Something True / Schau Fenster / Berlin / D
- Cold Turquey / Glue + Werketage eV. / Berlin / D
- 10+ / Frank Taal Gallery / Rotterdam / 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
- Check mate / Abstrakt Art vs. Figurativ Art / Project space BCMA Berlin / D
- Geheimnis und Faktum / Galerie Alte Schule Adlershof / Berlin / D
- Kunst im September / mit Jessica Buhlmann, Christian Henkel / Pavillon am Milchhof / Berlin / D

2018
- Berlin Radio / five artists from berlin / Galeria Murilo Castro, Belo Horizonte/ BR
- Desver a arte - KoganAmaro Galeria / Sao Paulo / BR
- No place like home / Standard international - Glint / Loopraum Berlin / D
- Focus on abstraction / Pavillon am Milchhof / Berlin / D
- Contemporary Contemplations / Bethanien Haus / D
- Räume 2 / Group Show / Art Week Berlin / D
- Contemporary Contemplations II / Kunsthaus Erfurt / D
- In to the light / Bridgette Mayer Gallery / Philadelphia / USA
- A Fio a Cor / Villa Aymore / Rio de Janeiro / BR
- pequenos formatos e multiplos / Galeria Lurixs / Rio de Janeiro / BR

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
- no limite / Museu da UFPA / Nazare, Belem / BR
- Spectrum three / Collage Montage / Galerie Eigenheim / Berlin / D

2016
- Les Miniatures / CODEX / Galerie Nicole Gnesa / Munich / Germany / D
- The Great Leap / Galerie Rothamel / Erfurt / D
- Papier collé / kommunale Galerie Paterre / Berlin / D
- Zat Nr. 4 / Salon des Amateurs / Düsseldorf / D
- New masters vs. modern - Jörg Heitsch Gallery / Munich / D
- Kaleidoscope / Lóiseau presente / Ballhaus Ost / Berlin / D
- Inscape / Kunsthaus Erfurt / Erfurt / D
- Paper works II / Galerie Martin Mertens / Berlin / D
- Spectrum two / about paper / Galerie Eigenheim / Berlin / D

2015
- BerlinRoma-RomaBerlin / Reverse Inequality – Galerie Patrick Ebensperger / Berlin / D
- Standard International / Post Spatial Surfaces 1 / Geisberg / Loopraum / Berlin / D
- Synthetic Fields – Kunsthalle PLU 41 / Berlin / D
- Inaugural Exhibition / Galerie Patrick Ebensperger / Wien / AU
- InterAktion - 27 Artists from Brazil / Sacrow Castle / Potsdam / D
- Alles was ich mag, fast – Schaufenster / Berlin / D
- Spectrum One / on canvas – Galerie Eigenheim / Berlin / D
- A Painting-Show / Galerie Patrick Ebensperger / Berlin / D

2014
- Außer der Reihe - Galerie Eigen + Art / Leipzig / D
- Orte / Nicht-Orte / Kunstverein Uelzen / Museum Schloss Holdenstedt / Uelzen / D
- Map Art - Cultural Symbiosis / Rosalux / Project Space / Berlin / D
- Restatement - Galerie Schütte / Essen / D
- Black Market – 10 curators / 80 Artists – Projekt Space / Berlin / D

2013
- Borges - Budet - Popescu - Galerie Eigen Art Lab / Berlin / D
- mixed signals / part I – Haus am Kleistpark / Berlin / D
- mixed signals / part II – Kunstverein Ulm / Ulm / Germany / D
- on Paper / Galerie Eigen Art Lab / Berlin / D
- How lonely does it get ? / Black bridge off space / Beijing Heiqiao / CHN