» Alberto Borea

Alberto Borea Peru, 1979

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: Alberto Borea, “View of Installation”, 2008, Series: Highways, Black Paint, wood frames, staples, Variable dimensions.

: Alberto Borea, “Highway #1”, 2008, Series: Highways, Black Paint, wood frames, staples, 267 x 293 x 48 cm.

: Alberto Borea, “Ruins and Cities”, 2008, Keyboards, VHS tapes and structure, Variable dimensions.

: Alberto Borea, “Ruins and Cities”, 2008, Keyboards, VHS tapes and structure, Variable dimensions.

: Alberto Borea, “S/T”, 2009, Series: Occidentalismos, VHS films, plexiglass, resin, 250 x 240 cm.

: Alberto Borea, “The Bridge and the Lake”, 2013, Series: Occidentalismos, VHS films on wall, 1371 x 457 cm. Site-specific project. Location: Queens Museum, New York , United States.

: Alberto Borea, “Arqueologias I, II “, 2009, Silkscreen and mixed media on canvas, Variable dimensions.

: Alberto Borea, “The city in in my head”, 2010, Series: Unique, Plastic comb, wood, white paint and led lights, 28 x 17 x 13 cm.

: Alberto Borea, “Here comes the light”, 2011, wood matches, wood, black paint, fluorescent lights, Variable dimensions.

: Alberto Borea, “Here comes the light (Detail)”, 2011, Wood matches, wood, black paint, fluorescent lights, Variable dimensions.

: Alberto Borea, “Geografia”, 2009, VHS tapes, plexiglass, resin., 175 x 250 x 22 cm.

: Alberto Borea, “Sculpture Park”, 2012, Series: Unique, Found Aluminum, collage, wood., 65 x 140 x 120 cm.

: Alberto Borea, “View of Installation, Paradero”, 2013, Series: Combis, Found buses, paint and mixed media., Variable dimensions.

: Alberto Borea, “Ciudad Mexico”, 2014, Series: Combis, Public buses, paint and mixed media., 178 x 77 x 7 cm.

My work is characterized by the continuous displacement and use of diverse media and materials. The openness towards these media helps me defining the development of an artistic proposal, where the object’s time and history take a fundamental importance within the plastic discourse.

I am interested in the relation between different cultures and histories, between the so-called center and its periphery.

The concepts related to ruins and progress are part of my interests as an artist.

Raised in Lima in the 80’s during the Peruvian civil war influenced my practice and my relation with the objects and their symbolism.

The position of distance about cultural, economic and social events constitute an important part in the process and execution of my projects.

I find myself attracted to the residues of civilization and in mapping and conceptualizing these materials for my work.

Mi trabajo se caracteriza por el uso y continuo desplazamiento de diversos medios y materiales. La apertura hacia estos medios, me ayuda a definir el desarrollo de una propuesta artística, en donde el tiempo y la historia del objeto cobran una importancia fundamental en el discurso plástico y en su proceso.

Me interesa la relación entre distintas culturas e historias, entre el llamado centro y la periferia. Los conceptos relacionados con la ruina y la promesa de la modernidad son algunos de los intereses conceptuales en mi práctica.

Haber vivido en Lima durante la guerra interna de los años ochenta ha influido en mi práctica como artista así como en mi relación con los objetos y sus simbolismos.

La posición de distancia ante fenómenos culturales y económicos constituye una parte importante en el proceso y en la ejecución de mis proyectos.

Estoy atraído por los residuos de la civilización y en la idea de mapear y resignificar estos objetos en mi trabajo.

Selected Biographical Information

Prizes / Fellowships

2011: Sculpture Space Residency, Utica, United States.
2013: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), New York City, United States.
2010: International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York City, United States.
2009: Pollock Krasner Grant, VSC, Vermont, United States.
2009: Art OMI, New York, United States.
2008: Fundacion Cineros de Patricia de Phelps, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, United States.

Solo Exhibitions

2013: “La Naturaleza de la Defensa”, Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru.
2012: “Because of Construction”, Y Gallery, New York, United States.
2009: “S/T”, Galeria Isabel Hurley, Malaga, Spain.
2008: “Residencia”, Espacio La Culpable, Lima, Peru.
2008: “Ruinas y Ciudades”, Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru.

Group Exhibitions

2014: “Permission to be Global“, Museum of fine Arts Boston, Boston, United States.
2013: “Queens International“, curated by Hitomi Hiwasaki and Meiya Cheng, Queens Museum, New York City, United States.
2013: “The Name, The Nose”, curated by Raul Zamudio, MuseoLaboratorio, Citta San Angello, Italy.
2012: “New York”, Art Museum of the Americas, curated by Paco Cano, Eva Mendoza and Jodie Di Napoli, Washington DC, United States.
2012: “Tracing the Unseen Border” curated by Ian Coffre and Omar Lopez Chahoud, La Mama Gallery, New York City, United States.
2011: “Dublin Contemporary“, curated by Jota Castro and Christian Viveros Faune, Earls Terrace, Dublin, Ireland.
2011: “El Museo Biennial, The S files“, curated by Elvis Fuentes and Rocio Aranda Alvarado, Museo del Barrio, New York City, United States.