Brooke Borg is a New York born artist. In 2006 she bought a one-way ticket to Barcelona, where she began to attract attention as the young lead singer and only female in the ukulele band Els Sidrals, a group of middle-aged, ex-junkie, Hawaiian-shirt-wearing Catalans. After they disbanded in 2007, her fiery and humorous performances continued to energize and inspire audiences. This gregarious and whimsical nature is countered by the darkness often expressed in her visual art, which explores conflicts and boundaries in human relationships. This is most evident in her multi-media project Ketubah-family contracts, which earned her the 2009 Barcelona Producció Award. Yet all her work, which combines painting, text and performance, has a common mission. It is about overcoming obstacles, bridging gaps between people and cultures, and being fearlessly sincere about who we are.
( A little note from Brooke about growing up… )
EDUCATION
2009 – Master of Fine Arts, Artistic Productions and Investigation, University of Barcelona.
2004 – Bachelor of Arts, Art History and Latin American and Iberian Studies, Bard College.
SOLO EXHIBITS
2009 - Ketubah – contratos familiares, La Capella Centre d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
2008 – Touch, DaVinci, Barcelona, Spain
2005 – BTB, Glass House Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS and FESTIVALS
2010 – New York International Independent Film Festival
2010 – Barcelona Jewish Film Festival
2010 - Contextos Intermedia, Centre d’Art Tecla Sala, Barcelona
2009 – Chicago Fringe Artist Networking Night, The Red Tape Theatre, Chicago
2009 – As She Is, Gracia Arts Project, Barcelona, Spain
2008 – FemArt, La Casa Elizalde, Barcelona, Spain
2007 – Cuerpo, CulturArt, Barcelona, Spain
INVITED ARTIST
2011 – Vist i No Vist, vistinovist.cat radio, Barcelona
2011 – ZeroTV, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona MACBA, Barcelona
2010 – Festival Mil·leni, Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona
2009 – Artist Lecture Series, Hangar Centre for Audio-visual Art Production, Barcelona
2008 – “Guiri de Catalunya”, Cabaret Electric with Txell Bonet, ICAT FM, Catalunya Radio, Barcelona
2007 – Invited Teacher of Movement and Performance, Fall Semester, CulturArt, Barcelona
2007 – Kama Sutra, Exhibition of Sergio Mora, Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona
CONTRIBUTING ARTIST
2009 – 2010 – Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona
2009 – Present – Raw Substance Design, San Diego
RESIDENCIES
2010 – Hangar Centre for Audiovisual Art Production, Barcelona, Spain
AWARDS and BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 – Special Mention, Barcelona Jewish Film Festival
2009 – Barcelona Producció, from the Institut de Cultura, Ajuntament de Barcelona
2009 – Fernandez Porta, Eloy, “Entrevista amb Brooke Borg”. Barcelona Producció Espai Cub ’09 Brooke Borg, Ketubah: contractes familiars (catalogue), La Capella, Institut de Cultura, Barcelona.
2009 – Fernandez Porta, Eloy, “Brooke Borg, Ketubah: contractes familiars”. http://www.bcn.cat/lacapella/catala/091210.htm
2009 – Joseph, Judith, “Shelter: Re-imagining the Ketubah, A Collaboration by Chicago Artist Judith Joseph and Barcelona-based Artist Brooke Borg”. The Conney Conference on Jewish Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison.