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, 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 often countered by darkness 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. In her never-ending quest to bridge gaps between individuals, age groups and cultures, her work often takes the form of dynamic, educational workshops that culminate in a collaborative artwork among her participants. All of her pieces – text, video, painting or interactive – share a common goal. They are about overcoming obstacles and being fearlessly sincere about who we are.
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, 2004.
SOLO EXHIBITS
2010 Ketubah – family contracts, 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 SCREENINGS
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
2012 Art Manifest, Robert Louis Stevenson School, New York, NY – Teaching Artist
2011 Vist i No Vist, vistinovist.cat radio, Barcelona – Commentator
2011 ZeroTV, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona MACBA, Barcelona – Teaching Artist
2010 Festival Mil·leni, Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona – Choreographer and performer
2009 Artist Lecture Series, Hangar Centre for Audio-visual Art Production, Barcelona – Invited Curator
2008 Cabaret Electric with Txell Bonet, ICAT FM, Catalunya Radio, Barcelona – Commentator, “Guiri de Catalunya”
2007 Kama Sutra: Exhibition of Sergio Mora, Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona – Choreographer and performer
RESIDENCIES
2012 Drisha Arts Fellow, Drisha Institute, New York
2010 Hangar Centre for Audiovisual Art Production, Barcelona, Spain
AWARDS and BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 Special Mention, Barcelona Jewish Film Festival
2009 Barcelona Producció Award, from the Institut de Cultura, Barcelona City Hall
2011 Blay, Pep, “La Cultura es fa a la Cuina”. El Punt Avui, January 22, Page 36 (Culture).
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.
CONTRIBUTING ARTIST
2011-Present STARR, Inc., Brooklyn, New York
2009-2010 Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona
2009-Present Raw Substance Design, San Diego, California