Vivian Borsani
Vivian Borsani was born in Brazil in 1965 and spent her childhood in Brazil, Germany and France, holidaying at her granparent's home in Mallorca in the summer. By the time she was a teenager she was completely captivated by the light and colours of Mallorca and dreamt of making her home there one day. Vivian studied at Ecole Penninghen and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, Paris and completed a three month internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice. She continued her studies with Yannis Kounellis at the Visual Art School in New York. Vivian paints to bring balance into her life. Painting helps her to step out of the mundane of everyday routine and reflect on life. The predominance of reds and pinks in her paintings represent a vital life force energy for Vivian. She uses acrylic paints, wax crayons,pigmants, charcoal, gold leaf and all sorts of collected papers. Most of her paintings include a few lines of poetry written in reverse.Vivian admires artists like Mary Cassatt, Georgia O'Keefe,Gabriele Muenter and Barbara Rae who like her struggle with eeveryday life and self realisation. Vivian has exhibited widely in Europe and has private collectors in the UK, USA, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, France and Spain Less
Education:
Vivian Wulff Borsani
Born 1965 in Sao Paolo, Brazil
Childhood in Brazil, Germany and France
1984 Graphic Art School Penninghen, Paris
1986/1990 Ecole National des Arts Decoratifs
specialises in Textile Design and Painting
1987 summer semester in Urbino, Italy with The School of Visual Arts New York under the tutoring of Yannis Kounellis and Enzo Cucchi
1990 Textile Designer at Mantero Disegni, Como, Italy
1991 studentship at the Peggy Gugggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy
Since 1992 freelance artist with exhibitons in France, Germany, Italy and Spain
Since 1998 living in Mallorca, Spain Less
Exhibitions:
1998/2010 Galerie Hella Maria Hoefer, Pto. Andratx, Mallorca
2001/2005 Galeria Sa Tafona, Hotel La Residencia, Deia, Mallorca
2002/2004 Galeria Ca’n Pinos, Palma de Mallorca
2003 Galerie Peerlings, Sylt, Germany
2003 Restaurante Tristan, Puerto Portals, Mallorca
2004 Hotel Reids, Madeira
2005 Galeria San Stefano, Venezia, Italy
2007 Galeria Ca’n Pinos, Palma de Mallorca
2008/2009 Galeria Es Raco, Soller, Mallorca
2010 Restaurante El Pato, Son Vida, Mallorca
2011 Galerie Minkner, Sta. Ponsa, Mallorca
2011 Restaurant La Camandoule, Fayence, France
2012 Webbs Gallery London/Battersea
2013 Fulham Palace Art and Craft Fair
2013 Artecasa Pto andratx Malllorca
2015 new art gallery Berlin
2016 kunst und lebenswerte Hamburg
2016 new artist fair truman brewery London
2016 art5 gallery Brighton
2016 art5 gallery Panama
2017 shortlisted in " the secret art prize " London
2017 art san diego ( sept/oct)
2018 Art Innsbruck
2018 May Affordable Art Fair London
2018 art fair lucca / italy
