Lima, April 1979 – December 2020. Lived and worked in Berlin, New York City and Lima. Alberto Borea’s work is characterized by the continuous displacement and use of diverse media and materials. By combining language and found objects in his paintings and installations, he alters and re contextualizes their meanings. Borea opens a space for an existential discourse, where poetry, humor and socio- political ideas coexist. He participated in diverse exhibitions in Europe, Latin America and the U.S. These include Queens International, Queens Museum of Art 2014 / Permission to be Global, Museum of Arts of Boston /We are All Gone, Y Gallery NYC / Museo del Barrio Biennial – The S files NYC /”Impulse , Reason , sense an Conflict” Cisneros Fontanals CIFO Miami/Tracing the unseen Border" curated by Ian Cofre and Omar lopez Chahoud, La Mamma Gallery, New York / “West at Sunset” Abrons Arts Center, New York/ ”Planet of Slums” curated by LaToya Frazier, Mason Gross Galleries New Jersey / "Dublin Contemporary" curated by Christian Viveros and Jota Castro /We are all gone Y gallery NYC/ Mobility and its discontents, curated by Sara Reisman, The 8th floor among others. Alberto Borea's work has been exhibited in art fairs such as The Armory Show, Art Basel Miami, Arco, Artissima, Expo Chicago, Untitled Art Fair, ArteBA, NADA, MACO, ArtBO, ArtLima. His work is part of different public and private collections such as Guggenheim Museum Collection, Cisneros Fontanals Collection, Museo de Arte de Lima, Museo del Barrio, Shelley and Donald Rubin Collection, Colección Cisneros de Patricia de Phelps, among others. He was awarded with different residencies and fellowships including Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, (Fundación Cisneros de Patricia de Phelps), Art Omi International Residency 2009, Vermont Studio Center (Jackson Pollock Krasner Fellowship), International Studio and Curatorial Program NYC (ISCP), Sculpture Space, Utica, NY, Default Masterclass in residence, Lecce, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC).