Mit Borrás
Specialty
visual arts
Training
Campus Art Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
Master in Visual Arts Education from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
Kunst- und Kulturmanagement, WB Forum, Berlin (Germany)
Twente Universität, Enschede (Netherlands)
Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
Career path
Visual artist who lives and works in Madrid and Berlin.
His work deals with the idea of "adaptation", a thesis on the relationship between humans and nature and technological progress.
He develops his research in Media Art at the Twente University in Enschede in the Netherlands and has a BFA from the UCM. He moves to Berlin and runs Fünf Galerie with Rachel Lamot. He specializes in Berlin-based cultural management Kunst- und Kulturmanagement. He has been coordinator of cultural media art projects, production director of digital art festivals, curator at the Cervantes Institute in Berlin and has published articles extensively in Neo2 magazine as an art critic.
Her work has been exhibited at the Center Pompidou (Paris), Art Dubai (Dubai), Hara Museum (Tokyo), Exgirlfriend Gallery (Berlin), Tick Tack Gallery (Antwerp), The Wrong Bienale (Paris), Art Cologne (Cologne) , Pylon Hub (Dresden), Harddiskmuseum (Paris), Arebyte Gallery (London), Towards the Last Unicorn (São Paulo), Dimora Artica (Milan), Frontviews (Vienna, Berlin and Athens), Aleph Projects (Tel Aviv), HGB Gallery (Lepzig), Biennial of Media Arts of Chile (Santiago de Chile), Palacio Fernandini and Art Lima (Lima) Museo de Bellas Artes de Chile (Santiago de Chile), Kreuzberg Pavillon (Berlin and Norway), Loop (Barcelona) and Transmediale (Berlin), among others.
He collaborates as a professor of video art, digital art and new media of art and communication at the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M), the Círculo de Bellas Artes – Escuela Sur de Madrid and the European Institute of Design (IED).
He is a member of the berl collectiveinés Frontviews, from the Institution of Art Haunt in Berlin and directs the Cavvve studio in Madrid.
His work is represented in Spain by the House of Chappaz gallery.
Subjects and workshops
DEGREE IN FINE ARTS
-Ergonomics and product design
DIPLOMA IN DIGITAL DESIGN (linked to the Degree in Fine Arts)
-Artistic direction
Awards, mentions and recognitions
-Replacement. Verse. Online
-Spectre Union Collection. Frontviews. Berlin (Germany)
-Harddiskmuseum Collection. Digital
-Chilean Video Corporation Collection. Santiago (Chile)
-Grant from the Ministry of Culture for Visual Arts
-Addaya Center d'Art Contemporani Collection. Mallorca (Spain)
-Das Weekend. Transmediale. Berlin (Germany)
-Photographic prize. Stamp. Madrid (Spain)
-United Creators Awards. Digital
-Project Rooms. Pure art. Vigo (Spain)
-UCM. Silkscreen Award. Madrid (Spain)
Other merits
Residences:
Re_act. Azores Ilands. On-line
Addaya. Mallorca (Spain)
Glogauair. Berlin Germany)
AKI. Enschede (Netherlands)