Lionel BORLA - Artist Painter
Registered at the House of Artists. Siret : 428 399 570 00020
Born on August 3, 1974 in Menton (Maritim Alps. France)
Nationality : French
Artistic background : Architect D.P.L.G.
Workshop : le brasilia 35 bd Barral. 13008 Marseille. France
Phone : 33 (0)4 91 23 34 87 GSM : 33 (0)6 15 22 86 78
 
...............Lionel BORLA was born on august 3, 1974 in the south of France, more exactly in the city of Menton, just a step away from Italy, the country where his great-grandparents were born. He spends his childhood in the village of Breil-sur-Roya, at forty kilometers from his home town. In 1987, he discovers the piano et keyboards. From 1990 to 1992, he lives between Breil-sur-Roya and Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, the city where he pursues his studies at Saint-Joseph secondary school.

...............He leaves the French Riviera for Provence at the end of 1992 , in order to follow the courses of the School of Architecture of Marseille. His studies are marqued out by various professionnal experiences in varied structures (firms of architects, agency of naval architecture, urban furniture design firm). Lionel Borla chooses Marseille to cast the anchor. There, he presents his inks and watercolours on paper for the first time in july 1998. Between the preparation of his diploma and his military service as a sapper-architect in the Genius Establishment of Montpellier, he pursues his pictorial researches. In 1998, he obtains his d.p.l.g. degree in architecture by presenting a project of Contemporary Art Center at the Estaque. He also tries to present the influences of modern painting on the architecture of the first part of the XX th century. Since 1994, year where he followed Claude Clément and Georges Felici's courses of plastic arts, painting has been taking avantage over architecture.

...............In 1998, he also decides to make discover Barcelona to his wife. By the way of the Museum Picasso, he dicovers the Art Contrast Gallery and presents some of his works. It is the start of his collaboration with art galleries. In 1999, he presents his work at the gallery Espace Castillon inToulon. The same year his paintings are presented to severals summer exhibitions all around Provence. The success encountered by his work pushes him to become a professionnal artist painter in 2000, and to register to the House of Artists. Today, Lionel BORLA makes permanent exhibitions in New York, Barcelona, Marseille, Saint-Rémy de Provence, Les Baux-de-Provence, Lourmarin, Toulon, Le Lavandou, et Aubagne.
MAIN EXHIBITIONS
  • July and august 1998 : Martin Maurel Bank. Marseille. France.
  • February 1999 : Martin Maurel Bank. Marseille. France.
  • December 1999 : Le Scorpion. Les Baux-de-Provence. France.
  • December 1999 : Bookshop " les plaisirs des jours ". Marseille. France.
  • May 2000 : " Lyric… " Sébastien art Center. Saint-Cyr-sur-mer. France.
  • June, july ans august 2000 : Martin Maurel Bank. Marseille. France.
  • September 2000 : Espada Architecture Agency. Saint-Andiol. France.
  • December 2000 : Martin Maurel Bank. Marseille. France.
  • May et june 2001 : Mediterranean signs. Le libéral. Marseille. France
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
  • March 1999 : Place de Lenche. Marseille. France.
  • March 1999 : La Rambla. Barcelone. Espagne.
  • October 1999 : Parc de la poudrerie. Miramas. France.
  • November 1999 : Fine Art Biennal of Fos-sur-mer. France.
  • December 1999 : Show of painting and sculpture " Art'Aixpo ". Aix-en-Provence. France.
  • January and february 2000 : " Artists'papers ". Gallery Espace Castillon. Toulon. France.
  • February 2000 : Show of painting and sculpture Carli, art and architecture. Marseille. France.
  • March 2000 : " Best of tiny creatures". Gallery Espace Castillon. Toulon. France.
  • April 2000 : Show of the young creators. Aubagne. France.
  • June 2000 : " Music". Gallery Espace Castillon. Toulon. France.
  • June and july 2000 : " South". Bruxelles. Belgique.
  • July 2000 : The artists of the Espace Castillon in Sanary. France.
  • September 2000 : " Recycl'Art " Gallery Espace Castillon. Toulon. France.
  • October 2000. " Autumn of papers ". Gallery Jacqueline Bricard. Lourmarin. France.
  • December 2000 : Show of painting and sculpture" Art'Aixpo ". Aix-en-Provence. France.
  • January 2001 : Show of painting and sculpture Carli, art et architecture. Marseille. France.
  • February 2001 : " On the tracks of the dog Sausage". Bookshop la passerelle. Marseille. France.
  • March 2001 : " Resonances " L. Borla : paintings, J.M. Le Gros : photos, R. Revellotti : sculptures. La Galerie du Port. La Ciotat. France.
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