"In My Mind" Outdoor Sculpture

Andrea Borga (Trento, 1985) is an Italian sculptor whose artistic research takes shape in the Dolomites of northern Italy, the area where he lives and develops his creative work. His artistic journey begins with direct contact with metal: at the age of seventeen, he becomes an apprentice in a blacksmith's workshop in his hometown, where he learns the fundamental techniques of metalworking through a craft tradition based on gesture and experience. In the following years, he develops a personal language that progressively leads him toward sculpture. His early works are inspired by observations of nature, from which emerge animals and organic forms characterized by a balance between material strength and poetic sensitivity. Over time, his research expands to include the study of the human figure, approached with a sculptural language that combines plastic energy and formal elegance. Borga’s sculptures are primarily made of iron, stainless steel, corten steel, brass, and copper, often paired with natural materials. The surfaces are treated through physical and chemical processes that avoid the use of paints, allowing the authenticity and transformation of the material to emerge as an integral part of the creative process. In recent years, his artistic journey has taken on an increasingly international dimension. His works have been presented in contemporary art contexts in the United States and Asia, participating in significant events such as Miami Art Week, where his work was exhibited in two consecutive editions (2024 and 2025), and at major international fairs like the Hamptons Art Fair in New York (2024) and the Clio Art Fair during New York Art Week for the consecutive years 2024 - 2025. His exhibition path has also taken him to the American West Coast with participation in the San Francisco Art Fair in 2025 and to the Asian context with a presence at the Affordable Art Fair in Singapore (2025). In Italy, his work has been showcased in solo and group exhibitions, including the “Steel Life” exhibition in 2023 in Coredo (TN) and participation in the group show “Echoes - The Mountain Between Photography and Painting” hosted in the halls of Palazzo della Regione in Trento as part of the official program of the 2023 Trento Film Festival of the Mountain. In 2024, the Trentino-Alto Adige Region dedicated the solo exhibition “Materica” to him in the same institutional spaces.