Els Borghart

Els Borghart (BE) lives and works between Belgium and Ireland since 2008. She works as a visual artists and is a founding member, co-director and curator with NeXus Arts. She has an MA in Fine Art (LUCA School of Arts –Belgium) and an MA in Cultural Policy & Art Management (University Antwerp Management School – Belgium). She exhibits regularly and her work is part of many private collections both in Ireland and in Belgium. Els received awards by Create Louth, Drogheda Borough Council and the Arts Council of Ireland in recent years.

2005- 2006
University Antwerp Management School (UAMS), Antwerp, Belgium
Post-Ma Cultural Policy & Art Management
Graduated with distinction

2001 – 2005
LUCA School of Arts Ghent, Belgium
Ma in Fine Art
Graduated with distinction

2016
Presence of the forgotten, Solo exhibition, Toradh Gallery, Ashbourne, Ireland
Presence of the forgotten, Solo exhibition, Kunstplatform Zebrastraat, Ghent, Belgium
Ithaca, Two-person exhibition with Declan Kelly, South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel, Ireland
On the Way/ Onderweg, Two-person exhibition with Declan Kelly, Basement Gallery, Dundalk, Ireland

2015
Onderweg/ On the way, Two-person exhibition, Galerie De Wandelgangen, Nevele, Belgium
BACK / STAY, Site specific group exhibition, curated by Jeroen Laureyns, Ghent, Belgium
Between Here and You, Two-person exhibition, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Ireland

2014
RUA RED Winter Open, Selected group show, RUA RED, Dublin, Ireland
Selected group exhibition, Engage Longford, Longford, Ireland

2013
We Want You, Selected group show, Avenue Road Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Everything that is not there, Solo exhibition, Upstairs Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
Avenue Festival, Selected group exhibition, Hive Emerging, Waterford, Ireland
Selected group exhibition, Culture Night, The Print Point, Drogheda, Ireland

2012
Unified, Selected group exhibition of 4 artists, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Ireland
Selected group exhibition, Culture Night, The Print Po...