Julia Borg

BIO

Julia Borg is a Malta-based contemporary painter working primarily in oils, acrylics and mixed media. Her semi-abstract paintings transform recognisable subjects through saturated colour, layered textures and expressive brushwork, drawing on memory, emotion and intuition. Influenced by Impressionism, her practice has developed towards an increasingly loose and expressive approach to painting.

Born in Germany, Borg began her professional artistic practice in 2013, following an earlier career in engineering and interior design. Her move to Malta became an important influence on her work, with Mediterranean light, colour and landscape contributing to the development of her visual language.

Borg has presented four solo exhibitions in Malta and Gozo, including In Bloom and Inner Garden at The Phoenicia Malta, and has participated in group exhibitions and international art projects, including Art Connects Women by ZeeArts in Dubai and the Malta–Japan Art Festival in Valletta.

ARTIST STATEMENT

“I paint what stays within me...”

My paintings are shaped by memory, emotion and intuition. Rather than reproducing what I see, I transform recognisable subjects through colour, movement and expressive brushwork.

I work intuitively, allow...

2020–2023 — Private Art Tuition
2023 — Art Therapy, Artist Online
2022 — The Versatility of Colour, Online Course
2021 — Abstract Composition, Online Course
2019 — Watercolour Painting, Artist Online
2018 — Abstract Painting Course
2015 — Impressionist Painting Techniques Course
2014 — Landscape Design, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Moscow
2013 — Colour Theory, RUDN University, Moscow
2013 — Private Art Tuition with artist Olga Streletskaya, Art Zveno
2012 — Interior Design, RUDN University, Moscow

2026

FIGURE & GROUND: Bodies, Places and Living Forms — Group Exhibition, The Phoenicia Malta, Malta
Exhibition of Art from Japan and Malta — Group Exhibition, Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, Malta
Collectively Solo IV — Group Exhibition, Gallery 23, Balzan, Malta

2025

Flora et Musica — Solo Exhibition, BLA KLIEM, Senglea, Malta
Order of Malta National Art Exhibition, Group Exhibition, St John’s Cavalier, Valletta, Malta
Group Exhibition — Christine X Art Gallery, Sliema, Malta
Inner Garden — Solo Exhibition, The Phoenicia Malta, Malta
Group Exhibition — Villa Frere, Art Association of Malta, Malta
Winter Group Exhibition — Gallery 23, Balzan, Malta

2024

ART Journey — Solo Exhibition, The White Knight, Gozo, Malta
In Bloom — Solo Exhibition, The Phoenicia Malta, Malta
Art Connects Women – 7th Edition — Group Exhibition, ZeeArts, One&Only Royal Mirage, Dubai, UAE

2023

Winter Group Exhibition — The Halpern Gallery, Kent, UK
Winter Group Exhibition — Gallery 23, Balzan, Malta
Summer Group Exhibition — Gallery 23, Balzan, Malta

2022

Art Exhibition — TheSoaringArt Gallery, Newport Beach, California, USA

2020

INDOORS – From Where I Am — DESKO, Valletta, Malta

2017

Moscow–Benelux — The Jurgenson Library, Mo...