About
Trevor Borg is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator and academic based in Malta. He holds a PhD in Fine Art practice from the University of Leeds and degrees from the University of Malta. His work spans a diverse range of media from drawing and painting to sculpture, film, and installations. Trevor Borg’s work has been shown in numerous museums and galleries around the world including the European Parliament in Brussels in 2012, the 58th edition of the Venice Biennale 2019, the Beijing International Art Biennale 2022, and the London Design Biennale 2023. In 2004, he was chosen to exhibit his work in various European galleries and museums in an exhibition highlighting contemporary art from ten new member states of the European Union.
Trevor Borg is the Head of Department of Digital Arts at the University of Malta. He is a member of the creative practice-led research network LAND2, an associate at Cut Contemporary Fine Arts Lab at Cyprus University of Technology, curator of various exhibitions including Contemporary Inside 2018, Shifting Contexts I 2018-19 and Shifting Contexts II 2022, and author of a number of articles and academic papers.
Personal Exhibitions
2016 – ‘Reading Place’, exhibition of photographs, sculpture, film, documentation and objects at the School of Design, University of Leeds.
2015 – ‘Crossfire: Concerning the Nature of Our Culture’ installation at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, Malta.
2015 – ‘De-Scroll’ exhibition of sculptures at The Bibliotheca Valletta.
2015 – ‘Spatium Clausum’ multi-channel video and sound installation at the Chapel of the Mediterranean Conference Centre for Valletta 2018 European Capital of Culture Valletta, Malta.
2014 – ‘Sculptures, Photography and Film’ at Lifton Place, University of Leeds, UK.
2011 – ‘Placeness’ at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, Malta.
2007 – ‘Open Verse’ at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, Malta.
2003 – ‘Common Ground’ at Cleland & Souchet, St Julian’s, Malta.
2002 – ‘Blackout’ at the Malta Chamber of Commerce Valletta, Malta.
1999 – ‘Selection of Works’ at Vino Veritas Sliema, Malta.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 - ‘Urban Fabric’, collaborative work as part of the Malta Pavilion, London Design Biennale 2023, London, UK. Commissioner: Arts Council Malta.
2022 - ‘Showcase 0.2’, Bureau Iniala, Valletta, Malta. Curated by Maria Galea.
2022 – ‘Taħt | Fuq’, The Old Oil Mill, Kalavasos, Cyprus. Curated by Dr Gabriel Koureas, Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio, Giorgos Lazoglou.
2022 – ‘The Summer Showcase’, Bureau Iniala, Valletta, Malta. Curated by Maria Galea.
2022 – ‘Alternative Perspectives’, Teatru Astra, Rabat, Gozo. Curated by Dr Mark Sagona.
2022 – ‘Signature 18’, Obelisk Gallery, Balzan, Malta. Curated by Patrick Galea.
2022 – ‘Beijing International Art Biennale’, European Pavilion, Beijing, China. Curated by
lucia Sollinger Muñiz.
2021 – ‘The Pandemic - Survival, Art and New Action’, Malta Enterprise, Gwardamangia, Malta. Curated by Pamela Baldacchino.
2021 – ‘Where is the Wild? Tipping Points Exhibition’, Castle Howard. Landlines Project UK.
2019 – ‘Art for a Purpose’ - President’s Palace, Attard, Malta. Curated by Maria Galea.
2019 – ‘Maleth / Haven / Port’, Malta Pavilion, 58th edition of the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. Commissioner: Arts Council Malta. Curated by Dr Hesperia Iliadou de Subplajo-Suppiej.
2019 – ‘Short Film Night’, City Lights, Valletta, Malta. Inizjamed.
2018 – ‘(met)afourisms’, Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, Malta. Curated by Dr Niki Young, Dr Irene Biolchini and Dr Clive Zammit.
2018 – ‘Past, Present, Future’, Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta., Malta. Curated by Dr Toni Sant.
2018 – ‘In Between’, Galleria Biffi Piacenza, Italy. Curated by Joe-Phillippe Abela and Elyse Tonna.
2018 – ‘Contemporary Inside’, Venue 18, University of Malta, Junior College, Msida, Malta. Participating artist and curator.
2017 – ‘Modern Music Days’, Manoel Theatre, Valletta, Malta. Curated by Ruben Zahra.
2017 – ‘In-Transit’, Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU exhibition at NRW-Forum Dusseldorf, Germany. Curated by Prof. Vince Briffa.
2017 – ‘In-Transit’, Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU exhibition at Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. Curated by Prof. Vince Briffa.
2017 – ‘In-Transit’, Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU exhibition at Villa Claudia Feldkirch, Austria. Curated by Prof. Vince Briffa.
2017 – ‘Forza Malta. A Collection of Short Films’, Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, Malta.
2017 – ‘Poetry on Film Festival’, Fort St Elmo, Valletta, Malta. A collaboration between Inizjamed and Valletta2018 European Capital of Culture, .
2017 – ‘In the Open’, Sheffield Institute of Arts Sheffield, UK. Curated by Dr Judith Tucker.
2016 – ‘Past, Present, Future’, Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, Malta. Curated by Dr Toni Sant.
2015 – ‘Larroque Arts Festival’, Larroque, France. Curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay.
2014 – ‘The Imaginary Museum’, The Tetley Gallery Leeds, UK. Curated by Dr Louise Atkinson.
2012 – ‘Drawings’, European Parliament Brussels, Belgium.
2012 – ‘Rotta tal-Arti’, Pieta’, Malta. Curated by Patrick Galea.
2006 – ‘Mediterranean Art’, Museu Arxiu de Montblanc, Spain.
2005 – ‘The New Ten’, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Oostende, Belgium.
2005 – ‘The New Ten’, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany.
2004 – ‘The New Ten’, MKM Museum Küppersmühle Duisburg, Germany.
2004 – ‘The New Ten’, Künstlerhaus Vienna, Austria.