Vivian Borsani was born in Brazil in 1965 and spent her childhood in Brazil, Germany and France, holidaying at her granparent's home in Mallorca in the summer. By the time she was a teenager she was completely captivated by the light and colours of Mallorca and dreamt of making her home there one day. Vivian studied at Ecole Penninghen and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, Paris and completed a three month internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice. She continued her studies with Yannis Kounellis at the Visual Art School in New York. Vivian paints to bring balance into her life. Painting helps her to step out of the mundane of everyday routine and reflect on life. The predominance of reds and pinks in her paintings represent a vital life force energy for Vivian. She uses acrylic paints, wax crayons,pigmants, charcoal, gold leaf and all sorts of collected papers. Most of her paintings include a few lines of poetry written in reverse.Vivian admires artists like Mary Cassatt, Georgia O'Keefe,Gabriele Muenter and Barbara Rae who like her struggle with eeveryday life and self realisation. Vivian has exhibited widely in Europe and has private collectors in the UK, USA, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, France and Spain Less

Education:

Vivian Wulff Borsani
Born 1965 in Sao Paolo, Brazil
Childhood in Brazil, Germany and France
1984 Graphic Art School Penninghen, Paris
1986/1990 Ecole National des Arts Decoratifs
specialises in Textile Design and Painting
1987 summer semester in Urbino, Italy with The School of Visual Arts New York under the tutoring of Yannis Kounellis and Enzo Cucchi
1990 Textile Designer at Mantero Disegni, Como, Italy
1991 studentship at the Peggy Gugggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy
Since 1992 freelance artist with exhibitons in France, Germany, Italy and Spain
Since 1998 living in Mallorca, Spain Less

Exhibitions:

Webbs Gallery London/Battersea
Fulham Palace Art and Craft Fair
The Hillside Hotel, Isle of Wright
Contemporary Gallery Berlin, Berlin
New Artist Fair, London
Art5 Gallery, Brighton
Art5 Gallery, Panama
shortlisted at The Secret Art Prize, London
Art San Diego, with MR art gallery, Madrid
Affordable Art Fair London
Affordable Art Fair Stockholm
Sa tafona gallery, Belmond Hotel La Residencia, Deia
Represented in various private collections in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Luxemburg, USA, Canada, France, Sweden, Panama and Spain

Private Studio, Palma de Mallorca