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SOFIA L. BORGES






sofia.lopesborges@unige.ch
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Researcher and exhibition curator working in the field of cultural studies, focusing on practices of "slow violence" and the power of representation. 
Her work explores the dialectic between art, photography, moving image, history, and contemporary politics, articulating events and publications both in the academic sphere and in independent spaces. 
Considering artistic practice as a field of investigation, she develops a critical study of the logics of power and their visibility in social and cultural spheres.



EDUCATION
2028
PhD 
Contemporary History
UNIGE ● CH

2026
Visiting Fellowship
Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies
Harvard ● USA

2018
MPhil 
Centre for Cultural Studies 
Goldsmiths ● UK

2015
Art and the Politics of Estrangement 
SAAS-FEE Summer Institute of Art 
EGS - European Graduate School, Saas-Fee ● CH
 
2011
MA 
Photography 
Sir John Cass Department of Art & Media / LMU ● UK

2010
MA 
Communication and Arts 
FCSH.UNL ● PT

2007
BA 
Fine Art 
ESAD.CR ● PT




PAST & CURRENT POSITIONSComıtė
Co-director & Co-curator
LISBON ● PT
2022 - onwards

Researcher 
Candoc
Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation — SNSF 
Project 214985: “Living with authoritarian repression: everyday life history under the Estado Novo in Portugal and its African colonies, 1926–74”
Directed by Prof. Alexander Keese and Dr. Nazaré Torrão.
GENEVA ● CH
2023 - 2026

Cátedra  Lídia Jorge
UNIGE
Researcher
GENEVA ● CH
2018 - onwards

Revista Língua-lugar: História, Literatura e Estudos Culturais
UNIGE
Art Curator & Art Director 
GENEVA ● CH
2018 - onwards

EACEA — European Commission
Cultural Expert 
BRUXELLES ● BE
2018 – 2019





AWARDSFondation Ernst et Lucie Schmidheiny
Scholarship
UNIGE ● CH
2026

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Grant Candoc — SNSF 214985
htps://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/214985
UNIGE ● CH
2023

Joint Seed Funding
Cátedra Lídia Jorge Chair / CEL
8,000 CHF
UNIGE ● CH
2020

SAHSS — Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences
Funding L.dia Jorge Chair / CEL
10,000 CHF
UNIGE ● CH
2018 – 2019

FCT — Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Scholarship
100,000 €
GOLDSMITHS ● UK
2012

SAAS-FEE Summer Institute of Art
Grant 
EGS — EUROPEAN GRADUATE SCHOOL Saas-Fee ● CH
2015


Novo Banco Revelação
Award and Artistic Grant 
7,500 €
SERRALVES MUSEUM ● PT
2014

The Elephant Trust
Research Grant
2,000
THE ASSEMBL PASSAGE PROJECT ● UK
2014




CURATORIAL PRACTICE
2026

INTERMEDIARIES
Florence Vuilleumier & Pierre-Philippe Freymond
Exhibition
comıtė ●  PT

Maggie Importée
Stéphane Blumer & Irineu Destourelles
Curation with Jocelin Martinez and Reynaldo XXXXX
Exhibition
Histoire et Cité
UNIGE ● CH

2025


Florence Vuilleumier & Pierre-Philippe Freymond
Art Residency
comıtė ●  PT

Série B: Crescer no Video Home System 
João Ferro Martins
Nicho
comıtė ●  PT

Antropofagia militante
De Lavoisier
Nicho
comıtė ●  PT

2024

Roupa Suja
Delphine Reist & Laurent Faulon
Exhibition
comıtė ●  PT

Delphine Reist & Laurent Faulon
Art Residency 
comıtė ●  PT

Leaning towards the forbidden
Exhibition (Collective)
comıtė ●  PT

Ruído e Engodo, Música Ligeira Feita por Punks 
José Smith Vargas,
Nicho
comıtė ●  PT

Bomba Cigana, do Bairro para a Discoteca
Candy Diaz,
Nicho
comıtė ●  PT

Tesourelha
Von Calhau 
Nicho
comıtė ●  PT

2023

Musicology as a Prism to Read the World
PiWhy
Nicho
comıtė ●  PT

Rock Experimental
Desmarques
Nicho
comıtė ●  PT





Exhibitions
(upcoming) Tincidunt TBA
Ultricies Ultricies,
Congue Nisl
2024

(upcoming) Vestibulum-Vitae
Auctor Ipsum,
Dictumst Ligula,
Porta Libero
2024

Suspendisse
Molestie Aenean,
Facilisis Tellus,
Porta Libero
2024

Ultrices
Parturient Felis,
Pharetra Nibh,
Porta Libero
2023

Bibendum
Adipiscing Nunc,
Tincidunt Tristique Congue,
Vestibulum Porta Libero
2023

Eu & Fringilla, Collaborative
Imperdiet with Quam Sodales,
Donec Tristique Porta Libero
2023

Semper
Cursus Tempus,
Porta Libero
2023

Dictum, Elit. Vestibulum
Gravida Congue
2023

Rhoncus Congue
Ullamcorper Suspendisse,
Duis Ornare Porta Libero
2023

Pellentesque Ornare
Porttitor Ultrices,
Sagittis Tempor
2022

Aliquam Dolor
Netus Curabitur,
Porta Libero
2022

Euismod Gravida
Egestas Nibh,
Blandit Tellus
2022

Tristique
Phasellus Ornare,
Porta Libero
2022

Faucibus
Lacinia Convallis,
Duis Quam
2022

Mattis Sollicitudin Ultricies
Dignissim Luctus,
Congue Ipsum,
Porta Libero
2022

Egestas
Condimentum Senectus,
Purus Aliquet,
Porta Libero
2021




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Press
‘Vestibulum Inceptos Gravida’, Ornare Review,
by Tincidunt Nisl
2024

‘Ullamcorper Faucibus (Congue) Euismod’, by Ligula Parturient, Bibendum Review Porta Libero
2023

Dictumst Tristique, Facilisis Magazine, Edition Two, Porta Libero
2021

Auctor Adipiscing Art Magazine, Porta Libero
2020

Sollicitudin Ornare Magazine,
Porta Libero
2020                  









Last Updated 24.10.31