Bio
Bora Baboçi (b. 1988, Tirana, Albania) is an artist whose practice weaves together spatial research and the visual arts. With a foundation in architecture from the University of Toronto and a master's degree from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, she spent some years working in architecture and exploring the built environment before channeling her work in an artistic practice through the mediums of drawing, painting and spatial intervention. Baboçi's work is informed by research into spatial traces and the intimate dimensions of human expression, hinting to reflections of a personal, social and existential scale. Her contributions to publications such as The Untold World and Home as a Showroom reflect her ongoing investigation into the themes of home, land, displacement and association, trying to create loose ties between the physical and immaterial dimension. She has exhibited in spaces such as Belmacz Gallery in London, Galerie Kandlhofer in Vienna, Galleria Fuori Campo in Siena, Suprainfinit Gallery in Bucharest, Bazament Space in Tirana, City Gallery of Pogradec, Art House in Shkodër; with her work also featured in collective exhibitions at the National Gallery of Albania, Art Encounters Biennale in Timisoara, Manifesta14 in Prishtina, Autostrada Biennale in Prizren, Mediterranea 19 Biennial in San Marino and EVA international Biennale in Ireland. Baboči has also attended various artistic residencies, including Art Explora in Paris and Salzburger Kunstverein in Austria.
Education
Official Master Degree ESTABUniversitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain — Theory and Practice of the Architectural Project, 2011-2013
Honors Bachelor of ArtsUniversity of Toronto, Canada, 2006-2010 — Double Major Degree in Architectural Design / Architectural Theory and Criticism
Architecture Work / Research
Researcher and As/Prof. at ADIP Prof. Rainer HehlTU Berlin, Germany — focusing on living structures and neighbourhoods during migration movements, 2015-2018
SpecialistMinistry of Urban Development and Tourism, Albania, 2013-2014 (focus on informal and coastal neighborhoods)
ResearcherAgenda Institute, Tirana, Albania
Researching informal and new neighborhoods in Tirana
Assistant ArchitectAA Studio, Tirana, Albania, 2010-2011
Publications and Research Contributions
First ApparitionContribution in This is Badland Magazine, Vol 6 The Untold World - 2023
Reflections on Property and Land in the Albanian AlpsSome Call Us Balkans - 2021/22
Home as a ShowroomAlbanian in the 90s. Bahoe Books, Austria. 2020
Nomadic HospitalityCases of Lisbon and Marrakesh, Research director, NOMADE, 2019
IdlesArchifutures Vol. 5: Apocalypse. & beyond. dpr-barcelona, 2018
Over one hundred years of transformationAmateur Cities, Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, 2017
Berlin TransferLearning from the Global South (Ruby Press, 2015)
Berlin TransferOpen Living Structures (Ruby Press, 2016)
Berlin TransferHybrid Modernities (Ruby Press, 2016)
In-house publications under ADIP Technische Universität Berlin 2015/17
Perspective TalesMaster thesis focusing on the narratives and projections giving shape to the coast of Barcelona. ETSAB, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, 2013.
Residencies
Art ExploraParis, France (June-September 2023)
Salzburger KunstvereinSalzburg Austria (February 2022)
Il LazzarettoMilan, Italy - Online because of Pandemic (September-November 2020)
EVA International Biennal residencyLimerick, Ireland (August 2019)
Laboratorio Residenza in BasilicataLatronico, Italy (September 2018)
Art House SchoolShkoder, Albania (August 2017)
Zentrum für Kunst und UrbanistikBerlin, Germany (November 2016 – February 2017)
Salzburg Global SeminarSalzburg, Austria (October 2016)
Exhibitions
The Skies will Fade Three Times Before They Reach Your Delicate EyesPart of exhibition Bounding Histories Whispering Tales, Timisoara, Romania, 2025
FDWReminder - On Women And Cities: A flute, a bell, waters. Group show, Art Explora Festival, Durres, Albania, 2025
Banquo In The FeastTotal Theatre ESP, Group show dedicated to Edward Gordon Craig, Belmacz Gallery London, England, 2024
Suffer Me Not The ReturnIn The Mood For Interruption, Group show curated by Tevz Logar, Galerie Kandlhofer, CuratedBy festival, Vienna, Austria, 2024
The Walled GardenSowing The Seed Of Care, Group show curated by Giacomo Pigliapoco, Galleria Fuori Campo, Siena, Italy, 2024
Material Art Fairrepresented by Suprainfinit Gallery, Group Booth along Darya Koltsova and Klara Zetterholm, Mexico City, Mexico, 2024
Liste Art Fairrepresented by Suprainfinit Gallery Group Booth along Klara Zetterholm, Basel, Switzerland, 2023
The Horizontal WallDuo Show with Vlad Nanca, curated by Mihnea Mircan, Suprainfinit Gallery, Bucharest, Romania, 2023
If We Stay NaturallyIt Matters What Words World Worlds, curator Catherine Nichols, thematic exhibition, Manifesta14 Biennale, Prishtine, Kosovo 2022
HidroelektranaWhat If A Journey, Curators J. Warsza, O. Durmusoglu, Autostrada Biennale, Prizren, Kosovo 2021
Rites of SpringSchool of Waters, Mediterranea 19 Biennale BCJEM, curator Denise Araouzou, San Marino, Italy 2021
Rites of SpringA for Unapologetic, Group show curated by Adela Demetja, Vaska Emanuilova Gallery, NEXT Balkan, Sofia, Bulgaria 2021
TriptychAmbitions - group show curated by Adela Demetja and Eremire Krasniqi, National Gallery of Albania, Tirana, Albania 2021
PredictionsThe Golden Vale, curated by Matt Packer - EVA International Biennale 39th, Limerick, Ireland, 2020
Mur mur murimBazament Space, Tirana, Albania, 2019
Areals and IdlesEx-Gratia - group show curated by Adrian Paci, Collezione Giuseppe Iannacone, MIART 2018, Milano, Italy, 2018
Ritualsever elusive - Transmediale/CTM program, Venue: Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin, Germany, 2017
Public Collections and Archives
Works are also part of several private collections.
Triptych2020, National Gallery of Albania Fund - part of fund since 2021
If we stay Naturally2022 Public Art Fund of the Republic of Kosovo - acquired by Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of Kosovo since 2022
Past Present Continuous2019, MULA Museo di Latronico, Italy - acquired since 2019
Broken Archives, Villa Romana, Florence, Italy, Lazaret on the Shore, 2020part of archives since 2022 https://www.brokenarchive.org/artist/bora-baboci/
Secondary Archives, Platform for women artists from Central and Eastern Europepart of archive since 2022 https://secondaryarchive.org/artists/bora-baboci/