Education
After several casual jobs in 1950 completed his military service in Portuguese de Pollença (Mallorca), where he attended the workshop of Hermen Anglada Camarasa.
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Alfons Borrell
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Born in Barcelona in 1940 his family moved to Sabadell, where he Alfons Borrell live since he was 9 years old. Back in Sabadell in 1952, he worked in the family jewelry store. In 1955 Borrell evolved from the igurative to abstract painting.
The same year, he participated with Joaquim Montserrat in the creation of the Sala d"Art Actual Art Gallery in Sabadell and helped to create the Academy of Fine Arts of Sabadell.
In 1957 and worked in the Riutort magazine directed by Andreu Castells, in Sabadell. In 1959 he met Juan-Eduardo Cirlot, which he later devoted an essay.
In 1969 he joined the Grup Gallot (Gallot Group) with Antonio angle, Llorenç Balsach i Grau, Joan Josep Bermúdez, Manuel Duque, Josep Llorens, Joaquim Montserrat and Lluís Vila Plana following the current of the action Painting, which various perform actions on the street, both in Sabadell and Barcelona. Invited by the art critic Cirici Pellicer, he participated in the inaugural exhibition of the first Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art at the top of Cinema Coliseum.
1978 - Espai 10, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona.
1979 - Galeria Joan Prats Gallery, Barcelona. 1987 - Galérie Anne Marie de Sacy, Paris. 1988 - New York Exhibitions, New York
1990 - Francony Gallery, Tokyo, Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
1996 - Alfons Borrell o l"aura de pintura, travelling exhibit, several museums ins Catalonia
2006 - Alfons Borrell o la celebració del color, Centre Cultural Tecla Sala, l"Hospitalet de Llobregat.
2007 - Alfons Borrell o la celebració del color, Museu d"Art de Sabadell, Sabadell, Catalonia. 2011 – Alfons Borrell.
Obra sobre paper 1956-2010, Fundació Palau, Caldes d"Estrac, Catalonia. 2013 - Alfons Borrell.
Obra sobre paper 1956-2010, Museu d"Art de Sabadell.
2015 - Alfons Borrell. Els treballs i els dies, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona.
