Artist in Residence: Andrea Bordács — Female Armour

Female Armour addresses the capacity to sustain networks and communities under pressure

Andrea Bordács’ work investigates armour as a form historically adopted and redefined by women to assert presence, agency, and resilience. Across different cultural and temporal contexts, armour has functioned not only as protection, but as a marker of identity, strength, and continuity.

Female Armour consists of autonomous sculptural works conceived as untouchable forms. Instead of referring to combat protection, they express a restrained, non-aggressive power, grounded in endurance, destined for the preservation of life and collective structures.

While related to Bordács’ previous work for cinema and performance, these armours belong fully to her sculptural practice.

Residency at Galleria dei Gondolieri

Andrea Bordács began her residency at Elisabeth de Brabant Contemporary’s Venetian space, Galleria dei Gondolieri, in December 2025. The residency will culminate with the exhibition in April, 8-13.

Within the architectural and historical context of Venice, the artist is developing a new chapter that draws from the Ocean and Forest as a connective system between territories, histories, and bodies, and as a model for circulation, exchange, and survival.

This new chapter follows her series Fuga Ascendente (To Take Flight / An Ascending Escape), a tribute to historic female craft traditions across Tuscany, Sicily, and Venice, presented by Anna Shpilko, contributing curator at Elisabeth de Brabant Contemporary within the immersive exhibition at Villa Marigola during the Lerici Music Festival in summer 2025.