Tag: Manhattan

Iona College Art Appreciation Lecture | Presentation and Class Guggenheim Drawings

Borbay 2011 Iona College Art Appreciation Lecture Slides

This past Thursday, I had the honor of guest lecturing for Ryan Seslow‘s Art Appreciation Class at Iona College for a second time. My presentation revolved around my history, work, process, day-to-day and wrapped up with a 30-minute “draw the Guggenheim” exercise.

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Borbay’s Advertising Week Commission, As Seen in Bloomberg’s Business Week, AdWeek and Fast Company

Advertising Week Advertisement Featuring Borbay Commissioned Painting

Recently, I was commissioned by the fine folks at Advertising Week to create a Manhattan-centric collage-painting for their 8th Anniversary. To promote Advertising Week, they created an ad featuring my painting, which can be found in Bloomberg’s Business Week, AdWeek and Fast Company.

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Manhattan Mural at Jake’s Saloon, West 57th Street and 10th Avenue, by Borbay & Penn

Jake's Saloon, West 57th Street and 10th Ave Manhattan a Mural by Borbay and Penn

The owners of Jake’s Saloon commissioned Artist Jeremy Penn and yours truly to create an old-tyme Manhattan scene on the 11X26 foot exterior brick wall at their 875 10th Avenue location, at the North West corner of West 57th and 10th Avenue. We relished the opportunity to make our mark on the Manhattan landscape.

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Advertising Week New York City Collage Painting

Borbay Advertising Week Painting

Three years ago, I was working as Business Director for Fantasy Interactive. At the time, my life revolved around clients, projects, proposals, SOW’s and presentations. Today, I paint for 4-7 hours a day and spend a solid 1-3 hours a day evangelizing, promoting and selling my work. This agency experience and my current role served as the catalyst for showing my #KingsOfHipHop art exhibition at the offices of Publicis Modem on 9/15.

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A Portrait of Woody Allen Wishing He Was Someone Else

Portrait of Woody Allen by Borbay

“My one regret in life is that I am not someone else” — Woody Allen. This, no doubt, is a perfect quote for Mr. Allen Stewart Konigsberg. Enjoy the process video below!

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Painting Process | Weezy Taught Me, Not Yeezy

Lil Wayne Collage Painting by Borbay

All seven kings are now painted… Number 7, Lil Wayne.

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Penn Represents USA, Topless Times Square Painting, New Museum Gallery Walk

Jeremy Penn "Young American" Painting

BIG NEWS: friend and artist Jeremy Penn will represent the United States of America at The Pan-American Games in Mexico this August. He will be painting a 5’X5′ rose for our nation, one of 42 from around the world. Check out the full press release here. Congratulations on a well-deserved honor for a talented artist.

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Painting Process | Borbay Wedding Party Collage Painting

I am delighted to announce my marriage to Erin Nicole Borbet, the love of my life! This is a painting I created as a gift to our wedding party. Enjoy the video, enjoy your life.

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Two Year Anniversary of Being a Professional Artist

Borbay on Met Rooftop

Exactly two years ago, I declared my independence and became a full-time “Professional Location Artist” — my longest career to-date. Since then, I’ve had the honor of being named Time Out New York’s Most Creative New Yorker 2009, secured and delivered over 50 commissions, painted 162 canvases, and created on-location in Manhattan, Milan, Chicago, Minnesota, Las Vegas and Jamaica.

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