Bogdan Borčić was born on 26 September 1926 in Ljubljana where he lived until 1980. In the period 19431–1944 he attended Matej Sternen’s painting course and France Gorše's drawing course. In 1944 he was interned at Dachau. After World War II he in 1950 graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana (with professors F. Mihelič, G. A. Kos, B. Jakac, R. Debenjak, N. Pirnat and S. Pengov). Two years later he finished his post-graduate studies in painting with Prof Gabrijel Stupica.
From 1952 to 1957 he taught drawing and art history at Novo Mesto high school. For ten years he worked as the head of the fine arts department of the Aesthetic Education Centre (later renamed Pionirski Dom). Borčić embarked on various study trips around Europe and developed his creativity in Johnny Friedlaender’s atelier in Paris from 1958 to 1959. In addition, he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts first at the department of painting (from 1969 to 1973) and then at the department of printmaking (from 1973 to 1984). In 1979 he held a series of lectures at the printmaking department of the Fine Arts Academy in Mons, Belgium. He staged around 190 solo exhibitions and participated in many more around the world. Borčić received over fifty awards and acknowledgements in Slovenia and elsewhere. His works are featured in prominentcollections in Slovenia and abroad.
He worked in drawing, painting, printmaking, illustrations and objects. He lived in Slovenj Gradec since 1980 where he died on 24 April 2014.