Javier Barrios

JAVIER BARRIOS

Javier Barrios (b. 1989) was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and currently lives and works in Mexico City. Barrios investigates the power and social structures that mediate contemporary society, and he has a particular interest in modes of exchange and distribution, both as they apply to the economy and to the trafficking of information, ideas, and images. Through his meticulously executed pencil drawings, mixed media prints, as well as his diverse installations and sculptures, he examines the excesses and inequalities that he sees as inherent to capitalism, exploring issues of environmental degradation, unsustainable systems of production, and the seemingly inexorable homogenization and corporatization of the world around us. He frequently incorporates references to the history, culture, and traditions of Mexico into his work, making his critique both more specific and more pointed. Barrios is also interested in notions of resistance, in the ways in which the fringe pushes against the mainstream and how small acts of defiance can generate the collective force needed to affect change. In addition to his work as an artist, Barrios also runs the independent editorial project Ediciones Barrio Boy’z, which he founded in 2012 and in which he publishes his work and collaborations with other artists.

 

EDUCATION

2015-2016 Educational Program SOMA, Mexico 2010-2014 B.A. SCJ Visual Arts Orientation, Mexico  

CURRENT AND UPCOMING

Artist Residency CASA WABI, Oaxaca, Mexico March 2019  

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Huerta a Cuadros, Indoor LADRÓN Gallery, Mexico City Sillas plegables y flores, Páramo, Guadalajara, Mexico 2016 Maquina de vapor, Bikini Wax, Mexico City 2014 Habitación de oro, Diéresis, Guadalajara, Mexico 2013 Améxica: Ciudad amurallada, Alianza Francesa de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico  

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 Bodega ACME, Salón ACME 7th edition, Mexico City Páramo | GNP ArteCareyes Film & Art Festival, Careyes, Mexico 2018 Cómo diluir el territorio, curated by Viviana Martínez, La No Bienal 2nd edition, San Jose, Costa Rica 2017 127, Páramo | 127, New York, USA Kitchen debate, curated by Paulina Ascencio, Regina Rex, Rawson Projects, New York, USA ProyectosLA: “Here the border is you”, curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas y and Claudia Segura, Los Angeles, USA Tres golpes, in collaboration with Joaquín Segura, curated by Paulina Ascencio, Fundación CALOSA Irapuato, Mexico 2016 Segunda Gran Bienal Tropical, project by Pablo León de la Barra Loíza, Puerto Rico Políticas del polvo, curated by Anuar Maauad, Galería Emma Molina, Monterrey, Mexico Reconstrucción, un proyecto de Abraham Cruzvillegas, curated by Viviana Kuri, Museo de Arte de Zapopan (MAZ), Zapopan, Mexico 2015 Under Construction, curated by Meaghan Kent, Páramo, Guadalajara, Mexico 2015-2014 Testigo del siglo, curated by Viviana Kuri and Humberto Moro, Museo de Arte de Zapopan (MAZ), Zapopan, Mexico 2014 Bienal Universitaria de Arte y Diseño, Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City 2013 Sin necesidad de profecías, curated by Humberto Moro, Diéresis, Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 Anatema-Guadalajara, curated by Miriam Novóa and Samantha Cendejas, Guadalajara, Mexico  

ART RESIDENCIES

2019 CASA WABI, Oaxaca, Mexico 2018 The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA (August-October) 2017 Hotel el Ganzo, San José del Cabo, Mexico (June)  

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2014 Selected artist, Primera Bienal de Arte y Diseño de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM, Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City Guest artist, Maratón de las Américas 89Plus: Autoconstrucción, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets, Museo Jumex, Mexico City  

COLLECTIONS

Diéresis Collection, Guadalajara, Mexico GAIA Collection, Mexico Isabel and Agustín Coppel Collection, Mexico  

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2019 ¿Quiénes son las 10 nuevas promesas del arte en México? 10 curadores opinan | Parte 1, Revista Código, March 26, 2019. 2017 Quiroz, Marcela. Javier Barrios and Joaquin Segura. Artforum, pg 217, December 2017. Reconstrucción: Un proyecto de Abraham Cruzvillegas. Museo de Arte de Zapopan: Zapopan, Jalisco, 2017 (Exhibition Catalogue). Arte y Trabajo BWEPS. Sentir OXXO/ Una revisión del uso de la tienda en la producción visual en México. Campo de relámpagos, 2017. Barrios, Javier. De vuelta en Utopía. A, The Style Guide, June 2017. Marcial Pérez, David. Arte para reclamar la Antártida. EL PAÍS, February 2017.