Javier Barrios

Biography

Born in 1989 in Guadalajara, MX
Lives and works in Mexico City, MX

Solo exhibitions

2025
Cosmic Strips, Ilenia, London, UK
Javier Barrios, Liste, Lodovico Corsini, Basel, CH

2024
Javier Barrios with Meriem Bennani, Paris International, Lodovico Corsini, FR

2023
Offerings to the nocturnal hours, Clearing, Brussels, BE

2022
House of Shadows, Pequod Co., Mexico City, MX
The cypress knees, Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, MX

2021
Cloning the Ghost, Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, California, USA

2017
Huerta a cuadros indoor, Ladrón Galería, Mexico City, MX
Sillas plegables y flores, Páramo, Guadalajara, MX

2016
Máquina de vapor, Bikini Wax EPS, Mexico City, MX

2014
Habitación de oro, Diéresis, Guadalajara, MX

2013
Améxica: Ciudad amurallada, Alianza Francesa de Guadalajara, MX

Group exhibitions

2024
La voz de la montaña, 15th FEMSA Bienal, León and Guanajuato, MX
Flowers of Romance - Act Two, Lodovico Corsini, Brussels, BE
Flowers of Romance - Act One, Lodovico Corsini, Brussels, BE
Natura Morta, Ilenia, London, UK

2023
La Mano Negra, Guadalajara 90210, Guadalajara, MX
Maiden Voyage, Clearing, New York, USA
Hic Sunt Dracones, Deli Gallery, Mexico City, MX

2022
Lucha Libre: Beyond the Arenas, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, USA
I Could Eat You: Part I & Part II, collaborative group show between Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, Madragoa, and Clearing, Casa da Cultura Comporta, PT
Bitácoras: Colección Fundación Casa Wabi, Fundación Casa Wabi in collaboration with Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Querétaro, Querétaro, MX
Les beaux jours, Clearing, Brussels, BE
Drawing in the Continuous Present, The Drawing Center, New York, USA
Autosuficiencia #2: Ejercicios de balance, in collaboration with Joaquín Segura, Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, Querétaro, MX

2021
Memory shop, curated by Nicolás Bourriaud, Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, MX
Saludos amigos, Proyecto N.A.S.A.(L), Mexico City, MX

2020
OTRXS MUNDXS, curated by Humberto Moro and Andrés Valtierra, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, MX
Sans filet, curated by Juan Pablo Cendejas, Aoyama Meguro, Tokyo, JP
Soft dick moments, curated by Diego del Valle Ríos, Salón Silicón, Mexico City, MX
Bodega ACME, Salón ACME 7ma edición, Mexico City, MX
Páramo | GNP ArteCareyes Film & Art Festival, Careyes, MX

2018
Cómo diluir el territorio, curated by Viviana Martínez, La No Bienal 2da edición, San José, CR

2017
127, Páramo, New York, USA
Kitchen debate, curated by Paulina Ascencio, Regina Rex and Rawson Projects, New York, USA
Here the border is you, curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas y Claudia Segura, Proyectos LA, Los Angeles, USA
Tres golpes, in collaboration with Joaquín Segura, curated by Paulina Ascencio, Fundación CALOSA, Irapuato, MX

2016
Segunda Gran Bienal Tropical, Proyecto de Pablo León de la Barra Loíza, PR
Políticas del polvo, Galería Emma Molina, Monterrey, MX
Reconstrucción: Un proyecto de Abraham Cruzvillegas, curated by Viviana Kuri, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, MX

2015
Under Construction, curated by Meaghan Kent, Páramo, Guadalajara, MX

2014
Testigo del siglo, curated by Viviana Kuri and Humberto Moro, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, MX
Primera Bienal de Arte y Diseño, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City, MX
Maratón de las Américas 89Plus: Autoconstrucción, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, MX

2013
Sin necesidad de profecías, curated by Humberto Moro, Diéresis, Guadalajara, MX

2011
Anatema-Guadalajara, curated by Miriam Novóa y Samantha Cendejas, Guadalajara, MX

Grants

2019-2020
Jóvenes Creadores grant, alternative media and performance, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA), Mexico City, MX

Published Writings

Buddhist Visions of Hell, Brussels, BE, 2022
Drawing in the continuous present, The Drawing Center, Online, 2022

Residencies

2019
Fonca Jovenes Creadores Young Creators Fellowship, Mexico City, MX
Residency program, Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, MX

2018
International Residency Program, The International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA

2017
Residencia artística, Hotel El Ganzo, San José del Cabo, MX

Collections

The Bunker, Florida, USA
By Art Matters, Hangzhou, CN
Casa Wabi Foundation, Oaxaca, MX
Colección Diéresis, Guadalajara, MX
Colección GAIA, MX
Colección Isabel y Agustín Coppel, MX
Fundación M, MX
Fondazione Bonollo, Verona, IT
Fondazione Fiera Milano, IT