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(ENG) Itziar Barrio is a multimedia artist who produces long-term projects, involving different agents and collaborators. In her work she analyzes social contracts, and the construction of realities and identities. The means of production and exchange used in social negotiations - language, economy, technology, social class, symbols, desire, among others - come to light in her work as a subtext, and they point at to what unites them: power. The fine line between fiction and non-fiction, as well as the mechanism for constructing realities are also elements present in her practice.

Barrio uses various media such as video, performance, sculpture or graphics to create non-linear narratives based on elements, symptoms and deconstructed signs of contemporary mythologies; the language of popular culture, cinema, and mass media among others. In his work the text navigates through multiple platforms and textures, meaning post-structural explanations of the performativity and bodies in the work.

(CAST) tziar Barrio es una artista multimedia que produce proyectos de larga duración, implicando a diferentes agentes y colaboradores. En su trabajo analiza los contratos sociales, y la construcción de realidades e identidades. Los medios de producción e intercambio utilizados en la negociaciones sociales - el lenguaje, la economía, la tecnología, la clase social, los símbolos, el deseo, entre otros -  salen a la luz en su obra como subtexto, y apuntando a lo que les une: el poder. La fina linea entra la ficción y la no ficción, así como el mecanismo para construir realidades  están también presentes en su práctica. 

Barrio utiliza diversos medios como el video, la performance, la escultura o la gráfica para crear narrativas no lineales a partir de elementos, síntomas y signos deconstruidos de las mitologias contemporaneas; del lenguaje de la cultura popular, la cinematográfica, y los mass media entre otros. En su obra el texto navega a través de multiples plataformas y texturas, significando explicaciones post-estructurales de la performatividad y cuerpos en el trabajo.

(ENG) Itziar Barrio (Bilbao, 1976) lives and works in New York. Her work has been presented in international venues such as PARTICIPANT INC (NYC), MACBA (Barcelona), Belgrade's Contemporary Art Museum, Museo del Banco de la República (Bogotá), Abrons Arts Center (NYC), Anthology Films Archives (NYC), Salzburger Kunstverein, Espacio ODEÓN, (Bogotá), Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk (Poland), tranzit (Romania), European Network for Public Art Producers (ENPAP), ARTIUM (Vitoria-Gasteiz), and at the Havana Biennial among others.

She has received awards and scholarships, including the Brooklyn Art Council, Ministry of Culture of Spain, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NYC, New York Foundation for the Arts Individual Artist Grant, First Prize Ertibil and recently the Multiverso Scholarship BBVA Foundation. She has been artist in residence in several institutions, amongst them, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), La Escuelita Nicaragua and the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art. She is an adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York and has lectured at NYU, Hunter College, Montclair University and Parsons, among others, The New School for Design. Her recent monographic exhibition, BY ALL MEANS, was curated by Johanna Burton (current Director at Wexner Center for the Arts, and the former Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education in the New Museum, New York) at Azkuna Zentroa) (Bilbao, 2018).

(CAST) Itziar Barrio (Bilbao, 1976) vive y trabaja en Nueva York. Su obra se ha presentado en espacios internacionales como PARTICIPANT INC (NYC), MACBA (Barcelona), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Belgrado, Museo del Bacno de la República (Bogotá), Abrons Arts Center (NYC), Anthology Films Archives (NYC), Salzburger Kunstverein, Espacio ODEÓN, (Bogotá), Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk (Polonia),tranzit (Rumanía), European Network for Public Art Producers (ENPAP), ARTIUM (Vitoria-Gasteiz), y en la Bienal de la Habana entre otros.

Ha recibido premios y becas, entre los que destacan el Brooklyn Art Council, Ministerio de Cultura de España, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NYC, New York Foundation for the Arts Individual Artist Grant, Primer Premio Ertibil y recientemento la Beca Multiverso Fundación BBVA. Ha sido artista residente entre otras instituciones de la Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, el International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), La Escuelita Nicaragua y Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art. Es profesora adjunta en School of Visual Arts en Nueva York y entre otros ha dado conferencias en NYU, Hunter College, Montclair University y Parsons, The New School for Design. Su reciente exposición monográfica BY ALL MEANS, ha sido comisariada por Johanna Burton (actual Directora del Wexner Center for the Arts, y ex comisaria del New Museum de Nueva York) en Azkuna Zentroa) (Bilbao, 2018).