Itziar Barrio
(Bilbao, 1976)SOLO SHOWS
2023"Itziar Barrio: did not feel low, was sleeping", Smack Mellon, NYC
"Itziar Barrio: and Dan and (when some small metal is spun)", La MaMa Galleria, NY
2022
THE PERILS OF OBEDIENCE (PREMIERE), PARTICIPANT INC, New York
A Demon that Slips into Your Telescopes while You’re Dead Tired and Blocks the Light (online show), sign and symbols, New York
2019
All of Us Want to Work Less, Matadero Madrid, Madrid
Selected Videos (Screenings), MACRO (Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome), Rome
ROBOTA MML, Matadero Madrid, Madrid
The Hand at Work, àngels barcelona, Barcelona
2018
BY ALL MEANS, AlhóndigaBilbao, Bilbao
2017
Screening, The Sunview Lunchonette, New York
THE PERILS OF OBEDIENCE, Museo de Arte del Banco de la República de Bogotá, Bogotá
2016
THE HISTORY OF THE FIST, Soho20 Gallery, New York
THE PERILS OF OBEDIENCE, PARTICIPANT INC, New York
2015
THE MUSIC YOU WANT ME TO HEAR, Rincón Projects, Bogotá
All of Us Want to Work Less (Performance), MACBA, Barcelona
Casting THE PERILS OF OBEDIENCE, Espacio ODEÓN, Bogotá
2014
THE MUSIC YOU WANT ME TO HEAR, Galeria ad hoc, Vigo
THE HISTORY OF THE FIST (Invisible Violence), MoCAB (The Museum of Contemporary Art of Belgrade), Belgrado
Rehearsal THE PERILS OF OBEDIENCE, Abrons Art Center, New York
I use people for what I write, ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program), New York
2013
Casting THE PERILS OF OBEDIENCE, Abrons Art Center, New York
WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL, La Taller, Bilbao
2012
WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL, ENPAP (European Network for Public Arts Producers)
2011
LOS PELIGROS DE LA OBEDIENCIA (-1), AlhóndigaBilbao, Bilbao
The Blue Wall Project (Lower East Side), New Museum, New York
Detrás, al final de la comparsa, ARTIUM (Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo), Vitoria
The Blue Wall Project, Brooklyn Arts Council, New York
2010
LOS PELIGROS DE LA OBEDIENCIA (-1), BAD (Bilbao Theatre and Contemporary Dance, Bilbao
2009
Colossal, New York
Welcome to the new Paradise, White Box, New York
2008
Pink Car Crash, White Box, New York
2007
I can't even hear you, Agenzia04 Gallery, Bologna
North Folk Bank (public art project), New York
2006
Eso no va a ocurrir (This isn't going to happen), Sala Libre Completo, Barcelona
Coincido contigo en lo otro, Galeria Jamete, Cuenca
I coincide with you in the other, HVCCA (Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art), New York
GROUP SHOWS
2020@ [close] distance, àngels barcelona, Barcelona
Dos Espacios, àngels barcelona, Barcelona
2019
PROCESSI 146, Real Academia de España en Roma, Rome
2018
Mean Streets, La Virreina. Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona
BREAKING WAVE, PARTICIPANT INC, New York
Apeiron, Muestra de videoarte vasco, Centro Cultural Español, Montevideo
2017
Public Formats, Abrons Art Center, New York
MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, Skowhegan, New York
2016
Herselves, Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona
Room, Rincón Projects, Bogotá
Beneath Our Feet on and the Surface of Things, RESIDENCY UNLIMITED, New York
Single Channel, Anthology Films Archives, New York
Ethnography in the Expanded Field, The New School, New York
Lost and Found, Abrazo Interno Gallery, New York
Loop Award, El Celler de Rubí, Barcelona
2015
UNTITLED Art Fair, Rincón Projects, Miami
Contornos del Audiovisual, Tabakalera, San Sebastián
Inside/Outside: works from the Skowhegan archives, Fabrica Damm, Barcelona
Closed Circuit, Abrazo Interno Gallery, New York
Female, Judith Charles Gallery, New York
2014
Suturak, San Telmo Museoa | Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastián
Contemporary Art Fair, Rincón Projects, Bogotá
Nonument, MACBA, Barcelona
Sex without bodies, Temporary Agency, New York
Across the Short Divide, Broadway Gallery Space
2013
Proyecto Santa Fe, Rincón Projects, Bogotá
Nothingness and Untapped Capital, New Museum, New York
Peekskill Project, HVCCA (Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art), New York
By Any Means Necessary, ACB Gallery, Budapest
2012
Screen from Barcelona, LOOP, Barcelona
All work and no play makes Thomas a Dull, Galerie Thomas Henry Ross Art Contemporain, New York
You and the Eye, Havana Biennial, La Habana
2011
Open Studios, ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program), New York
Video(S)torias, ARTIUM (Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo), Vitoria
Creadoras del siglo XX y XXI, Fundación Caja Vital Kutxa, Vitoria
Electrica, Armory, New York
People in the City, Rincón Projects, New York
About the Face, No Longer Empty, New York
2010
Espacio Enter, TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife
Tensiones, Anthology Films Archives, New York
On the Road, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao
Now or Never, Rincón Projects, Bogotá
Sternberg Project, Moviehouse, New York
Queens Move, White Box, New York
Tensiones, King Juan Carlos I, New York
Exposure, Union Gallery, New York
Pop art, DAC (Dumbo Arts Center), New York
2009
Appropiation and Development, Moviehouse, New York
Scope Art Fair, Blanca Soto Gallery, Miami
Art Fair, Y Gallery, New York
Comunicacionismos, Havana Biennial, La Habana
Advent, Kork Gallery, New York
Digital Image, Espacioenter, Tenerife
Theatre of more, White Box, New York
Comunicacionismos, Gdansk Academy of Arts, Gdansk
10th Anniversary Benefit Auction, White Box, New York
Inner Beauty Parlor, Envoy Gallery, New York
Doble-Dutch, Gaga Arts Center, New York
Disappearing Acts, Envoy Gallery, New York
2008
Pretecnologias, ART TECH MEDIA, Córdoba
The Phatologies of Touristic, Pist Space, Istanbul
Arte Fiera, Agenzia04 Gallery, Bologna
Bird in the Bush, Tribes Gallery, New York
Calypso-Videoteca, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao
Gráficas Desechables, Espacio Abisal, Bilbao
2006
Se puede pegar a los matones del cole, pero a una chica jamás, Kultur Leioa, Bilbao
Gure Artea, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastián
Video projection, 3rd Ward Brooklyn, New York
2004
Postales Catódicas - Videocreation, Galería Catálogo General, Bilbao
Ibilarte 04, Aula de Cultura BBK, Bilbao
XXI Fortuna, Weekend Gallery, Berlin
AWARDS
2016Finalist. In Practice. Sculpture Center., New York
2015
Nominee Rema Hort Mann 2015, Rema Hort Mann, New York
Finalist. International Discovery LOOP Video Award, LOOP, Barcelona
2013
Finalist. Headlands Center for the Arts Residency, Sausalito, CA., California
2010
First Prize. Ertbil 2010. Bizkaia Executive Council
2006
ZINEBI, Bilbao International Short and Documentary Films Festival, Bilbao
Gure Artea 2006 Prize Finalist. Basque Government
2004
Iberoamerican VideoArt Prize Selected, MUSAC (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León), Madrid
STUDIES / WORKSHOPS / RESIDENCIES
2018Spanish Academy in Rome 2018-2019 Fellowship, Rome
2017
Etxepare, Basque Institute.
Multiverse Grant for Video Art Creation. BBVA Foundation.
2016
AC/E. Mobility Program. Spain´s Public Agency for Cultural Action.
BSMT Residency. MANA Contemporary. NJ
2015
Etxepare, Basque Institute.
Artist in Residence. La Escuelita.
Basque Government Visual Arts Grant 2015.
2014
Etxepare, Basque Institute.
Artist in Residence. ISCP, International studio and curatorial program & El Museo de los Sures., Brooklyn
Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Emergency Grant., New York
2013
Etxepare, Basque Institute
Basque Government Visual Arts Grant 2013
AC/E. Mobility Program. Spanish Minister of Culture.
New York Foundation for the Arts' (NYFA) Emergency Relief Fund, NYFA Gallery
2012
Etxepare, Basque Institute
2011
Etxepare, Basque Institute.
Artist in residence., ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program), New York
Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)
Community Arts Regrant Program, Brooklyn Arts Council, New York
2010
Basque Government Visual Arts Grant 2010
Consulate General of Spain in New York Grant. NYC, New York
Artist in Residencie., ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program), New York
2009
Basque Government Visual Arts Grant 2009
Promocion de Cultura 2009. Spanish Ministry of Culture.
Consulate General of Spain in New York., New York
Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)
Community Arts Regrant Program, Brooklyn Arts Council, New York
2007
Consulate General of Spain in New York., New York
Basque Government Visual Arts Grant 2007
Bizkaia Executive Council Grant for Artistic Creation 2007–2008
2006
Grant Residency Program at the HVCCA, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York, with support from Sala Rekalde Bilbao, Spain