Javier Barrera

Javier Barrera born in Chicago, Illinois and lives and works in Miami, Florida. Barrera received an MFA from Hunter College-CUNY in 2005. Barrera’s creative process is a philosophical search, shaped by matters of practice and procedure that extend through video, audio and printmaking. Underlying this approach is an interest in exploring innovative ways of communicating contemporary culture and combining in-depth knowledge of the arts along with the rubrics of journalism. Selected group exhibitions include “Living in Oblivion: An artistic examination of our times,” Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida, 2023; “Florida Biennial,” Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida, 2022; “unfinished: New Prints 2022/Winter,” Print Center, New York, 2022. Barrera has been awarded residencies at ArtPrint Residence, Catalunya, Spain (2022), Artist in Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California (2021) and the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont (2019). His work is in the collections of the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Fidelity Collections, the Stanford Archives and other private collections.