Javier Barrera

ARTIST STATEMENT

My artwork is an interdisciplinary form of documentary and personal reportage that focuses on both the personal and the universal. My ideas lean toward socially-inspired content and present-day issues. In projects created through research and experimentation, I try to uncover layers of meaning—turning to a visual language as a means of conveying shared stories.

BIO

Javier Barrera received his BA at Boston University and his MFA at CUNY—Hunter College. His practice is an interdisciplinary form of documentary and personal reportage in which contemporary narratives are revisited through a visual language. A multimedia artist and a printmaker, his work can be found in the collections of the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Fidelity Collections and other private collections. Past exhibitions include El Museo del Barrio (New York), The National Arts Club (New York) and Camden Arts Centre (London, UK). He was most recently selected for the exhibition, Contested Spaces: 2019 Harnett Biennial of American Prints, at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA. In fall 2020, he will exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA and in spring 2021 will become an artist-in-residence at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, CA. He lives in Miami, Florida.

ARTIST LINKS

Website: https://www.javierbarrera.net/

Instagram: @javier1barrera1