ADRIANA N. BARRIOS
Education
2019 Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, GPA:3.9/4.0, magna cum laude
2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Awards
2021 Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award, Division of the Arts Creative Arts Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI
2021 Nō Studios Artist Grant, Milwaukee, WI
2021 Dane Arts Grant, Madison, WI
2021 Innovation in Image Residency, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2021 Penland Board of Trustees Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2020 Forward Art Prize, Women Artist Forward Fund, Madison, WI
2020 Dane Arts Need Grant Program! (DANG!), Madison, WI
2019 ALL Prize: Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
2019 Master of Fine Arts Professional Development Grant, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2019 Blair H. and Leah D. Temkin Exhibition Award Fund, Madison, WI
2018 William J. Wartmann Graduate Art Printing Scholarship, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Solo Exhibitions
2022 (forthcoming) West Virginia State University, Institute, WV
2022 (selected) Between Land and Sea, Gallery at Truex, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
2020 Transitions, Hotel Red, Madison, WI
2019 Long Range Signal: Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Art + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
2018 Quintessence: Observations of An Altered Landscape, Graduate Hotel, Madison, WI
2018 Gradual Destruction Master of Art Review Exhibition, Gallery Seven, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Two Person Exhibitions
2017 Here Nor There, No Land Art Space, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Patterns and Interpretations of The Southwest, Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2011 Fragments, Alternative Ink Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2010 New Works: Adriana Barrios and Yuko Fukuzumi, Justice Works Studio, San Antonio, TX
2010 Places: Adriana Barrios and Barbara Justice, Lone Star Studio, San Antonio, TX
International Exhibitions
2020 Habitat, Studio 84, Florence, Italy (curated by Pietro Gagliano Ph.D, Art Critic and Scholar of Contemporary Languages,
Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy)
2017 Los Nortenos, Fernando Vilchis Gallery, Instituto de Artes Plásticas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
2015 (Two Person Exhibition) Places Continued, Studio 24, Florence, Italy
2015 Invisible Borders, SRISA Gallery, Florence, Italy
(curated by Pietro Gagliano Ph.D, Art Critic and Scholar of Contemporary Languages, Studio Art Center International,
Florence, Italy)
2010 Student Collegiate Exhibition, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
National Group Exhibitions
2021 (selected) 41st Annual SECURA Fine Arts Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI Honorable Mention (Jurors: Todd
Mrozinski, Benjamin D. Rinehart, Christina Turner)
2021 (selected) Winter Is Alive, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2020 (Four Person Exhibition) The Nature of Our Dispositions, Foster Gallery UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
2020 (selected) Outside Looking In: A Drive-Thru Exhibition, Garver Events, Madison, Wi
2020 Art and Nature: The Year of The Environment, Madison Municipal Building, Madison, WI (Curator: Dakota Mace, artist,
Madison, WI)
2019 (selected) MAPC Members Juried Exhibition, Bolivar Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Juror: Yoonmi Nam,
Professor of Printmaking, University of Kansas)
2019 (selected) Art of Water III, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
2019 Public Prints, Overture Center for The Arts, Madison, WI
2019 Nine x Nine, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2019 Over Pressure: Graduate Printmaking Review Exhibition, Art Lofts Gallery, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
2018 Seed The Vote, Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2018 (selected) Piece of Paper Exhibition, a national juried exhibition, The St. Louis Artist Guild, St Louis, MO
(Juror: Karen Kunc, Cather Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Director and Founder of
Constellation Studios)
2018 Twice Alive: A Convergence of Art, Science, and Poetry, School of Education Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI
2018 Graduate Second Year Review Exhibition, Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2017 Middle Grounds: A Graphics Area Exhibition, Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2017 An Evening of Dreaming for Our Dreamers, Centro Hispano, Madison, WI
2017 Women Workin', SoE Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2016 Witnesses: Graduate First Year Review Exhibit, Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2016 INKLINGS: A Graphics Area Exhibition, Gallery Seven, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2016 Southwest School of Art Annual Art Gala, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
2013 Here and There, R Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2011 Justice Works Final Group Exhibit: Justice Works Studio, San Antonio, TX
2011 Attention to Detail, San Antonio Community College Art Department, San Antonio, TX
(curated by Rebecca Dietz, Associate Professor with Tenure, Visual Arts Program Coordinator, San Antonio Community
College, San Antonio, TX)
2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, University of Texas at San Antonio Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2009 Tenth Anniversary Promise Ball Art Auction, La Cantera Resort, San Antonio, TX
2009 20 X 20: Twenty Drawings by Twenty People, Justice Works Studio, San Antonio, TX
2008 4433.001, Justice Works Studio, San Antonio, TX
(curated by Dennis Olsen, Printmaking Department Chair and Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas at
San Antonio, TX)
2008 UTSA Spring Student Exhibition, University of at San Antonio Gallery (curated by Barbara Riley, Professor of Art, Texas A&M
University- Corpus Christi, TX)
2008 Collective Pressure: A Printmaking Show, Justice Works Studio, San Antonio, TX
2008 Student Collegiate Exhibition, San Antonio Art League & Museum, San Antonio, TX
2008 New Work, Justice Works Studio, San Antonio, TX
(curated by Barbara Justice, Artist and Co-Director of Justice Works Studio, San Antonio, TX)
Exhibitions Curated
2022 Pressure Points, The Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
2022 Juror for the Innovation in Image Residency, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwoood, WA
2021 Juror for the Thomas D Little and Anthony Bartholomew Undergraduate and Graduate Printmaking awards, Kent State
University, OH
2018 Printmaking in Glass: A Pre-College Arts Exhibition, SoE Gallery, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2018 Living Memory: Portraits of The Lake Sturgeon, SoE Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2018 Twice Alive: A Convergence of Art, Science and Poetry a CHE Sponsored Exhibition (Center for Culture, History, and
Environment), SoE Gallery, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2018 Labor of Love: by Rebecca Kautz, SoE Gallery, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2017 Flourish: Life in Full Bloom by Sarah McRae, SoE Gallery, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2017 Women Workin’: A Contemporary Art Exhibit by Eleven Women, SoE Gallery, The University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI
2011 Juror for The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, National Competition, Say Si, San Antonio, TX
2010 Family: A Group Art Exhibit, Curators, Adriana Barrios and Barbara Justice, Sponsored by Planned Parenthood of San
Antonio and South- Central Texas, South West School of Art, San Antonio, TX
2009-2011 Co-Director and Co-Curator, Justice Works Studio Exhibitions Curated, Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, TX
2011 Justice Works Studio Final Group Exhibit Featuring 33 Artists
2011 Jenelle Esparza: Writing on The Wall
2011 Yuko Fukuzumi: Tons of It by
2011 Nicholas Hay: Good and Gone Again
2011 Ashley Perez: New Works
2011 Alex Rubio: Abstract Experiments
2011 Michael Menchaca
2011 Sean FitzGibbons and Jake Zollie-Harper: Taking Up Space
2010 Antonio Lopez III: Meaning Leaks from the Molecules
2010 Jessica Ramirez: A Substitute for Confidence
2010 John Cody Williams: The Quiet Stealth of Sunday Afternoon
2010 Nicholas Hay: Rock & Roll
2010 Vanessa Garcia Briede: Rampant
2010 Virtualities: States of Existence: Gary Wise
2009 Hiromi Tsuji-Stringer: Stories
2009 Alfonso Espronceda: Respiration
2009 Ramon Montoya III: Dichtyps
2009 Aaron Munoz and Clay McClure New Works
2009 Jessica Garcia, Gary Wise, John Cody Williams, and Joseph Raines Experimental Sounds; A Four Person Sound Exhibit
2009 Jung Hee Mun and Sessera: Intersubjectivity
2009 Nicholas Hay and Richard Kelly Deaver: WAR
2009 20x20: Twenty Drawings by Twenty People
2009 Alfonso Espronceda: Delusions of Grandeur
2009 George Ramos: Translation
2009 Vicki Stephens: Hung Up by
2009 Ana Rodriguez-Balp: Hidden Dimensions
2009 Antonio Lopez III: Window Shopping
2009 Richard Kelly Deaver: New Sculptures
2009 Linda Arredondo: Creashens
2009 Jessica Garcia: Deep Within
2009 Collective Pressure; A University of Texas at San Antonio Printmaking Exhibition
2009 Nicholas Hay: UTAH
Professional Experience
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
2021-Present Engagement Manager for Exhibitions and Programs, Center for Design and Material Culture, School of Human
Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2020-21 Assistant Art Preparator, The Chazen Art Museum, Madison, Madison, WI
2018-21 Graphic Designer and Web Editor, PLACE | Professional Learning and Community Education, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2017-19 Co-Curator, School of Education Gallery Office of the Associate Dean of Arts, University of Wisconsin- Madison,
Madison, WI
2016-17 Project Assistantship for John Hitchcock, Professor of Art and Associate Dean for The Arts, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Santa Reparata, International School of Art, Florence, Italy
2019 Print Consultant, Santa Reparata International School of Art regarding screen printing facilities set up, student
recruitment, and graphic design, Florence, Italy, May-September 2019
2015 Printmaking Technician, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, May-December 2015
2010 Printmaking Technician, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, May-August 2010
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
2022 Faculty, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME (Screen Printing [instructor of record],
forthcoming October 2022)
2019 Graphics Residency Technician, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME, May 2019
2018 Printmaking Technical Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME. Graphics Studio, Graphics of
Ephemera with Emily Arthur Associate Professor of Printmaking UW-Madison
The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.
2011 Contract Printer, Assistant for visiting artist Phillip King, Lone Star Studio Press, Lone Star Studios, San Antonio, TX
2010 Contract Printer, Ricardo Romo Presidents Project, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
2008-09 Printmaking Technician, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
South West School of Art, 300 Augusta St, San Antonio, TX.
2011 Printmaking Technician, South West School of Art, San Antonio, TX
Justice Works Studio, Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, TX.
2009-11 Gallery Co-Director and Co-Curator, Justice Works Studio, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, TX
Teaching Positions Held
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 89 Haystack School Drive Deer Isle, ME.
2022 Faculty, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME (Screen Printing [instructor of record],
forthcoming, October 2022)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI.
2018 Faculty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (Printmaking and Hot Glass [instructor of record], Summer 2018)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI.
2017 Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI
(Introduction to Printmaking, Fall 2017)
Residencies
2022 (forthcoming) MIAD Prints2022, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2021 Innovation in Image Residency, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (August 2021)
2019 Haystack Open Studio Technician, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
2017 Artist Residency specialized in Photogravure, Izote Ediciones, Xalapa, Mexico
2015 Artist Residency, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy (May-December)
Contract Printer (Master Printer)
2019 Two printer proof editions, multi method prints using screen print and intaglio for Bentley Spang multidisciplinary artist,
writer, and curator
2018 Edition of twenty-five, photo intaglio prints for Dark Horse Press-Emily Arthur, Assistant Professor Chair of Printmaking
at The University of Wisconsin-Madison
2017 Edition of twenty-two, two layered screen prints for Jamison Chas Banks multidisciplinary artist and adjunct professor of
Printmaking & Studio Arts at the Institute of American Indian Arts
2017 Edition of twenty-two, four color screen prints for Hybrid Press-John Hitchcock, Professor of Art, and Associate Dean for
The Arts, University of Wisconsin- Madison
2011 Monotypes for artist Phillip King, Lone Star Studio Press, Lone Star Studios
2011 Edition of twenty, CMYK four color etchings for Carla Veliz, part of Veinticinco: 25 Original Print Editions by Latino &
Latina Artists, Printed at the University of Texas at San Antonio (catalogue)
Artist Presentation
2022 Online Program Presenter, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME, May 16, 2022.
2022 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood Washington, WA
2021 ALL Studio Artists, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI, March 12,2021.
2020 Brown Bag Lunch Presentations, Art and Nature: The Year of The Environment, Madison Municipal Building, Madison, WI,
April 2019.
2019 The Art of Adaptation, Earth Day Conference Imagine and Adapt: Possibilities in a Changing World, Madison, WI,
April 22, 2019.
2018 Artist Talk, Session 5, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, August 20, 2019.
2017 Artist Talk, Fernando Vilchis Gallery, Instituto de Artes Plásticas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico, June 1, 2018.
Professional Organizations
Arts + Literature Laboratory Curatorial Board, Active Board Member
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art | IDEAS Committee, Active Board Member
Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI), Active Member
Mid-American Print Council (MAPC), Active Member
College Art Association (CAA)
Permanent Collections
Special Collections Library, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
The Graduate School, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Public Art and Commissions
2021 Private Art Commission, multi lithography plate and screen print (15x22in.) The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni
Association, Madison, WI
2020-21 Art and Nature: The Year of The Environment, Madison Municipal Building, Madison, WI
2019 Public Prints, Overture Center for The Arts, Madison, WI
2017 Migration Mural, Excelsior Collective: John Hitchcock Associate Dean of The Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Artists: Amy Wilson Artist, Rose Kratchman Artist and Graphic Designer, Madison Children's Museum,
Stair Trek Series, Madison, WI
Bibliography and Catalogs
Juarez, Frank “Artist Spotlight” Ardose Magazine Weekly, June 6, 2021.
https://mailchi.mp/75eb6e370839/artdose-magazine-weekly-06062021?e=53c665340e
Lindsay Christians “Winter is Alive! lights up Madison with art about climate change”
Capital Times, February 8, 2021.
https://madison.com/ct/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/winter-is-alive-lights-up-madisonwith-
art-about-climate-change/article_0deafeb7-419b-55c0-a0e9-2f7b6175110f.html
Lindsay Christians “Two Latina artists take home 2020 Forward Art Prizes” Capital
Times, December 15, 2020.
https://madison.com/ct/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/two-latina-artists-take-home-
2020-forward-art-prizes/article_c1c07656-f375-5848-a421-13c054767f79.html
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https://education.wisc.edu/news/work-from-uw-madison-artists-featured-in-drive-thru-exhibit/
Shukla, Sannidhi “Garver Feed Mill's drive-thru art show becomes immersive at night” Tone Madison, May 5, 2020.
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https://isthmus.com/arts/visual-arts/art-in-the-here-and-now/
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25 Veinticinco Original Print Editions by Latino & Latina Artists, 2015 (catalog)
http://art.utsa.edu/veinticinco