ADRIANA BARRIOS
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Education  
2019        MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI

2009        BFA, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
 
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
2024               Tides of Mentorship: Between Water and Land, Voices Gallery, Dubuque, WI (with artist John Hitchcock)
 
2023               Between Land and Sea, Canvas Gallery, Madison, WI 
 
2022               Between Land and Sea, Della Brown Taylor Hardman Art Gallery, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV
 
2022               Between Land and Sea, Gallery at Truex, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI (curated by Sarah Stolte)        
 
2020               Transitions, Hotel Red, Madison, WI
 
2019               Long Range Signal: Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Arts + 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
 
2017               Here Nor There, No Land Art Space, Santa Fe, NM (with artist Barbara Justice)
 
2016               Patterns and Interpretations of The Southwest, Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX (with artist Barbara Justice)
 
2011               Fragments, Alternative Ink Gallery, San Antonio, TX (with artist Barbara Justice)
 
2010               New Works: Adriana Barrios, Justice Works Studio, San Antonio, TX (with artist Yuko Fikuzumi)
 
2010               Places: Adriana Barrios and Barbara Justice, Lone Star Studio, San Antonio, TX

International Selected and Invitational Exhibitions   
2020               Habitat, Studio 84, Florence, Italy (curated by Pietro Gagliano)
 
2017               Los Nortenos, Fernando Vilchis Gallery, Instituto de Artes Plásticas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
 
2015               Two Person Exhibition, Places Continued, Studio 24, Florence, Italy (with artist Barbara Justice)
 
2015               Invisible Borders, SRISA Gallery, Florence, Italy (curated by Pietro Gagliano)
 
2010               Student Collegiate Exhibition, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
 
National Selected and Invitational Exhibitions  
2025               And I Will Tell You Mine, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
 
2025              Show Me Your Papers / A Ver, Y Tus Papeles, The Art Gallery at The College of Staten Island New York, NY (curated by  
                           Miguel Aragon and Eddy Lopez)
 
2025              Show Me Your Papers / A Ver, Y Tus Papeles, Samek Art Museum Lewisburg, PA (curated by Miguel Aragon
                          and Eddy Lopez)
 
2024               Nuestros Sueños, River Arts Center, Prairie du Sac, WI
 
2024               Standout Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN (juried by Joel Garcia)
 
2024               5-10-100, James Watrous Gallery, Madison, WI (curated by Brenda Baker and Bird Ross)
 
2024              Show Me Your Papers / A Ver, Y Tus Papeles, Pilsen Arts & Community House, Chicago, IL(curated by Miguel Aragon
                          and Eddy Lopez)
 
2024               Nuestros Sueños / Our Dreams, River Arts Center, Sauk Prairie, WI (curated by Roberto Torres Mata)
 
2024               Show Me Your Papers / A Ver, Y Tus Papeles, Public Shop & Gallery, Providence RI (curated by Miguel Aragon
                           and Eddy Lopez)
 
2024               Pressing for Change, Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO (curated by
                           Melanie Finlayson)
 
2022               Mark of Empowerment, Emily Davis Gallery, The University of Akron Mary Schiller Myers School of Art, Akron, OH
                           (curated by Roberto Torres Mata)
 
2022               Out of Choice, Out of Necessity, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
 
2022               MIAD Prints, Community Hub & Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI 
 
2021               41st Annual SECURA Fine Arts Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI Honorable Mention
                          (jurors Todd Mrozinski, Benjamin D. Rinehart, Christina Turner)
 
2021               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               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)
 
2019               MAPC Members Juried Exhibition, Bolivar Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Juror: Yoonmi Nam, Professor
                           of Printmaking, University of Kansas)
 
2019               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               Piece of Paper Exhibition, a national juried exhibition, The St. Louis Artist Guild, St Louis, MO 
                           (Juror: Karen Kunc, 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)
 
Awards/Grants
2024        Best in Show, Stand Out Print: International Juried Print Exhibition, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
 
2022        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
 
Residencies      
2024               Kala Art Institute, Berkley, CA
 
2022               MIAD Prints2022, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
 
2021               Innovation in Image Residency, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA 
 
2017               Artist Residency specialized in Photogravure, Izote Ediciones, Xalapa, Mexico
 
2015               Artist Residency, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
 
Exhibitions Curated/Juried       
2023               Juror, 6th Biennial Wings & Water, River Arts Inc, Prairie du Sac, WI
 
2023               Juror for the Arts Business Competition, Division of the Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
 
2023               Juror for the 95th Annual Student Art Show, Wisconsin Union Directorate, Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison,  
                           Madison, WI
 
2022               Juror for the 2022 Woman Artists Forward Art Prize, 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, Southwest 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

Professional Experience 
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
2023 - Present      Vice President, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, IT
 
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
 
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 89 Haystack School Drive Deer Isle, ME.
2025                           Studio Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
                                      (Graphics Studio, August 2025)
 
2023                           Instructor, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME (Graphics Studio, August 2023)
 
2022                           Instructor, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME (Graphics Studio, October 2022)
 
2019                           Graphics Studio Residency Technician, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
 
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
 
Anderson Ranch, Owl Creek Rd, Snowmass Village, CO.
2024                           Instructor, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
                                       (Screen Printing, August 2024)
 
2023                           Instructor, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
                                       (Screen Printing, June 2023)
 
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 455 N. Park Street, Madison, WI.
2021-2023                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 Assistant for John Hitchcock, Professor of Art and Associate Dean for The Arts, University of Wisconsin-
                                         Madison, Madison, WI
 
2018                           Faculty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (Printmaking and Hot Glass [instructor of record], July 2018)
 
2017                           Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI (Introduction to Printmaking, Fall 2017)
 
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
 
Southwest School of Art, 300 Augusta St, San Antonio, TX
2011                           Printmaking Technician, Southwest 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
 
Artist Presentations
2023               Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME, August 16, 2023.
 
2023               Anderson Ranch, Owl Creek Rd, Snowmass Village, CO, June 28, 2023.
 
2022               COR 130 Arts and Justice, Edgewood College, Madison, WI,  October 19, 2022.
 
2022               Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME, October 8, 2022.

2022               Della Brown Taylor Hardman Art Gallery, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV, September 19, 2022.
 
2022               Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood Washington, WA, July 2022.

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.
 
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, Associate Professor and 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 Chair at
                           The 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) 
 
Professional Organizations       
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Executive Board Member
Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI), Board Member
Arts + Literature Laboratory, Visual Arts Team Member
Mid-American Print Council (MAPC), Member
College Art Association (CAA), Member
 
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        
Rinaldi, Ray Mark “Printmaking show rises above politics to show process rather than propaganda” Denver Post, January 29, 2023.
https://www.denverpost.com/2024/01/29/cva-denver-printmaking-pressing-for-change/
 
Miller, Laura “Month of Printmaking 2024” DARIA, February 27, 2024.https://www.dariamag.com/home/month-of-printmaking-2024
 
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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Rebecca Mennecke “The Nature of Our Disposition’: Student-Curated Exhibition Explores Climate Change” VolumeOne, October 23, 2020. https://volumeone.org/articles/2020/10/23/268077-the-nature-of-our-disposition-the-foster-gallery 
“Work from UW-Madison artists featured in drive-thru exhibit”, University of Wisconsin-Madison, SoE News, May 15, 2020.
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.
https://www.tonemadison.com/articles/garver-feed-mills-drive-thru-art-show-makes-the-most-sense-at-night
 
Arnold, Amber "Outside Looking In: A Drive-Thru Exhibition" Wisconsin State Journal, May 4, 2020.
https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/photos-outside-looking-in-a-drive-thru-art-exhibit/collection_0e6bbe00-ab9d-5c8b-b28d-0c73bfa71dea.html#1
 
Inveiss, Maija, “Garver Feed Mill creates drive-thru art exhibition”, FOX 47, April 26, 2020.
http://fox47.com/news/local/garver-feed-mill-creates-drive-thru-art-exhibition
 
Capellaro, Catherine “Art in the here and now”, Isthmus, April 29, 2020.
https://isthmus.com/arts/visual-arts/art-in-the-here-and-now/
 
“Madison Municipal Building 2020 Exhibition Nature & Art”, New and Updates, February 10, 2020.
https://www.cityofmadison.com/news/madison-municipal-building-2020-exhibition-art-nature
 
Grunnow, Morgan, “MFA student transforms ‘cold’ scientific reality into ‘poetic’ cry for help in current work”, Badger Herald, March 6, 2018.
https://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2018/03/06/print-36-753-wc-mfa-student-trans- forms-cold-scientific-reality-into-poetic-cry-for-help-in-current-work/
 
Van Cleve, Emily, "Examining Space and Place," Santa Fe Arts Journal, August 15, 2017. 
santafeartsjournal.com/2017/08/examining-place-and-space/
 
"Galería del IAP aloja exposiciones de artistas norteamericanos," Cronica De Xalapa, June 8, 2017.
http://cronicadexalapa.com/galeria-del-iap-aloja-exposiciones-de-artistas-norteamericanos/
Marie, Kimberly, Issue Five: Prints and Patterns, Armoire Magazine, December 19, 2015.
www.armoiremagazine.com/issue-five-prints-and-patter
 
Bennett, Steve, “UTSA project a Latino art milestone” San Antonio Current, August 7, 2015.
https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article/UTSA-project-a-Latino-art-milestone-6427124.php?cmpid=gsa-mysa-result#photo-8419042
 
25 Veinticinco Original Print Editions by Latino & Latina Artists, 2015 (catalog)
http://art.utsa.edu/veinticinco
 
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