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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 
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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

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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