Raquel Barrios

Lives and works in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Awards / Grants: City Gestures, Painting project selected, Jalisco State Commission for Arts and Culture, MX. / Young Creators Annual Fellowship PECDA, Secretary of Culture, MX. / Estímulos Art Prize, University of Guanajuato, MX.


Exhibitions: No es una Ventana, es una Puerta. Casa Volcán, Guadalajara, MX. (solo)/ Abstract Art Show, ArtSpace Chicago, Chicago, USA. / The Impermanence of Painting, Cardinal Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, MX. / How to build a lagoon with just a bottle of wine?, Lagos Biennial, Lagos, NG. / Design Residency by Islote, The Mistake Room, Los Ángeles, USA.


Her work includes hand-torn paper and broken reused materials in painting, textiles, drawing and sculpture with mixed media as layers; making process evident with assemblage and collage techniques, responding to materials for compose. Thinking about improvisation and reconstruction in human creation.