A multimedia artist and educator based in New York City, Barrio's survey exhibition, By All Means, was curated by Johanna Burton (director of The Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, in Los Angeles and former curator at the New Museum) at Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao (2018). Barrio’s long-term project, The Perils of Obedience (2010 - 2022), merges different media to generate a movie in real time—participating in a larger debate about labor conditions and subjectivity—and It recently premiered at Participant Inc. in New York City. Her work has been presented internationally at MACRO Museum (Rome), Matadero Madrid, MACBA Museum (Barcelona), Belgrade's Contemporary Art Museum, Museo del Banco de la República (Bogotá), Abrons Arts Center (NYC), Anthology Films Archives (NYC), Salzburger Kunstverein, Espacio ODEÓN (Bogotá), Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk (Poland), tranzit (Romania), European Network for Public Art Producers (ENPAP), ARTIUM Museum (Vitoria-Gasteiz), and the Havana Biennial, among many others. Barrio is a New Museum’s cultural incubator, NEW INC member (2020-2022), and was a 2018-2019 recipient of the Spanish Academy in Rome Fellowship (Rome prize). She has received awards and grants by institutions that include the Brooklyn Art Council, Ministry of Culture of Spain, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, and BBVA Foundation. She has been an artist in residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), La Escuelita Nicaragua, and the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art. She teaches at the School of Visual Arts and has lectured at New York University, Hunter College, MICA, Montclair University, and the New School, among many others. SLC, 2022–
Graduate Courses 2024-2025
MFA Theatre
Corrupting the Moving Image MFA Studio
Graduate Component
The goal of this course is to enable students to work with video while simultaneously developing their own thinking about how the medium creates knowledge. As students create their own moving image works - from concept to shooting to editing to displaying - we will study film theory and moving image references as an essential part of the process. The course will draw on a rich body of readings to assist students in crafting their own video language, encountering fundamental works of visual and film theory as resources and tools to think through their work. Students will gain an understanding of video art techniques and formats, including video installation, live performance, web projects, films, and cinema in its expanded form. We will also review video art works utilizing embodied practices, multi-channel video installations, and new technologies (AR, VR, etc). Through individual tutorials, group conversation, in-class critique, and collaborative exercises, students will translate theory and technique into their own language and personal voice. 3 hr class with additional weekly time for office hours.