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Javier Barrios (b. 1989, Guadalajara, Mexico) lives and works in Mexico City, MX. Barrios has exhibited internationally, with exhibitions including: Cosmic Strips, Ilenia, London (2025), Soft Frenzy, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal (2025); Offerings to the Nocturnal Hours, CLEARING, Brussels (2023); Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro (2022); Art and Culture Center, Hollywood (2021); LADRÓN galería, Mexico City (2017); Páramo, Guadalajara (2017); Fundación Calosa, Mexico City (2017); and Biquini Wax, Mexico City (2016). Selected group exhibitions include: The Blue, The Journey, The unknown, Skog Artspace, Oslo (2025); Natura Morta, Ilenia, London, (2024); Flowers of Romance, Lodovico Corsini, Brussels (2024); The Drawing Center, New York (2022); Les beaux jours, CLEARING Brussels (2022); Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca (2021); N.A.S.A.L., Mexico City (2021); OTRXS MUNDXS, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2020); Aoyama Meguro, Tokyo (2020); and Salón Silicón, Mexico City (2019), among others.

Artist residencies include Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca (2019) and International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, (2018). Barrios was granted the FONCA Jóvenes Creadores grant (2019-2020) under the category of alternative media.

Barrios’ work is part of public and private collections such as Beth Rudin DeWoody collection, NYC; Fundación M and Phillips/Yuyito at Mexico City, among others.

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