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Uncovered Spaces Participating Artist María Fernanda Barrero

Monterrey, México

A Far Away Storm

A far away storm Cotton thread and beeswax on aluminum, 160 x 90 cm, 2018, Private Collection

Just Before the Storm

Just before the storm Cotton thread and beeswax on wood, 37”x25”, 2018, Private Collection

Artist Statement

"I have always been marveled by our beautiful biosphere, a complex and synchronized life network where everything is interconnected and exquisitely woven. The aim of my art practice is to investigate how we exist within our life network and how we participate as interdependent elements of it. My work researches the tangible manifestation of the interconnectedness of our life network through tools like light, color, monochromy, patterns, geometry, containment of space, and our own spatial sense of self. My motifs are everyday observations of our surroundings that support life: landscapes, stars, plants, the ocean, dusk and dawn, ocean current and clouds patterns, etc. My fundamental actions consist of containing, constructing, tracing, mapping, weaving, and embracing."

Biography

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María Fernanda Barrero is a Mexican artist who lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico. Her work is mainly characterized by the use of white paper, or thread, as well as contained monochrome spaces, which include elements of nature and landscape.

She graduated with a Master in Fine Arts in Sculpture from the Slade School of Fine Arts, University College, London, in 2008 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico, in 2003. She also studied sculpture at Europäisches Kunst Akademie, Germany, in 2005 and West Dean College, England, in 2005.

Her solo exhibitions include: Starry Lines and Mountain Nights, Bekanze Gallery, Miami (2020); By the End of Dusk, Alternativa Once Gallery, Monterrey (2018); A House in the Air at Casa de la Cultura de Nuevo León, Monterrey (2014); The Flowers of a Garden that Might Have Existed, Galería CONARTE, Monterrey (2012); and A Garden by Dawn, Alternativa Once, Monterrey, (2010). She participated in the Registro 05 group exhibition at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MARCO), Monterrey (2018) and in the X FEMSA Biennale in 2012, as well as in over 40 group shows in Mexico, United States, the UK, Italy, Israel, and Japan.

She participated in the Mino Paper Residency (2011), granted by the Japanese government and their exhibition, Navigating Light, at the Mino Washi Museum, Japan. She received the Bernardo Elosúa Farías Arte A.C. Award SOPORTE/PAPEL, Mexico, in 2009.

For more information:

María Fernanda Barrero Website
Ruiz-Healy Art
@barrero_mariafernanda

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