Dunia Barrera- (b. Madrid, 1979) is a conceptual artist, currently living and working in Munich, Germany. Barrera comes from an analog photography background, with her work having been exhibited in a solo exhibition at Photo España in 2002. Her work has been exhibited at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, at Silvermine Galleries both in New Canaan, CT, in the United States and at the Industrie Museum in Gent, Belgium, among others. She has been featured by Contemporary Collage Magazine and in the publications of Fragmented Collective and Kolaj Magazine Artist’s Tradings Cards. She is a member of the Silvermine Guild of Artist and the Berufsverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler München Oberbayern e.V. She was also awarded as a highly commended artist by the Homien Art Prize Summer 2024.
Her work is in the collections of the Anthropology Museum of Madrid, the Subway System of Madrid and the Museum Cristobal Gabarron in Valladolid.
Education
2002 Master in Photography, EFTI | Centro Internacional de Fotografía y Cine, Madrid, Spain under Alberto García Alix, Chema Madoz, Cristina García Rodero.
2002 XIX Photography Techniques Cyanotypie and Platinum under Isabel Munoz, International University Menéndez Pelayo, Santander, Spain
2023 Kolaj Institute Residency – Collage Publishing November 17 – December 17
2024 Kolaj Institute Residency – Collage in Practice January 4 – January 25
2024 Kolaj Institute Residency – Curating Collage February 29 – March 28
Prizes
2025 Highly Commended Artist, Homies Art Prize Spring 2025
2024 Highly Commended Artist, Homies Art Prize Summer 2024
2024 Second Place Award for your entry, “GAME 1 LIFE ” Collage Artists of America
Exhibitions
2024 Group Exhibition, Mitbringen. Mitnehmen. Galerie der Künstler, BBK, Mitglieder Stellen Aus. Munich, Germany
2024 Group Exhibition, Mary Schein Fall Salon , Kathryn Schultz Gallery, CAA, Cambridge Massachusetts
2024 Members Show, Carriage Barn Art Center, Connecticut, USA
2024 Group Exhibition, Summer Salon, Silvermine Galleries, Connecticut, USA
2024 Group Exhibition, Art in the Windows 2024, Off Space, New Canaan, organized by the Carriage Barn Arts Center and the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce.
2024 Solo Exhibition, Poetry of Perception, Off Space, Munich Creative Heartbeat , Munich, Germany
2024 Group Online Exhibition, Paper Constellations, Wilder Collage group exhibition
2024 Group Exhibition, Interplay, CAA Collage Artists of America, Annual Member Juried Virtual Show, second prize
2024 Group Exhibition, The female show, Galerie Projektraum Munich Art, Munich, Germany
2024 Group Exhibition, Constructions, Off Space Pinokiothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2024 Group Exhibition, New Members, Silvermine Galleries, Connecticut, USA
2023 Solo Exhibition, State Of Mind, Carriage Barn Arts Center, Connecticut, USA
2023 Solo Exhibition, Can’t remember whether you celebrate, Literatur Moths, Munich, Germany
2023 Group Exhibition, International Collage Day, Industrie Museum, Gent, Belgium
2023 Two-person Exhibition, Collages, Kösk, Munich, Germany (with artist Ulrich Sebulke)
2023 Group Exhibition, The female show, Galerie Projektraum Munich Art, Munich, Germany
2022 Group Exhibition, Art, Design & The Automobile, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Collections
Department of transportation Subway, Madrid, Spain
Fundación Cristóbal Gabarrón, Valladolid, Spain
Museo Antropológico, Madrid, Spain
Private collections