TERESA IRENE BARRERA
Teresa Irene Barrera was born in Mexico City in 1981, where she continues live and work, creating images on the periphery of conventional art circles. The detachment is both physical and ideological. Growing up in marginalized areas on the outskirts of the colossal metropolis has caused her a certain degree of embarrassment and isolation, the distances between people in the city being magnified by the congestion, class division and pre-conceived notions of “suitable” places for an artist to reside. Her own stand against the elitist nature of galleries and museums has also led her to explore alternate venues and forms of expression. However, it would be wrong to say she is completely ignored or disconnected from a broad artistic community. With surprising speed, energy and urgency Teresa moves like a hummingbird around the city and the country. She has painted large scale murals, flirted with street art on an international scale, taught art in rural communities and exhibited all over Mexico. Making use of social media, she has also generated her own mythology as a means of survival as an independent artist.
Teresa Irene Barrera was born in Mexico City in 1981, where she continues live and work, creating images on the periphery of conventional art circles. The detachment is both physical and ideological. Growing up in marginalized areas on the outskirts of the colossal metropolis has caused her a certain degree of embarrassment and isolation, the distances between people in the city being magnified by the congestion, class division and pre-conceived notions of “suitable” places for an artist to reside. Her own stand against the elitist nature of galleries and museums has also led her to explore alternate venues and forms of expression. However, it would be wrong to say she is completely ignored or disconnected from a broad artistic community. With surprising speed, energy and urgency Teresa moves like a hummingbird around the city and the country. She has painted large scale murals, flirted with street art on an international scale, taught art in rural communities and exhibited all over Mexico. Making use of social media, she has also generated her own mythology as a means of survival as an independent artist.
Selected solo exhibitions
"Los caminos de la Fiera" - FARO Indios Verdes, México D.F, 2014
"Lucha de Tigres" - Recinto sede del IVEC, Puerto de Veracruz Veracruz, 2014
"La selva imaginada” - XVII Festival de la Huasteca, en Chontla, Veracruz, 2012
"XANTOLO" - del XVI Festival de la Huasteca, Casa de Cultura de Ahuacatlán, 2011.
"Ilustraciones huastecas" - Centro Cultural el FARO Indios Verdes, 2011.
“Algunas Visiones del Fín” CENTRO CULTURAL FUTURAMA, México D.F, 2011.
“Imágenes de Todos Santos” - La Casa de Cultura de Huauhchinango, Puebla, 2010.
“El sueño de las brujas” - Centro Cultural el FARO Indios Verdes, 2010.
“Algunas visiones del fin” - Ex convento de Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 2010.
“Algunas visiones del fin” - Casa de cultura, Municipio de Yautepec de Zaragoza, 2009.
“Como se pinta el Huapango” - presidencia municipal, Huauchinango Puebla, 2008.
“Como se pinta el Huapango” - Casa de la Cultura, Huejutla de Reyes Hidalgo, 2007
“Como se pinta el Huapango” - Escuela Normal, Azcapotzalco, 2007.
“Como se pinta el Huapango” - Casa de Cultura, Pánuco, 2006.
“Como se pinta el Huapango” - Museo Histórico de la Sierra Gorda, 2006.
“Como se pinta el Huapango” - Casa de Cultura de Tamaulipas en el D.F, 2006.
“Del arte de volar” - Estación Copilco, CDMX, 2005.
“Brujas y Mayates” - Auditorio Ricardo Flores Magón, UNAM, CDMX, 2004.
“Del arte de volar” - Centro Cultural José Martí, CDMX, 2004.
“Hay dolor” - ESCA (Escuela Superior de Comercio y Administración), CDMX, 2004.
“Encontrado a las orillas” - Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CDMX, 2004.