Noemi Iglesias Barrios
Bio
Noemi is a natural observer of human behaviour in different contexts and cultures and a clear example of what we call “contemporary nomadism”. Since 2009 the artist has lived and worked in Greece, England, Finland, Italy, Hungary, China, and Korea. In 2019 she finished her Master's Degree at the Tainan National University of the Arts, where she researched contemporary ceramic practices for 3 years thanks to the Taiwan ROC Scholarship from the Taiwanese government.
Recently, he has received the "Artificial Empathy" residency at Gluon (BE) organized by Ars Electrónica through the European Digital Deal initiative with his project “The Falling City”, as well as the “Maria de Salamanca” National Engraving Award from the Museum of Contemporary Spanish Engraving and the Unicaja Foundation Award for Crafts. His work has been seen at the Thyssen Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, DG Connect of the European Commission, iMAL Center for Digital Culture and Technologies in Brussels, Electron Festival in Switzerland, the Gimhae Clayarch Museum in Korea, the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art in Japan , the Yingge Ceramics Museum and the MOCA in Taiwan, LABoral Center for Art and Industrial Creation and the Espacio Líquido Gallery in Gijón.
Media such as ABC newspaper, Libération, China Times, Elementmental or Arte al Límite have written about her work.
Currently, Noemi is researching Cobalt extraction and urban recycling processes within the sculpture department of the University of Fine Arts of Lisbon thanks to a scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) of Portugal.
This project is also being supported by the “Culture moves Europe” scholarship program, the Cultural and Scientific Department of the Spanish Embassy in Belgium, and the PXL-MAD University in Hasselt.
In 2024 she had her first solo exhibition “Love me Fast” at the Museo Nacional Thyssen Bornemisza in Madrid, curated by Rocío de la Villa. Soon, in the month of December she will inaugurate the individual exhibition "Landscapes of Affection” at the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias, curated by Blanca de la Torre
Statement
Noemi Iglesias Barrios is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher working with porcelain and long- durational performative formats. Her practice is concerned with the role of visual arts at the intersections of experimental disciplines such as sculpture and digital technologies, using traditional ceramics techniques to generate innovative and provocative concepts within the contemporary art scene. Her work, aesthetically beautiful and attractive, is focused on the production of porcelain and new media installations to report how emotional experiences, such as falling in love, are influenced by consumerist strategies.
Additional information
Las relaciones contemporáneas se construyen, gestionan y almacenan a través de nuestros dispositivos móviles, lo que nos puede llevar a considerar estos aparatos como una parte activa de nuestro organismo, es decir, una extensión corporal de momentos íntimos y relaciones humanas.
Una parte importante de nuestro almacenamiento sensorial, se encuentra en un concepto abstracto y etéreo al que nos referimos como “la nube”. Esta nube, clasificada como una materialidad inmaterial, esta sin embargo formada por un una combinación de componentes minerales preextraídos de la superficie y de las profundidades de la tierra, y procesados posteriormente hasta convertirse en mercancía, perpetuando los regímenes acumulativos de nuestro apresurado estilo de vida.
Una vez que estos dispositivos dejan de funcionar, completan su ciclo vital retornando a las capas terrestres como residuos electrónicos permanentes, convirtiéndose así en sedimento y en el legado geológico de nuestra hiperconectada y precipitada contemporaneidad.
La propuesta Landscapes of Affection plantea porcelana y el cobalto reciclado de las baterías de los los teléfonos móviles obsoletos, como materiales que permitan establecer una articulación activa desde la que repensar nuestra huella mineral, respondiendo a las consecuencias geológicas derivadas de nuestro tiempo tecnológico y digital.
