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
A través del dominio de la Técnica Floral, la artista asturiana nos habla del amor romántico en la época de las redes sociales, un amor idealizado en un plano de felicidad consumista, confrontado con las relaciones tóxicas que a menudo se producen. El resultado es una serie de piezas de gran belleza que, al mismo tiempo, cuestionan lo considerado arte y artesanía en la historia del arte, y actualmente en el arte contemporáneo en pleno siglo XXI.
Noemi Iglesias es una de las artistas contemporáneas que han vuelto a poner la cerámica y la porcelana en el centro del sistema artístico, tanto en ferias y bienales como en exposiciones en museos. Su interés por esta milenaria técnica le ha llevado a realizar, en algo más de una década, numerosas residencias en centros de estudio de países de distintas culturas, desde Grecia, Reino Unido y Hungría, hasta China, Corea o Taiwán, alcanzando una gran maestría en su ejecución. La tenacidad y la paciencia que requiere el aprendizaje y los procesos de trabajo con porcelana parecen ser un antídoto frente al fast love que la artista analiza, critica y juzga sin paliativos en su obra.
