bio — júlia lema barros

Júlia Lema Barros (b. 1997, Lisbon) is an experimental multimedia artist working in various international contexts. With a background in new media and sound art, she explores spatial memories, evolving ruins, and the intersection of cities, nature, and technology. Her immersive installations merge sound, video, and interactivity, creating immersive explorations, in spaces inhabited by the strangeness of fiction

julialemabarros@gmail.com

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EDUCATION

^{2018–2021 — Collaboration with DAF (Dynamische Akustische Forschung), Akademie der Bildenden Künste,
Nuremberg (DE)

2015–2020 — École supérieure d'art d'Aix-en-Provence (ESAAix), specialization in Real Time Arts (FR)

2007-2012 — Music Conservatory, Torres Vedras (PT)}

RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

_{2025 — Culture Moves Europe Residency, Platform BUNKER (DK) & Sound Art Lab (DK)

2024 — Biennale Chroniques – Les Imaginaires Numériques, Aix-en-Provence (FR)
2024 — 7THEX - Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto (IT)
2023 — Portuguese Emerging Arts Award, Winner (PT)

2022 - “Transparitions” Residency - Biennale d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence (FR)}
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

^{2025 — Kunstverein Würzburg, solo exhibition (DE)
2024 — Biennale d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet (FR)
2022 — National Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisbon, A Outra Vida dos Animais (PT)

2022 — Domaine St Joseph, Tholonet, Transparitions (FR)
2021 — Château La Coste, Ghost Dance (FR)
2021 — Eufonia Festival, Patriarchal Reservoir, Sub Sacellum (PT)
2020 — Chapelle de la Visitation, Ruines de la Visitation (FR)
2018 — Neuen Museum Nürnberg with DAF, Nürnberg (DE)}

PERFORMANCES & VIDEO MAPPING

^{2025 - Die Blaue Nacht Nürnberg, Künstlerhaus (DE)
2024 — Biennale Chroniques – Les Imaginaires Numériques, Aix-en-Provence (FR)

2024 — MANO X ALTO - Centre d’Arts Ollioules (FR)
2023 — Sub_Bar, MusicBox Lisboa (PT)
2022 — Repeat, Berlin (DE)
2022 — KulturNacht Tübingen (DE)
2021 — Wawel Cathedral, Krakow (PL)
2019 — Lyriknacht, Künstlerhaus Nuremberg (DE)
2018-2019 — La Nuit des Musées, Pavillon Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence (FR)}

TALKS & CONFERENCES

^{2025 - Podcast “In Residency With”, Lake Radio (DK)
2025 - Artist Talk at Platform Bunker (DK)
2024 - Talk at Musée Granet, Biennale d’Arts d’Aix-en-Provence (FR)

2022 — CIVIS Europe, Sapienza University, Rome (IT)
2018 — Artissima, Turin (IT)
2022 — Drawing Room, Lisbon (PT)}