Júlia Lema Barros (b. 1997, Lisbon) is an experimental multimedia artist working between
Portugal, France, and Germany. 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
julialemabarros@gmail.com
Selected exhibitions and live performances
upcoming: Solo Exhibition at Kunstverein Würzburg, Germany
2025
Interactive Video Mapping for Chroniques Biennale des
Imaginaires Numériques
France
2024
Collective exhibition “Metamorphosis” at Akademie Gallery
Nürnberg, Germany
2025
7th Extinction Exhibitions; XJAZZ! Berlin, Germany, JAZZ:RE:FOUND Cellamonte, Italy, Arroz Estúdios, Lisboa, Portugal
2024
Comissioned installations in Biennale d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet et Monument Joseph Sec
2024
Invited Artist for the Exhibition Métamorphoses at the Rencontres du 9ème Art, Aix-en-Provence
2024
Selected artist for 7th Extinction, International residency program
Exhibitions in Berlin, Biella and Lisbon
2024
Audiovisual installation commissioned by Pacos Gallery for 20 Anos Exhibition, Torres Vedras, Portugal
2023
Live Concert at Musicbox with Sub_Bar Project, Lisbon, Portugal
2023
Solo Exhibition at La Non-Maison Gallery for the Bienal of Arts, Aix-en- Provence, France
2022
Commissioned Sound Compositions for Sub_Bar Festival Berlin, Germany
2022
Artistic Residency “Transparitions” at Domaine Saint-Joseph for the Bienal of Aix-en-Provence, Tholonet, France
2022
Audiovisual installation commissioned by MNAC, Lisboa, Portugal
2022
Commissioned Video Mapping for Kultur Nacht, Tübingen, Germany
2022
Sound art residence in Naples, Italia
2022
Solo Exhibition at Reservatorio da Patriarcal, EUFONIA sound festival, Portugal
2021
Exhibition at Chatêau La Coste, Aix-en-Provence, France
2021
Exhibition for Contemporary Art Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France
2020
Solo Exhibition at Reservatorio da Patriarcal, EUFONIA sound festival, Portugal
2021
Exhibition at Chatêau La Coste, Aix-en-Provence, France
2021
Exhibition for Contemporary Art Provence, at Chapelle de la Visitation, Aix-en-Provence, France
2020
Exhibition Pit-Stop Aix en Provence, France
2020
Performs for Lyriknacht Nürnberg with a sound performance, Nürnberg, Germany
2019
Attends Night at Museums at Aix-en-Provence with a Monumental Mapping, Aix- en-Provence, France
2018 and 2019
Personal exhibition at ESAAIX, Aix-en-Provence, France
2018
Performs at Neuen Museum Nürnberg with DAF, Nürnberg, Germany
2018
Laureat of Chroniques Creations of the Biennale Chroniques
2024
Laureat of the grant Electronic Warfare, Lisbon
2023
Laureat artist of the Portuguese Emerging Arts
2023
Selected artist to represent Portugal for 7th Extinction, International residency program co-funded by European Union
2023
Laureat artist at Aix-en-Provence’s Biennale of Arts
2022
Selected artist to represent Aix-en-Provence for KulturNacht Tübingen
2022
Masters degree on Real Time Arts | April
Ecole Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, France 2020
Works and Collaborates with DAF at AdbK Nürberg with Jan St. Werner, Nürberg, Germany
2018-Present
Choral diploma at Darius Milhaud Conservatory, Aix-en- Provence, France
2017-2019
Winner of the Amis du Musée Granet Prize, Nuit des Musées, Aix-en-Provence, France
2015
Winner of the Amis du Musée Granet Prize , Nuit des Musées, Aix-en-Provence, France
2014
Conservatoire degree: piano, choral and musical diploma |
June 2012
Attends Atelier da Lua Cheia, Portugal
2004-2009
Invited Professor at Instituto Jacob Rodrigues Pereira, Lisbon
2023
Invited Artist for Panel talk at Drawing Room Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2022
Invited Artist for CIVIS International Project at La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
2022
Invited Artist for Animation Intensive Cursus at Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporanea, Lisboa, Portugal
2022
Invited Artist for teaching project “Sounds of Cities” at the Rocher du Dragon, Aix-en-Provence, France
2021
Podcast and Sound Workshop creator for Radio Zai, France
2021 – Present
Score composer for play “La Voix des Femmes”by the metteur en scene Mario Constante, France
2021
Mechatronic Sound Art residency with Jean François Laporte and Damien Sorrentino at Monaco
2019
Live coding residency with Shelly Knotts at Nurnberg,
Germany
2019
Attends Artissima Art Fair with DAF and creates Sound Workshop, Italy
2018
Internship Residency with artist and Director of College of Arts (Coimbra) Antonio Olaio, Coimbra, Portugal
2018
Residency of Contemporary Poetry with artist Laura Vazquez ,
France
2017
upcoming: Solo Exhibition at Kunstverein Würzburg, Germany
2025
Interactive Video Mapping for Chroniques Biennale des
Imaginaires Numériques
France
2024
Collective exhibition “Metamorphosis” at Akademie Gallery
Nürnberg, Germany
2025
7th Extinction Exhibitions; XJAZZ! Berlin, Germany, JAZZ:RE:FOUND Cellamonte, Italy, Arroz Estúdios, Lisboa, Portugal
2024
Comissioned installations in Biennale d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet et Monument Joseph Sec
2024
Invited Artist for the Exhibition Métamorphoses at the Rencontres du 9ème Art, Aix-en-Provence
2024
Selected artist for 7th Extinction, International residency program
Exhibitions in Berlin, Biella and Lisbon
2024
Audiovisual installation commissioned by Pacos Gallery for 20 Anos Exhibition, Torres Vedras, Portugal
2023
Live Concert at Musicbox with Sub_Bar Project, Lisbon, Portugal
2023
Solo Exhibition at La Non-Maison Gallery for the Bienal of Arts, Aix-en- Provence, France
2022
Commissioned Sound Compositions for Sub_Bar Festival Berlin, Germany
2022
Artistic Residency “Transparitions” at Domaine Saint-Joseph for the Bienal of Aix-en-Provence, Tholonet, France
2022
Audiovisual installation commissioned by MNAC, Lisboa, Portugal
2022
Commissioned Video Mapping for Kultur Nacht, Tübingen, Germany
2022
Sound art residence in Naples, Italia
2022
Solo Exhibition at Reservatorio da Patriarcal, EUFONIA sound festival, Portugal
2021
Exhibition at Chatêau La Coste, Aix-en-Provence, France
2021
Exhibition for Contemporary Art Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France
2020
Solo Exhibition at Reservatorio da Patriarcal, EUFONIA sound festival, Portugal
2021
Exhibition at Chatêau La Coste, Aix-en-Provence, France
2021
Exhibition for Contemporary Art Provence, at Chapelle de la Visitation, Aix-en-Provence, France
2020
Exhibition Pit-Stop Aix en Provence, France
2020
Performs for Lyriknacht Nürnberg with a sound performance, Nürnberg, Germany
2019
Attends Night at Museums at Aix-en-Provence with a Monumental Mapping, Aix- en-Provence, France
2018 and 2019
Personal exhibition at ESAAIX, Aix-en-Provence, France
2018
Performs at Neuen Museum Nürnberg with DAF, Nürnberg, Germany
2018
diplomas & prizes
Laureat of Chroniques Creations of the Biennale Chroniques
2024
Laureat of the grant Electronic Warfare, Lisbon
2023
Laureat artist of the Portuguese Emerging Arts
2023
Selected artist to represent Portugal for 7th Extinction, International residency program co-funded by European Union
2023
Laureat artist at Aix-en-Provence’s Biennale of Arts
2022
Selected artist to represent Aix-en-Provence for KulturNacht Tübingen
2022
Masters degree on Real Time Arts | April
Ecole Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, France 2020
Works and Collaborates with DAF at AdbK Nürberg with Jan St. Werner, Nürberg, Germany
2018-Present
Choral diploma at Darius Milhaud Conservatory, Aix-en- Provence, France
2017-2019
Winner of the Amis du Musée Granet Prize, Nuit des Musées, Aix-en-Provence, France
2015
Winner of the Amis du Musée Granet Prize , Nuit des Musées, Aix-en-Provence, France
2014
Conservatoire degree: piano, choral and musical diploma |
June 2012
Attends Atelier da Lua Cheia, Portugal
2004-2009
work experience and talks
Invited Professor at Instituto Jacob Rodrigues Pereira, Lisbon
2023
Invited Artist for Panel talk at Drawing Room Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2022
Invited Artist for CIVIS International Project at La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
2022
Invited Artist for Animation Intensive Cursus at Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporanea, Lisboa, Portugal
2022
Invited Artist for teaching project “Sounds of Cities” at the Rocher du Dragon, Aix-en-Provence, France
2021
Podcast and Sound Workshop creator for Radio Zai, France
2021 – Present
Score composer for play “La Voix des Femmes”by the metteur en scene Mario Constante, France
2021
Mechatronic Sound Art residency with Jean François Laporte and Damien Sorrentino at Monaco
2019
Live coding residency with Shelly Knotts at Nurnberg,
Germany
2019
Attends Artissima Art Fair with DAF and creates Sound Workshop, Italy
2018
Internship Residency with artist and Director of College of Arts (Coimbra) Antonio Olaio, Coimbra, Portugal
2018
Residency of Contemporary Poetry with artist Laura Vazquez ,
France
2017