Júlia Lema Barros, 1997, is a New Media artist, focusing on sound, video, and mapping. Her recent accomplishments include exhibitions at the Biennale d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 and the CHRONIQUES CREATIONS Biennial. Recognized as a Top Emerging Artist, she has showcased her work across Europe in solo and group exhibitions in places such as Chateau La Coste and MNAC Lisbon. Julia's art delves into spatial memories and envisions future sonic landscapes, exploring the intricate relationship between cities, nature, and technology. Passionate about creating immersive experiences that blur the lines between fiction and reality, she invites viewers to engage with her evolving narratives.

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


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













júlia lema barros
multimedia artist
julialemabarros@gmail.com        ︎ ︎ ︎