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), Masters degree with specialization in Real Time Arts (FR)

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

RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

_{2026 — Winner of Prix Cultures (first edition) with Provence Culture and L’Occitane en Provence

(upcoming:
2026 — Artistic Residency at Sound Art Lab (DK))

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

^{2026 — Winner of Prix Cultures, Solo Show at Couvent des Minimes(FR)}
^{2026 — Solo Exhibtion at Biennalle d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, with Arts Vivants Aix (FR)}
^{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

^{upcoming:
2026 — Live Show at Escola do Largo, with Nariz Entúpido (Lisbon, PT)

2026 — Video Mapping at Jas du Bouffan for Journées du Patrimoine,with Centre Franco-Allemand (FR)

2026 — Live Performance at +1MaisUno (Lisbon, PT)

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

^{2026 — Invited Artist Seminar for 50 ans L’Occitane en Provence (FR)

2025 — Podcast “In Residency With”, Lake Radio (DK)
2025 — Artist Talk at Platform Bunker (DK)
2025 — Invited artist for seminar with Chroniques (FR)
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)}