about

Irma Yuliana Barbosa (Yuli) is an interdisciplinary artist based in the Bay area and LA—working across mixed media installation, painting, drawing, sculpture, film, and photography. Their practice centers in the entanglements between ecology, ancient preservation technologies, spirituality, and erotics of grief. Barbosa holds an MFA from UC Berkeley (2023) and a BA from UC Santa Cruz (2019).

They were awarded the Eisner Prize for their film Eclipse, created in collaboration with their sister Celeste Barbosa, and received the Cadogan Award in 2022. Their work has been exhibited at Personal Space Gallery, SOMArts, BAMPFA, and Felix Kulpa Gallery in Santa Cruz.

Instagram: @irmayulianabarbosa

Education

MFA- University of California Berkeley (2023

Art BA- University of California Santa Cruz (2019)

Feminist Studies BA (Culture, Power , and Representation)- University of California: Santa Cruz (2019)

Awards/ Grants/ Fellowships

Eisner Creative Award. 2023

Murphy & Cadogan Art Award. 2022

Critical Race and Gender Grant. 2022

Berkeley Center for New Media Summer Research Award. 2022

Tres Hornos: Foodways of the Southwest Research Seminar. 2022

University of California Santa Cruz Dean’s Research Award : Pure Potential. 2020

University of California Santa Cruz Chancellor’s Research Award: Pure Potential. 2020

Irwin Scholarship. 2018

Eduardo Carrillo Scholarship. 2018 and 2019

Irwin Grant. 2017. 2018

Porter Fellowship. 2018

Individual Exhibition

“Pulling Tongues” (performance) PlaYspace Gallery, October 2022

“Counting Sheep” (installation) PlaYspace Gallery, San Francisco, October 2022

“The Red Line” Art Mill Hay Barn. Czech Republic. 2019

“Collages” (Pop Up) Artshare LA. Los Angeles Ca, February 2019 

“Room” Session Underground Gallery. Santa Cruz, Ca. December 2018 

“Second Skin” Eduardo Carillo Gallery. Santa Cruz, Ca. November 2017

“Rust”, Pink Flamingo Gallery, Moorpark. 2015

Selected Group Exhibitions

“MFA Show”. BAMPFA. Berkeley, Ca. 2023

“Murphy Cadogan Group Show”. SomArts. San Francisco, Ca. 2022

“Optimal Conditions” Worth Ryder Gallery. Berkeley, Ca. 2022

“Reading Room: After Archives” The Sesnon Underground. Santa Cruz, Ca. 2019 

“Playlist for the Apocalypse”, Los Angeles. 2019

“In/humanisms” Felix Culpa Gallery. Santa Cruz, Ca. April 2018

“Irwin Show: Identification”, The Sesnon. University of California Santa Cruz. 2018

"Docent Show", I-5 Gallery, The Brewery. Los Angeles . 2016

"A Feminist Perspective", Muzeumm Gallery. Los Angeles. 2016 

“Smaller Pieces Installation”, Ventura County. 2015

“Multicultural Day”, Moorpark College. 2015

“Super Rad Art Show”, The View Gallery. Moorpark College. 2015

"Docent Show", I-5 Gallery, The Brewery. Los Angeles. 2015

“Docent Show”, I 5 Gallery, The Brewery. Los Angeles. 2015 

Publications:

“Gestures of Care: Irma Yuliana Barbosa’s “Pulling Tongues” by Sam Hiura. Published in Rewind Review Respond (RRR). CCA. 2022

“The Redline Performance” published in Emergency Index Ugly Duckling Presse. 

2020 

“Crying Circle” Self Published. Santa Cruz, Ca. May 2019. Selling at Printed Matter inchttps://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/54414/

“Irwin Show” City on a Hill Press. Santa Cruz, Ca. April 2018