In 2012, I had the chance to meet the Curras Brothers, two twins
ceramic artists that live in Miami. Two weeks after, i decided to take
some pictures and i knew that it wasn't an easy task because twins
have been photographed several times (and very well like Diane
Arbus).
When i saw the group of pictures again, i realized that this series was
a study of the human nature and that there was a true dialogue
between the Curras Brothers. This two brothers have always lived and
worked together.
This series also wants to work like a "trompe l'oeil" whether we can
think or imagine that we have a mirror behind in the background or a
digital reproduction.
The Curras Brothers like I said before have always worked and lived
together and follow each other path like in the picture where they are
walking.
Geneva, 1989
Lives and works between Madrid, Miami and Havana.
website: www.ignaciobarrios.es
Education
2014 BA in Media and Communication, University Complutense of Madrid.
2009 Workshop International de Réalisation de Documentaires avec Belkis Vega à l’Ecole Internationale de Cinéma et Télévision (ECITV), San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba
2008-2009 Cours Professionnel de Photographie Digitale a l’Ecole de Photographie et Centre de L’Image (EFTI), Madrid, Espagne
Solo Exhibitions
2012 “44:53” - Salle Zéro, Allianza Francesa de La Habana, Cuba
2010 "Afinidades" - Sala Chaplin, Cinemateca de Cuba, La Habana, Cuba
Group Exhibitions
2015 Havana Bienal group artist show. Figueroa-Vives Studio.
2014 "Ciudades de Silencio", Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2013
- Cuba for Keeps - Photographie par Milly West, video by Ignacio Barrios & Reynier Leyva Novo. Krowswork gallery and project space, Oakland, California, USA.
- "Ciudades de Silencio", Convento San Francisco de Asis, La Habana, Cuba.
2012
- JustMadMia, Buzzart Gallery, Miami.
- Finalists Arte40 Contest, Complutense Centre for the Arts (C Arte C), Madrid, Spain.
- Havana Bienal group artist show. Figueroa-Vives Studio.
2011
- “7 dias en la Habana”: Juan Carlos Alom, Ignacio Barrios y Alejandro González, Museo del Ron Habana Club, La Habana, Cuba.
- Artes Americas, Booth CCE Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center.
2010
- “Imagine Lennon: 30 années après une couverture historique”, Rolling Stone Magazine, Telefónica Flagship Store Gran Vía, Madrid, Espagne
- 2nd Edition MadridFoto, Galery Moriarty, Madrid, Spain
Awards 2015 Finalist Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña
2012 Shorlisted Purificación García Photography Prize.
2012 Finalist 1st Edition Arte 40
