Round braid
Encaustic and oil on canvas
46 x 27 cm
2007
Necklaces No. 2
Necklaces No. 2
Necklaces No. 2
Necklaces No. 2
Necklaces No. 2
Encaustic and oil on canvas
Necklaces No. 2
Encaustic and oil on canvas
Necklaces No. 2
Encaustic and oil on canvas
40 x 40 cm
Encaustic and oil on canvas
Necklaces No. 2
40 x 40 cm
Encaustic and oil on canvas
Necklaces No. 2
40 x 40 cm
40 x 40 cm
Encaustic and oil on canvas
40 x 40 cm
Encaustic and oil on canvas
2008
40 x 40 cm
Encaustic and oil on canvas
2008
40 x 40 cm
Encaustic and oil on canvas
2008
2008
2008
2008
40 x 40 cm
2008
40 x 40 cm
2008
2008
Round braid
Round braid
Round braid
Encaustic and oil on canvas
Encaustic and oil on canvas
46 x 27 cm
46 x 27 cm
Encaustic and oil on canvas
46 x 27 cm
2007
2007
2007
Cristina Barrera







I love painting because with simple materials, you can create a space with its own soul, although this is not always easy.
In the Reflections series, I seek to capture fleeting moments through color: how it passes through a blind on a warm summer day, a reflection in water, a ray of light filtering through the leaves of a tree...
The tones of these works range from yellows to blues, evoking the contrast between the warmth of the sun and the freshness of the shadows.
In the series Synchronicities and Water and Tears, circles and ovals represent vital energy, hoping to convey on canvas the sensation of flow, of continuous movement, of encounters and losses, of dark moments and bright moments that make up a life.
Braids and Pollen are series that I painted aware that the theme I had chosen was difficult to transfer to the canvas: the communion of the human being and nature, of the earthly and the cosmic, of the visible and the invisible... of that intimate and necessary connection between all this that generates and feeds the creative and life itself and we tend to forget in the midst of our contemporary hustle and bustle.
In 2015, the EnMaLa Gallery in Lanzarote proposed me an individual exhibition and as I love that wonderful volcanic island, I painted Magma dedicated to it, where the sea, volcanoes and flowers are intermingled as a metaphor of creativity and Art.
Synchronies and Circles are two series that are again based on colour and simple forms. I am working on them in the hope of transferring to the canvas the sensation of flow, of continuous movement, of encounters and losses, of dark moments and bright moments that make up a life.
My work is not linear, I go and come back to these themes again and again through time, which makes them intermingled and thus complementary. That is why the presentation of the work on the web does not follow a chronological order nor is it grouped by series.
My work is not linear; I return to these themes over time, which causes them to intertwine and thus complement each other. Therefore, the presentation of the work on the website does not follow a chronological order, nor is it grouped by series.
My workshop is in Lanzarote, a volcanic island with a very special light.
My art studies at the Universities of Madrid and Cuenca, having lived in large cities like Madrid, Paris, and Tokyo, being a mother and raising my daughter in a small town in the heart of the Castilian countryside, living in a place surrounded by the sea, the practice of meditation, reading, and everyday life... all of this has influenced my work.
I have been dedicated to painting since I was very young and have held numerous exhibitions, both solo and group.
I use different techniques, mainly oil and encaustic, as they allow me to create textures with a special warmth.
Working with color is very important in my works.












INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
LANDSCAPES
Slow space
Guadalajara
2022
MAGMA
Gallery EnMala.
Lanzarote-Spain.
2016
BRAIDS
Sala de exposiciones del Teatro Alcazar.
Madrid- Spain.
2010
NECKLACES AND SPIDERS
Espacio 0034 LAB.
Madrid- Spain.
2008
VOLCANOES
Espacio de Arte Nab Room.
Madrid- España.
2002
LANDSCAPE/SQUARE
Gallery Moriarty.
Madrid- Spain.
1996
ART FAIRS
ARCO'01.Moriarty Gallery. Madrid.
DEARTE. Spanish Galleries Fair. Blanca Soto Gallery. Madrid, 2001
ARCO'00. Moriarty gallery. Madrid ARCO'98 . Moriarty Gallery. Madrid.
ARCO´97 . Gallery of Art Moriarty. Madrid, Spain
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2023 Surgir Arteenmala Gallery, Lanzarote, Spain. 2021 Landscapes , El rincón lento space, Guadalajara. 2017 Other Modus Operandi Gallery, Madrid. 2016 Arte21 Gallery, Almería.
2014 Artenmala Gallery, Lanzarote. 2007 Openart, Zaragoza. 2006 Antonio Perez Foundation, Cuenca. 2001 Tribute to Fernando Múgica, Circle of Fine Arts, Madrid.
2001 Sahara Art Gallery 21, Almería. 2000 Contemporary graphics Galería Acanto, Almería. 1996 Art Co Gallery, San Sebastián. 13th edition of the Prize. National Painting Adaja, Ávila. 1996 Flipart Musuri Gallery, Madrid. Portable museum Gallery La Kabala, Madrid. 1995 Dove ti porta el cuore Galleria Paola Verrengia, Salerno, Italy, 1995 Portable museum Galería la Kabala, Madrid. 1994 Portable museum Kabala Gallery , Madrid. 1993 III Mostra Unión Fenosa, La Coruña. 1992 Paintings Al-Andalus Gallery. Seville. 1991 Serigraphs Sen Gallery, Madrid. 1991 IV Castilla la Mancha Plastic Arts Awards , Toledo. 1991 , Estrujenbank Gallery, Madrid. 1989 José Arpa group exhibition, Carmona City Council.
1984 Contemporary Art Workshop Exhibition , Círculo de las Bellas Artes, Madrid. 1984 Madrid, Cultural Center of the Villa, Madrid.
WORK IN
VICE-RECTORATE of the UNIVERSITY of Castilla-La Mancha. Cuenca, Spain.
INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF ELECTROGRAPHY . Cuenca, Spain.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART . Zaragoza, Spain.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS .
PRESS AND OTHERS
ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER El PAIS about the exhibition "necklaces and spiders
POEM for the exhibition "Necklaces and spiders" by Cristina Barrera
INTRODUCTION to the exhibition "Necklaces and Spiders" by Cristian Dominguez
ARTICLE in ART TODAY
ARTICLE in NEO2 magazine
INTERVIEW in the program " la Otra" of channel 4
ARTICLE IN THE ABC MAGAZINE "EL CULTURAL