Oscar Guido Barbery

I’m a Latin American artist, born to an Argentine mother and Bolivian father, and raised between both countries. I studied Social Communication and later Film at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina—a place where I encountered the word art both emotionally and academically.

My artistic practice began with photography, a medium I explored for over twenty years to investigate symbolic projections of identity through portraiture. In Bolivia, I developed much of my photographic work and received several awards that solidified my identity as an artist. I participated in more than thirty exhibitions, collaborations, and residencies with institutions, galleries, and art centers.

Seeking new expressive forms, I moved to Barcelona, Spain, where I pursued further education with a Master’s in Contemporary Artistic Creation. That path eventually led me to study ceramics at the Escola Industrial de Barcelona. Four years of direct engagement with clay gave rise to a deeper sculptural practice—one centered on matter, the body, and the representation of expanded bodies.

Ceramic sculpture has become a fundamental part of my artistic language. I work with a material charged with symbolism, where spoken language falls short.

I currently ...

2021 – Contemporary Sculpture, International museum of ceramics – Faenza Art Ceramic Center, Faenza, IT

2017 – 2019. Ceramics, La Industrial School of Art, Barcelona, SP.

2016 – 2017. Master in Contemporary Artistic Creation, UB, Barcelona, SP.

2002 – 2007. Bachelor of Social Communication, National University of Córdoba, AR.

2005 – 2007. Photography, Faculty of cinema and visual arts, National University of Córdoba, AR.

2004 – 2006. Studies on Creative Photography, El Germinador Photo school, Córdoba, AR.

2025.- El Cuerpo no existe, exposición retrospectiva, Kiosko Gallery, Santa Cruz, BO

2024. – Escuchar el barro, Circulo de la Unión, La Paz, BO

2023. – Después del Fuego, Kiosko, Santa Cruz, BO

2022. – Taller, Centro Botín, Santander, ES

2021.- Coworking, MIC – Faenza Art Ceramic Center, Faenza, IT

2019. – Al Final la obra, Asociación de Ceramistas de Cataluña, Barcelona, ES.

2019. – Autoridad y reflejo, Nube Gallery, Santa Cruz de la Sierra. BO.

2018. – Curadores, Manzana UNO, Santa Cruz de la Sierra. BO.

2017. – MA, Cabildo, Córdoba, AR.

2017. – Todos los ojos en Bolivia, Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, BO.

2017. – Sobre el río, Pere Pruna, Barcelona, ES.

2015. – Curadores, Manzana UNO, Santa Cruz de la Sierra. BO.

2014. – 100X100, Galería A del Arte, Zaragoza, ES.

2013. – Territorios inestables, VIII Bienal Internacional de Arte (SIART), La Paz, BO.

2013. – Abre Alas, A Gentil Carioca, Río de Janeiro, BR.

2013. – Recíproco / Reciprocal, CCSC, Santa Cruz de la Sierra. BO.

2012. – La Candelaria, MAC, Santa Cruz de la Sierra. BO.

2012. – New Brasil Bolivia Now, Galería Marta Traba, San Pablo, BR.

2012. – Naturaleza Viva, CCSC, Santa Cruz de la Sierra. BO.

2011. – Bolivian Contemporany Artists, DOT FIFTYONE, Mi...