Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca
Artist Name: Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca
Date of birth: 13/06/1980 (Bárbara Wagner) | 19/05/1975 (Benjamin de Burca)
Country of birth: Brazil (Bárbara Wagner) | Germany (Benjamin de Burca)
Lives and works: Recife, Brazil
Artist website URL or social media: https://www.barbarawagner.com.br/
Artist Information:
Born in Brasilia, Brazil, in 1980, Bárbara Wagner originally trained as a journalist and documentary photographer in Recife, Brazil. In 2011, she completed a master’s degree in Fine Arts at the Dutch Art Institute in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Born in Munich, Germany, in 1975, Benjamin de Burca grew up in Ireland. He studied painting at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, and completed a master’s degree in Fine Arts at the University of Ulster, Belfast.
Working collaboratively since 2011, Wagner & de Burca’s work has been featured in exhibitions and film festivals, including: the 33rd, 35th Panorama de Arte Brasileira, the 32nd São Paulo Biennial, the 20th Festival de Arte Contemporânea Sesc VideoBrasil (São Paulo, Brazil); the 36th EVA International (Limerick, Ireland); the 5th Skulptur Projekte (Münster, Germany); the 67th, 68th, 69th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlin, Germany); and the 72nd Locarno International Film Festival (Locarno, Switzerland). In 2019, Wagner & de Burca represented Brazil at the 58th Venice Biennale. The artists currently live in Recife and are represented by Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
