Carlos Biernnay

Upcoming Exhibition
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Group Exhibition 2026

Full Name: Carlos Bautista Biernnay
Year of Birth: 1969
Based Between: Chile and the United States
Nationality: Chilean
Email: cbiernnay@gmail.com

Artistic Background

Carlos Biernnay’s early artistic formation is deeply shaped by his family environment: a matriarchal structure in which he learned to sew and to observe the women around him creating clothing and domestic objects from available materials.

His work asserts the right to life in its abundance—an ironic form of survival in the face of lived events—and explores how pain is transformed into spaces for reflection through simple, everyday elements. His intentional textile compositions function as a turning point, a call to remembrance, and an act of resistance.

See a selection of Carlos’s work here.
See Carlos’s feature in EDGE magazine here.
Full CV here and Artsy profile here.

The Norwalk Art Space – Threads of Community Group Exhibition
2025–2026
Norwalk Art Space Group Exhibition
2025-2026
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Group Exhibition 2026
The Big Bridgeport Art Trail Show
University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
2025–2026
2025
Mystic Museum of Art, Connecticut, USA
Stories, Dreams, Desires – The Artists of Expressiones

City Light Gallery, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Out Work 2025

Museo Buen Pastor, San Felipe, Chile
Nuestras Historias

University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass Amherst, USA
Artist / Fabricator

City Light Gallery, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Máscaras

University of Bridgeport, Schelfhaudt Gallery, USA
Group Exhibition

2024
Palazzo Pisani-Revedin, Venice, Italy
The Path (Solo Exhibition)

Palazzo Pisani-Revedin, Venice, Italy
Bridgeport Art Trail – Venice Installation (Group Exhibition)

Contextile Biennial, Guimarães, Portugal
International Exhibition of Contemporary Textile Art

Alvarez Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
Latin American Voices
2021
Expressiones Cultural Center, New London, Connecticut, USA
Solo Exhibition: Carlos’s Work
2020
Five Point Art Gallery, Torrington, Connecticut, USA
Airplanes and Dirt Naps
2019
TP Gallery, Quillota, Chile
Memorias Bordadas

Museo Histórico, Quillota, Chile
Obra en Tránsito

Centro Cultural Palace, Coquimbo, Chile
Después de un largo viaje
2018
Casa Arte Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
Recent Work