Gracia Barrios Rivadeneira (27 June 1927 – 28 May 2020) was a Chilean painter and the winner of the 2011 National Prize for Plastic Arts.

[5] After the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, the artist went into exile in France along with her husband and daughter; they remained out of Chile for approximately ten years.

With this, Barrios alluded to the man "by means of the monumentality of torsos, heads, and maternities, expressing also the direct approach with the American continent and its people.

[6] In addition to using oil and acrylic paints, the artist experimented with natural elements such as earth and clay in order to give greater density to her works.

In 1943, while attending free courses at the University of Chile, Barrios met the Catalan painter José Balmes.