NORMA IBARRA
Norma Ibarra is a Mexican multidisciplinary artist, content creator, community organizer, marketer and adventure seeker maneuvering boundlessly through photography, videography, and adventure sports. Of these, photography is an endless playground for her unique expression.
Through her work, Norma shares the stories of change-makers around the globe. Her photos tell stories of diverse, proud community builders, simultaneously challenging and independently broadening the definition of “traditional media,” documenting a profound youth-driven lens around inclusion, representation, equity, resilience and belonging.
Combining her love for adventure, her education and her photography skills, Ibarra has also carved out a niche role specializing in social media marketing, implementing and fostering spaces for the stories of her communities.
Ibarra’s work has been published in magazines, online editorials, commercial campaigns, photo exhibitions and recently, her book, Para ti (For you).
CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 - "Especial" - Bevy Space -Toronto, ON, Canada.
2022 - "Skate For Change" Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC Canada
2021 - "Para ti" Book Launch and photo exhibit -House of Vans, Mexico City, Mexico
2019 - "Arms wide Open" - House of Vans, London, United Kingdom and Vancouver BC, Canada.
2019 - "Vanguards by Vans" Mexico City
2017 - "Skatebroads" - Antisocial Skateshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - "Ways of seeing" - Contact Photo Fest -Toronto, ON, Canada.
2023 - "Punch up your mind" -Bevy Space - Toronto, ON, Canada
2022- "Polaris" - House of Vans, Toronto, ON, Canada
2022 - “The Art of the Skateboard” - The Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana, USA.
2022 - "Out of Control" - Audain Art Museum - Whistler, BC, Canada.
2021 - "Boarder X" - Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2020 - "Skate Skate Baby" - Toronto, ON, Canada
2020 - "They call themselves skaters" - Cologne, Germany
2019 - "Girls" Sao Paulo, Brazil
2019 - "Yeah Girl Homecoming" - Gold Coast, Australia
2019 - "A Celebration of Women in Skateboarding" The General, New York, NY, USA
2019 - "Una Mirada con Equidad" Chilango Skateshop, Mexico City, Mexico.
2019 - "Show us your style by Vans" - Montreal, Toronto Canada, Paris, France.
2018 - "Yeah Girl" - Los Angeles, USA
2018 - "Skate Like a Girl" - Seattle, Washington, USA
TALKS
2023 - "Ways of seeing" - Contact Photo Fest -Toronto, ON, Canada.
2023 - "Sight and Desire,"- Performing Skateboard Poetics: Style, Motion, and Space, University of Chicago.
2021 - "She Shreds, Women of Colour in Action Sports" -Linfield University
2019 - "Brutally Honest Skate Journalism" Media Panel - Pushing Boarders Event, Malmo, Sweden.
2019 - "How I got here" Wheels of Fortune Event - Seattle, Washington, USA
2019 - "Skateboarding, Photography and Art" - School, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2011 - #NETCulture: Stories Of Culture And Diversity In Social Media - Vancouver, BC, Canada.
WORKSHOPS PROVIDED
2020 - Skate Photography - Online
2019 - Nike SB Presents: Skateboard Photography Workshop, EVO Headquarters
SELECT CLIENTS
Nike, Vans, Adidas, Converse, Dickies, Red Bull, Guru Energy, Thrasher Magazine, Vice, Monster Children, NHS Distribution, CCS Distribution, Deluxe Distribution, G-Shock, Slurpee, Chrome Industries, World Skate, There Skateboards, Raptors, Raptors 905, Destination BC, BC Bike Race, Mountain Bike BC.