 In 1994, she was an invited artist at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and in 1995 she made her first solo international exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Center "Palais Pallfy" in Vienna; in 1997 she was an artist in residence at the Banff Centre for International Art in Canada.In 1998 Braun Barends was an exchange artist at the Academy of Arts, Berlin.Between 1996 and 2001, she earned a Stricto Sensu master's degree in Communication and Arts with Dr. Prof. Manuel Moran at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.