Barrios' work addresses the relationship between the minuscule and the monumental, where the connection between these worlds is understood as a form of political act.
In his recent work, one can observe fantastic, historical and scientific narratives -as well as formal and technical experimentations- that, as a whole, discuss the way in which human beings relate to nature, trying to decipher, contain and control it, at the constant risk of sanity and life.
Lives and works in Mexico City.
He studied visual arts and attended the SOMA Educational Program in Mexico City.
His work has been exhibited individually and collectively in Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, United States, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Portugal. His solo exhibitions include Offerings to the nocturnal hours (CLEARING Brussels, 2023), Casa de Sombras (Pequod Co., Mexico City, 2022), and Las rodillas del ciprés (Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, 2022). His work has been part of different group exhibitions, among the most recent: La voz del a Montaña (XV FEMSA Biennial, 2024), Lucha libre Beyond the arenas (Arizona State University Museum, 2022-23), Drawing in the continuous present (The Drawing Center, New York 2022) and Otrxs mundxs (Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, 2020). In 2022 he published his first book of drawings, Buddhist visions of hell, in collaboration with the independent publishing house Chez rosi.
His work is part of public and private collections such as the Beth Rudin DeWoody, NYC; JK Brown & Eric Diefenbach Collection, NYC; Fundación M and Phillips/Yuyito CDMX, among others.
He has been in artistic residencies at Casa NANO, Tokyo (2023), Casa Wabi Foundation, Oaxaca (2019), International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York (2018). He was a beneficiary of the FONCA Jóvenes Creadores Program in the 2019 - 2020 period in the category of alternative media.
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