Mauro Antonio Barreto, DIY Dungeon
Closes Saturday, August 3, 2024
Gallery hours
Saturday, July 13, 11am-3pm
Saturday, July 20, 11am-3pm
Saturday, July 27, 11am-3pm
Friday, August 2, 6–9pm – Artist’s Reception
Saturday, August 3, 11am-3pm – Last Look
Artist’s Statement
In DIY Dungeon, his third exhibition with the gallery, Barreto presents three portraits of youth made between 2022 and 2023. Barreto’s portraits hold fact and fiction, the real and the confected, in tension. The portraits are charged with yearning and desire, clouded by melancholia, angst, and anachronism, and contoured by melodrama and affect.
About the Artist
Mauro Antonio Barreto has presented his work in solo exhibitions at The Java Project (Brooklyn, NY), Künstlerhaus Dortmund (Dortmund, DE), the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and Spellerberg Projects. In May 2024, he participated in the Biennale for Visual and Sonic Media düsseldorf photo+. His work is in the permeant collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Barreto directs the gallery / project space Neue Welt and is a member of the artist collective Tiger Strikes Asteroid. Barreto lives in Nashville, Tennessee.