Carlos Barrios

Carlos Barrios was born in San Salvador, El Salvador,Central America and now lives and works in the Currumbin Valley in Queensland. Ancient sites and pyramids have influenced his work.

“I would stare into them [artefacts] and found myself transported to other dimensions, times and spaces. Everything was talking to me especially clouds and shadows, they seemed to describe a space between reality and fantasy, filled with adventures.”

Carlos Barrios began painting figures and creatures from his imagination at the age of six. However, when he was ten, civil war broke out and Barrios found himself illustrating the horrific scenes of war.

“The civil war began when I was ten and lasted over ten years. In this war time madness and normality coexisted. Many nights the electricity was cut and in the candle lit spaces of the house I saw creatures moving and watching us, so I would paint and draw them. As I worked, I would watch my hand moving, creating the figures and creatures, I was the onlooker, the witness to this seemingly automatic unfolding of pictures, visual descriptions.”

The focus of his artworks is to paint the good he believes is in everyone. This is the reason many of his paintings are filled with figures, “I must paint people”, Barrios explains. Barrios has been a finalist in several art prizes including the Blake Prize, Sulman Prize, NSW Plein Air ArtPrize and the Fisher Ghost Art Prize.

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Education

1991 - 1992

National Art School


Selected Awards

2013  Finalist, Fisher Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown, Arts Centre, NSW

2012  Finalist, Fisher Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown, Arts Centre, NSW

2011  Finalist, NSW Plein Air Art Prize, Parliament House, Sydney

2010  First Prize for Drawing, Liverpool City Art Prize, NSW

2010  Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing

2010  Finalist, NSW Plein Air Art Prize, Parliament House, Sydney

2009  Finalist, Modern Two – Dimensional, Liverpool City Art Prize, NSW

2009  Finalist, NSW Plein Air Art Prize, Parliament House, Sydney

2007  Finalist, Blake Prize, Sydney

2006  Finalist, Blake Prize, Sydney

2006  Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2005  Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Selected Solo Exhibitions


2022 Hola Amor - Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney

2022 Totems - Mitchell Fine Arts, Brisbane

2021  Love, hope and devotion - Metro Gallery, Melbourne

2021 Later works - Aarwun Gallery, Canberra

2019  Amor en el campo – love in the country side, Metro Gallery, Melbourne

2019  Undefined Dreams, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane
2018  New Works, Mitchell Fine Art, Newrybar, NSW

2018  Sunny Day in Australia, Metro Gallery, Melbourne

2018  New Beginning - Carlos Barrios, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2018  Fiesta, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
2017  Reveal Revelation, Metro Gallery, Melbourne

2016  Transcendence, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane

2015  Hola Aloha Hi, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney

2015  Recent Works On Paper, Gallery Bodalla

2015  In Lak’Ech – You Are My Other Me (Mayan Greeting), Wombat Hollow, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney

2014  Momentos, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney

2014  Allegory, Metro Gallery, Melbourne

2013  Surrender, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney

2012  Watchando, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney

2012  Carlos Barrios, Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW

2010  Memories, Pasion Y Lineas, Loft Gallery, Bowral, NSW

2009  Figures & Lines, Gallery Bodalla, Bodalla

2009  In to the Void, Painter's Gallery, Mona Vale, Sydney

2008  The Joy to Be Here, Bowral, Southern Highlands, NSW

2008  Trazos, El Salvador

2007  Solo Exhibition, Painter's Gallery, Mona Vale, Sydney

2006  Urban Familia, Wallspace Gallery, Sydney

2006  Personajes, La Pinacoteca, San Salvador  

2005  Desnudos, Angeles I Espiritus, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney


Selected Group Exhibitions

2020  Primaveral, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane

2020  Summer group show, Metro Gallery, Melbourne
2020  Director’s Choice, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane
2019  Petite, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane

2019  New works to the collection, Newcastle Regional Gallery, NSW
2019  Les Petits Travaux, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra

2019  Director’s Choice, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane

2018  Peace, Place, Prizes and Pictures In Between, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW

2018  Director’s Choice, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane

2018  Denfair – Metro Gallery, Melbourne Convention Centre

2017  Petite, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane

2017  Summer group show, Metro Gallery, Melbourne

2016  Reveal, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane

2015  Drawn To Clay, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong  

2015  Summer Group Show, Metro Gallery, Melbourne

2015  Por Amor - For Love, Metro Gallery, Melbourne

2014  Blue Horse, Korea

2014  Group Show, Wombat Hollow, Southern Highlands, NSW

2014  Oneness, Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral

2013  Auto Portrait,  Eccosse Gallery, Exeter, NSW

2013  Group Show, El Salvador, Central America

2013  Group Show, Mudgee

2013  Group Show, New England Gallery, Armidale

2012  Ceramic Show at Paddington, NSW

2012  Group Show, San Salvador, El Salvado

2012  Group Show, Southern Highlands, NSW

2012  Group Show, New England Gallery, Armidale  

2010  Permanent Exhibition, Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries, Paddington, NSW

2010  Group Exhibition, Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries, Paddington, NSW

2009  Salon de Petits Tableaux, The Milk Factory, Bowral

2009  Creating the Body, Perl Contemporary Art, Vaucluse

2009  Reflections of Australia, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

2008  Group Exhibition, Washington DC, US

2008  Treasure of Seeds, International Group Exhibition, Jenolan Caves, NSW

2008  Group Exhibition, Mosman, Sydney

2008  Miami Art Fair, Miami US

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Chooks, kelpie, and people
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Carlos Barrios, Chooks, kelpie, and people, 2024, Oxide-glazed ceramic vase, 56 x 34 x 34cm
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Maestro (Don Juan - Homage to John Olsen)
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Carlos Barrios, Maestro (Don Juan - Homage to John Olsen), 2024, Stone, 44 x 20 x 23cm
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Skull
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Carlos Barrios, Skull, 2024, Basalt, 38 x 16 x 16cm
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Horse
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Carlos Barrios, Horse, 2024, Basalt, 44 x 30 x 15cm
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Riviera
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Blossom
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Family and Dog
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Antediluvian
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Playful Animals
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Carlos Barrios, Playful Animals, 2024, Oil on linen, 48cm x 46cm
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Lovely Girl
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Carlos Barrios, Lovely Girl, 2024, Oil on linen, 43cm x 38cm
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Amigo Azul
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Sharing
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Carlos Barrios, Sharing, 2021, Oil on linen, 126cm x 186cm
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Imagine
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Carlos Barrios, Imagine, 2024, Oil on linen, 62cm x 68cm
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In-Between
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Carlos Barrios, In-Between, 2024, Oil on linen, 64cm x 124cm
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Viva la raza
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Carlos Barrios, Viva la raza, 2023, Mixed media on linen, 112.5cm x 110.5cm
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The Chariot
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Carlos Barrios, The Chariot, 2024, Mixed media on linen, 202cm x 200cm
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Home
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Carlos Barrios, Home, 2024, Oil on linen, 124cm x 188cm
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Let's Fiesta
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Carlos Barrios, Let's Fiesta, 2020-2024, Mixed media on linen, 200cm x 202cm
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Happy Locura
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Carlos Barrios, Happy Locura, 2023, Mixed media on linen, 202cm x 200cm
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Elegy in a country graveyard
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Carlos Barrios, Elegy in a country graveyard, 2011, Oil on linen, 130cm x 120cm
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Cuddles
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Carlos Barrios, Cuddles, 2023, Mixed media on linen, 122.5cm x 110.5cm
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As above...
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Carlos Barrios, As above..., 2024, Mixed media on polyester, 150cm x 250cm
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Boyhood Memories
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Carlos Barrios, Boyhood Memories, 2023, Glazed earthenware, 40cm x 40cm x 40cm
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Interiors
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Carlos Barrios, Interiors, 2023, Glazed earthenware, 56cm x 30cm x 30cm
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The Boys
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Carlos Barrios, The Boys, 2023, Glazed ceramic, 30cm x 24cm
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Selected works on paper
People and water
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Carlos Barrios, People & Water, 2018, Mixed media on paper, 56 x 76 cm, Framed: 76 x 96 cm
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Selected works on paper
Women's Day
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Carlos Barrios, Women's Day, 2018, Mixed media on paper, 56 x 76 cm, Framed: 76 x 96 cm
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Under the moon
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Carlos Barrios, Under the moon, 2021, Mixed media on linen, 202 x 200 cm
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Turtle
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Carlos Barrios, Turtle, 2021, Glazed black clay earthenware, 15 cm
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Polarity
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Carlos Barrios, Polarity, 2021, Glazed terracotta earthenware, 28 cm
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Loving the Chooks
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Carlos Barrios, Loving the Chooks, 2021, Oil on linen, 122 x 122 cm
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Love, Hope, and Devotion
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Carlos Barrios, Love, Hope, and Devotion, 2021, Mixed media on linen, 170 x 240 cm
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Love rules
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Carlos Barrios, Love rules, 2021, Oil on linen, 121 x 99 cm
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La chica Azul
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Carlos Barrios, La chica Azul, 2021, Oil on linen, 47 x 47 cm
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Flying figure
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Carlos Barrios, Flying figure, 2021, Oil on linen, 52 x 44 cm
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