CARLOS CORTEZ 100 AÑOS RUBIN & PAULA TORRES GALLERYOPENING RECEPTION: SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2:00PM – 4:00PMOpen to Public: AUGUST 13, 2023 – FEBRUARY 18, 2024NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART This centennial exhibition celebrates the legacy of Carlos Cortéz Koyokuikatl (1923-2005), one of Chicago’s most important social justice artists working in the 20th century. Often a poet, often […]
9TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITION Carlos Barberena: BAC Second Prize Winner – “9TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITION” Curated by Yaoundé Olu & Jeff HIRST OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, MAY 21ST, 8:00PM – 10:00PM ON VIEW: MAY 21 – JULY 2, 2021 BRIDGEPORT ART CENTER 1200 W 35th St. Chicago, IL 60609 Second Prize Winner – BAC Art Competition
Carlos Barberena is a Nicaraguan self-taught Printmaker based in Chicago, where he runs the printmaking projects: Bandolero Press & La Calaca Press. He is also a member of the Instituto Gráfico de Chicago.
New Print: “Madre del Desaparecido” / Mother of the Disappeared “Madre del Desaparecido” Media: Linocut on Mulberry Paper. Image Size: 30″ x 20″ Edition: 13 Prints. Date: 2014.Grabado reciente: “Madre del Desaparecido” / Mother of the Disappeared “Madre del Desaparecido” Media: Linógrabado s/ papel Mulberry. Tamaño de imágen: 30″ x 20″ Edición: 13 Prints. Año:
A l’arrache 3 print exhibition with many dirty printmakers and outlaw printmakers June 24th, 6:30pm Espace Culturel Les Abattoirs 1 Route d’Ennezat 63200 Riom, France. Exposition de multiples, avec Ryan O’Malley, Julia Curran, Pakito Bolino, Poupée Viande, Ricardo Vicente Jose Ruiz, Derrick Riley, Bill Fick, Tyler Krasowski, The Pit, Céline Guichard, Carlos Barberena, Jeff Rial,
“Gestos Gráficos: René Arceo & Friends” Opening Reception: Friday June 20th from 7-10pm Bridgeport Art Center, 4th floor Gallery, 1200 West 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609. Gestos Gráficos: René Arceo & Friends is a collection of gestural prints created by René Arceo and a select group of friends & collaborators. Chicago print maker René Arceo’s
novus order seclorum ut patet in fixuras de Carlos Barberena / The New World Order as Shown on the Prints of Carlos Barberena *By Leticia Cortez – El Beisman Magazine “The Refugees” It is a pleasure to try something new and in this case to review a show and its works of art via the
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Nicaraguan-born Printmaker Shows Satirical Works at Local Gallery. By Eleanore Catolico – The Gate Newspaper Self-expression against corporate imperialists never gets old, and this time, the artist embraces a tradition of transgression and never gets his hands dirty. The Nicaraguan-born, Chicago-based printmaker Carlos Barberena’s provocatively-titled exhibition “In Greed We Trust,” substitutes our religious devotion (God
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PROSPECTUS Art Gallery Presents: “IN GREED WE TRUST” A collection of Linocuts and Woodcuts by Chicago Artist Carlos Barberena Opening Reception: Friday, March 14th, from 5:00pm to 10:00pm *This exhibition is a celebration of a recent National Printmaking Award that the artist received in Nicaragua. Open to public from March 14th through May 4th, 2014
“McShitter” This print is about my addiction to McDonald’s when I was a teen living in Costa Rica, at that age it was something to do with my friends and also represented for us a status quo activity in an Americanized country. Every time I ate it, I got sick. But I just kept doing