Colombian, born 1945
STUDIES:
Escuela de Bellas Artes, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Universitá Italiana per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy.
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy.
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION):
2005 “I Trienal Poligráfica de San Juan, América Latina y el Caribe.” San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2004 “MoMA at El Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art.” El Museo del Barrio, New York.
2002 “Los Cincuenta Caminos de la Vida.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2001 “I Bienal de Buenos Aires.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2000 “Los Cincuenta Caminos de la Vida.” Centro de Artes Visuales, Lima, Perú.
1999 “América Latina: Das Vanguardas ao Fin do Milenio.” Culturgest Center, Lisboa, Portugal.
1998 “Obra Gráfica de Alvaro Barrios.” Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Ciudad de México, México.
1997 “Do It.” Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia.
1996 “América Latina 96.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1991 “Latin American Drawings Today.” San Diego Museum of Modern Art, San Diego, California.
1990 “Great Cultural Exhibition of Colombia.” The Fuji Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
1986 “Colombian Contemporary Art.” Mall Galleries, London, England; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
II Bienal de La Habana, Cuba.
“Cien Años de Arte Colombiano.” Palacio Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
“Cien Años de Arte Colombiano.” Instituto Italo-Latinoamericano, Roma, Italia.
1985 Norwegian International Print Biennial.
1983 “Multiples by Latin American Artists.” Franklin Furnace Archives, New York.
1982 “Kunster aus Lateinamerika.” Daad Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1981 IV Bienal de Grabado de San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1979 Trienal Latinoamericana de Grabado, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1977 “Los Novísimos Colombianos.” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofia Imbert, Caracas, Venezuela.
1976 “Colombian Figurative Graphics.” University of Texas Art Museum.
1975 XIII Bienal de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brasil.
1974 IX Biennial of Prints of Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan.
1971 VII Biennale de Paris. Paris, France.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.
National Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Franklin Furnace Archives, New York.
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Perú.
Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.
Museo de Arte del Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia.
Museo Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
2001. Latin American First Prize in Paintings and Installations.
I Bienal de Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1979. First Prize, I Trienal Latinoamericana de Grabado, Buenos Aires, Argentina.