
Juan
MANUEL BARRIOS
Juan
MANUEL BARRIOS
BIO
Photographer, visual artist, window dresser, tailor, DJ. Born in Buenos Aires, he trained in Montevideo and at the age of 18 he returned to Buenos Aires to study photography at the Foto Club Argentino with Alicia D´amico and Sara Facio, he participated in workshops with the photographer Alejandro Kuropatwa and Gustavo diMario. He returned to Montevideo in 2001 and published works in the magazine Pimba! (of which he was a founding contributor), Freeway and Original Voice.
He started working for major international brands – Levi's and Lacoste – as a window dresser. For Levi's he made campaigns using Lomo cameras, joining the international lomographic movement.
He takes workshops with Diana Mines, Magela Ferrero, Jacqueline Lacasa, Fernando Lopez Lage, Gustavo Tabares, Diego Massi, Lucia Pitaluga, Veronica Cordeiro.
Selected exhibitions:
Individual Goethe Institute Montevideo, Biennial of Salto (UY) 2014, Collective: Ghierra Intendente (1) Municipal Subway of Montevideo, Ghierra Intendente (2) held on this occasion at the Cultural Center Spain in the city of Berlin, Collective in Buenos Aires at the Sívori Museum and at the Quimera del Arte Gallery, at the San José de Mayo Museum (UY) curated by Diana Mines.
In 2017 he was selected to join the working group organized by Fredi Casco on the MUFF (International Photography Exhibition) Joint Paths platform curated by Verónica Cordeiro and Luis Camnitzer.
In 2018 he exhibited at the Zorrilla Museum and the SOA Gallery.
Individual “Collection Keys” curated by Jacqueline Lacasa at Galeria Diana Saravía / August 2020.
In 2021 he received the FEFCA Justino Zabala Sarmiento scholarship, awarded by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay.
He was selected for the 50th Visual Arts Salon of Montevideo 2021.
He held a solo exhibition at the Engelman-Ost Collection, UTOPIA ES LA DISCO curated by Jacqueline Lacasa, in September 2023.
In November 2024 he was selected for the 61st National Visual Arts Award.
Since 2024 his work has been part of the permanent collection of the JINTAI MUSEUM in Beijing.
In June 2024 he was selected for the BARFUSTRASSER Residency Berlin – Germany where he exhibited the exhibition NOCTURNUS at LIMITED GALLERY curated by Simón Mullan, Power Ekroth and Juan Pedro Fabra.
His work is part of the Engelman-Ost Collection and several private collections in China, France, Argentina, Germany, the USA and Uruguay.

Events
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EXIBITIONS
MONTEVIDEO 2023