Overview

An unwavering commitment to community informs Barrington's wide-ranging practice alongside an exploration of migration and cross-cultural exchange. 

Primarily rooted in painting, Barrington’s practice comprises performance, fashion and collaboration. His approach to material is vast and inclusive, regularly embracing burlap, concrete, cardboard and sewing, and other non-traditional techniques. Barrington considers influence and exchange to be crucial and draws upon a constellation of cultural and art historical references in his work, including Robert Rauschenberg’s groundbreaking Combines, which he pays homage to by incorporating objects including carpets and steel drums into the picture plan. Barrington’s practice is deeply informed by an unwavering commitment to community.

 

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  • Alvaro Barrington, Hibiscus Red, Blue, White/Blue, Oct 2023, 2023
    Hibiscus Red, Blue, White/Blue, Oct 2023, 2023
  • Alvaro Barrington, Hibiscus White Violet, Oct 2023, 2023
    Hibiscus White Violet, Oct 2023, 2023
  • Alvaro Barrington, Hibiscus White, Purple (SP), Oct 2023, 2023
    Hibiscus White, Purple (SP), Oct 2023, 2023
  • Alvaro Barrington, Hibiscus Yellow, Blue (SP), Oct 2023, 2023
    Hibiscus Yellow, Blue (SP), Oct 2023, 2023
  • Alvaro Barrington, Hibiscus Yellow, Yellow Green, Oct 2023, 2023
    Hibiscus Yellow, Yellow Green, Oct 2023, 2023
  • Alvaro Barrington, Red Snapper (SP) study, Oct 2023, 2023
    Red Snapper (SP) study, Oct 2023, 2023
  • Alvaro Barrington, 1916-238, 2021
    1916-238, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Be his Peace, 2021
    Be his Peace, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Black Power, 2021
    Black Power, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Black Power, 2021
    Black Power, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Cloud 1, 2021
    Cloud 1, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Cloud 2, 2021
    Cloud 2, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Cloud 3, 2021
    Cloud 3, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Don't Rush, 2021
    Don't Rush, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Get it Right, 2021
    Get it Right, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, ICU, 2021
    ICU, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Notes on Emotional Trauma, 2021
    Notes on Emotional Trauma, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Notes on Healing, 2021
    Notes on Healing, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Notes on Pain, 2021
    Notes on Pain, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Notes on Recovery, 2021
    Notes on Recovery, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Notes on Yes to Strangers, 2021
    Notes on Yes to Strangers, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Slow Down, 2021
    Slow Down, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, U the Wettest, 2021
    U the Wettest, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, Upgrade U, 2021
    Upgrade U, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, What's Next, 2021
    What's Next, 2021
  • Alvaro Barrington, 1363-1964, 2020
    1363-1964, 2020
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Biography

b. 1983, Venezuela

 

Alvaro Barrington lives and works in London and New York City. He received an MFA from the Slade School of Art in London and a BFA from Hunter College in New York.

 

Solo exhibitions and projects include GRACE, Tate Britain Commission, London (2024); COME HOME, Sadie Coles, London (2024); Island Life, Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York (2023); They Got Time: YOU BELONG TO THE CITY, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Pantin, Paris (2023) and Alvaro Barrington, MoMA PS1, New York (2017). Group exhibitions include Keeping Time, curated by Ekow Eshun, Gallery 1957, Accra, Ghana (2024); The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; Traveled to Saint Louis Art Museum, MI (2023); The Drawing Centre Show, Le Consortium, Dijon, France (2022) and The Earth, That Is Sufficient, Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York (2021). Barrington’s work is held in the collections of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, The Hepworth Wakefield, K11 Art Foundation, The Loewe Foundation, Fundación NMAC, Rennie Museum, Start Museum, X Museum, Beijing and the Tate Britain.

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