Rafael Barrios Baton Rouge, Luisiana, USA., b. 1947.
He studied art, communication and design at Ashbury College, Ottawa and the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Canada. In 1982 he received a Postgraduate Diploma in Art and Philosophy from the University of New York. He has obtained several national and international prizes, among others: the “Sculpture Award” Ernesto Avellán Hall; the “McLean Foundation Scholarship”, the highest award offered by the Ontario College of Art, in Canada. He has also worked in the conception of sets for Chris Von Wangenheim in Vogue and Esquire magazines of New York as well as for dance shows (“Danza Hoy”, expo-Sevilla, Spain, 1992) and fashion shows in Paris. He has been Art Director for UNESCO.
Rafael Barrios plays with shapes, altering the laws of geometry to suspend volumes in space. His sculptures are characterized by breaking with orthodox directionality, thus opening new possibilities for perception.
His works are featured in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario; Carmen Lammana Foundation, Toronto; National Art Gallery, Caracas; Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas; Collection of King Don Juan Carlos de Borbón, Spain; Collection of Princess Gloria Von Thurrell Untaxis, Germany. Many of his works are part of the urban landscape in Venezuela and other countries of the world.
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Centrífuga Levitante P17 (Rojo Oro), 2013Rafael Barrios3 ejemplares / Edition of 3Escultura - Instalación / Sculpture - Installation110 x 150 x 15 cm$ 67,700.00- Centrifuga Levitante P61, 2013Rafael Barrios3 ejemplares / Edition of 3Escultura - Instalación / Sculpture - Installation110 x 150 x 15 cm$ 67,700.00
- Efecto Mariposa I P109, 2022Rafael BarriosEdición P.A. / P.A. EditionEscultura - Instalación / Sculpture - Installation247 x 71 cm$ 44,000.00
- Efecto Mariposa II P111, 2022Rafael Barrios4 Ejemplares / Edition of 4Escultura - Instalación / Sculpture - Installation180 x 80 cm$ 40,900.00
- Mesa/Table MP05 (Rojo Opalo), 2017Rafael BarriosMúltipleEscultura / Sculpture76.5 x 60.5 x 53 cm$ 5,000.00
- Mesa/Table MP08 (Plata), 2017Rafael BarriosMúltipleEscultura - Instalación / Sculpture - Installation76.5 x 60.5 x 53 cm$ 5,000.00
- Mesa/Table MP09 (Verdoro), 1977 - 2017Rafael BarriosMúltipleEscultura - Instalación / Sculpture - Installation76.5 x 60.5 x 53$ 5,000.00
30 6/50 x 23 41/50 x 20 87/100 - Trifásica Rasante P112, 2019Rafael Barrios3 ejemplares / Edition of 3Escultura - Instalación / Sculpture - Installation280 x 106 cm$ 130,350.00
- Trifásica Rasante P114, 2022Rafael Barrios4 ejemplares / Edition of 4Escultura - Instalación / Sculpture - Installation150 x 57.24 cm$ 38,500.00
- Vertical Dislocado en 3 Tiempos 618, 2009Rafael Barrios3 ejemplares / Edition of 3Escultura / Sculpture36 x 75 x 4 cm$ 23,850.00
Interacciones Espaciales
Colectiva29 Aug 2022 - 10 Apr 2023Para explicar lo que él y otros artistas de su generación se habían propuesto, Carlos Cruz-Diez tenía una frase sumamente elocuente: “había que generar una nueva dialéctica entre el espectador...Read moreSCULPTURES
COLLECTIVE1 - 30 Sep 2020A sculpture is a work of art inserted into space, which is incorporated into it and at the same time makes it part of its artistic proposal and its relationship...Read moreMARIÓN ART GALLERY: 10 YEARS
COLLECTIVE1 - 30 Apr 2020In April 2010, guided by the will and vision of my father, and accompanied by my sister and my mother, we opened a gallery in a space and a country...Read moreTHE ART BEHIND ART
COLLECTIVE28 Apr - 2 Jun 2019“The art behind art”, an exhibition to celebrate the 10 years of the Articruz studio in Panama. Articruz is an artists studio dedicated to the production of contemporary art, which...Read moreSUBTRACTIVE GEOMETRY
COLLECTIVE15 Jun - 10 Aug 2018In Subtractive Geometry we have brought together a diverse group of young and experienced artists who continue to work in the field of abstraction and geometry, to which they have...Read moreARTISTS OF ARTICRUZ
COLLECTIVE18 Jun - 8 Aug 2015As part of the celebration of our 5th anniversary, we invited the different artists who have produced their works in Articruz to a large group exhibition held jointly by Marión...Read moreInestabilidad
COLLECTIVE1 Sep 2010 - 30 Jun 2011Many of our artists have in common the concern for the interaction of the work and the viewer, and the inclusion of real time and space as phenomena present in...Read more
Cocktail Inaugural | Interacciones Espaciales
Evento29 Sep 2022We invite you next Thursday, September 29 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. to the inaugural Cocktail of our new exhibition 'Spatial Interactions'. This collective...Read more
Open Sunday Live with Rafael Barrios
A conversation with Gabriel Cruz26 Apr 2020Seeking to maintain cultural events every Sunday as we have always done, we present our Open Sunday Live, an initiative that consists of transmitting through...Read more
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