CARLOS BARBERENA
(b. 1972, Nicaragua)
Education: Self-taught Artist / Printmaker.
Awards:
2024 - Second Place Juror Award in the 44th National Print Exhibition.
Juried by Sachi Yanari-Rizzo, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
ARTLINK Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN. USA.
2023 - "The Otis Philbrick Memorial Prize".
Collection: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Selected by Curators Edward Saywell & Patrick Murphy
Boston Printmakers 2023 North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA. USA.
- "The Grand Prize - Biennale Bitola".
1st IBMB International Biennial of Miniature Art Graphics and Drawings - Bitola 2023, Bitola, Macedonia.
- 2e PRIX DE LA 13e BIECTR.
Biennale Internationale d'Estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivières. Québec, Canada.
- Best in Show - PrintAustin: "The Contemporary Print" Juried Exhibition -.
The Art Galleries at Austin Community College, Austin, TX. USA.
2022 - "Delta National Small Prints Exhibition Purchase Award 2022".
Dr. Mitzi Scotten Purchase Award (in honor of Bert Henry Shubert)
Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR. USA.
2021 - "The Elizabeth Catlett Memorial Award".
2021 MAPC Members' Juried Exhibition, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. USA.
- Second Prize "9th Annual Art Competition".
Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL. USA
2019 - "Revueltas Award" for Visual Arts 2019.
Pilsen Fest, Pilsen, Chicago.
- SPARK Grant Award.
Chicago Artist Coalition and the Joyce Foundation.
2012 - National Printmaking Award / Premio Nacional de la Estampa
Instituto Nicaragüense de Cultura, Managua, Nicaragua.
2010 - “Parchaim d’Honneur”
8 Trinnale Mondial de l’Estampe et de la Gravure Originale. AMAC, Chamaliares, France.
1993 - Poster Award: Solidaridad con la Lucha por la Ecología y los Derechos Humanos en las Plantaciones Bananeras de Costa Rica. GEBANA, Berlin, Germany.
1992 - International Arts Festival / Festival Internacional de las Artes 92.
Ministerio de Cultura Juventud y Deportes. San José, Costa Rica.
Residences:
2024 - EKARD ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE.
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA. USA
2023 - Homies-In-Residence Publishing Series.
La Onda Gráfica, Houston, TX. USA
2022 - CECA Visiting Artist Speaker Series.
Department of Art + Design -
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. USA
2017 - Cross Currents: Intercambio Cultural.
Chicago - Havana, Cuba, MacArthur Foundation International Connections
2014 - Visiting Artist
University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie, WI. USA.
2010 - Featured Artist during The Pan American Days.
University of Texas-Pan American. Edinburg, TX. USA.
2007 - Printmaking Residence at Taller de Formación y Producción Gráfica.
Centro Cultural Antiguo Colegio Jesuita. Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
- Guest Artist at the VIII Muestra Internacional de Arte Libre Hernán Hidalgo Hidalgo. Sala Marco Aurelio Aguilar Mata. Colegio Universitario de Cartago. C.U.C. Cartago, Costa Rica.
Collections:
- Academia Non-Grata. Pärnu, Estonia.
- AMAC – Galerie d’Art Contemporain. - The Triennial Prints Cabinet - Chamalieres, France.
- Austin Peay State University Art Collection. - Clarksville, TN. USA.
- Benedictine University. Lisle, IL. USA.
- Benson Latin American Art Collection - The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. USA.
- Bibliotheca Alexadrina. - Permanent Art Collection - Alexandria, Egypt.
- Bradbury Art Museum. - Permanent Art Collection - Jonesboro, AR. USA.
- Cannonball Press. Brooklyn, New York. USA.
- Centro Cultural Antiguo Colegio Jesuita. Taller de Formación y Producción Gráfica, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
- Chicago History Museum. C.U.C. Cartago, Costa Rica.
- Colegio Universitario de Cartago. Chicago, IL. USA.
- Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Fort Wayne, IN. USA.
- Galería Nacional. Centro Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura, Museo de los Niños. San José, Costa Rica.
- Galería Praxis. Managua, Nicaragua.
- George Fox University Art Collection - Brandt Fund Purchase -.Newberg, OR. USA.
- Illinois State Museum. Springfield, IL. USA
- International Exlibriscentrum. Stedelijke Musea, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
- Kyoto International Woodprint Association (KIWA). Kyoto, Japan.
- Latino Arts Inc Milwaukee, WI. USA.
- Latino Cultural Art Center (LCAC) Denver, CO. USA.
- Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA). Chicago, IL. USA.
- Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin, TX. USA.
- Midwest Museum of American Art. Elkhart, IN. USA.
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo “Julio Cortázar” Sala Latinoamericana, INC, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Museo Fundación Ortíz-Gurdián. - Colección de Arte Contemporáneo - Casa Deshon, León, Nicaragua.
- Museu do Gravura Douro. - Douro Printmaking Biennial Collection - Alijo, Portugal.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Boston, MA. USA
- Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA). - "Gráfica América" Long Beach, CA. USA
- Museo Lía Bermúdez. Centro de Arte de Maracaibo Lía Bermúdez. Zulia. Venezuela.
- Museum of Texas Tech University - Artist Printmaker Research Collection -. Lubbock, TX. USA
- National Museum of Mexican Art. Chicago, IL. USA.
- The Harold Washington Library's Special Collections - Chicago Printers Guild Archive - .Chicago, IL. USA.
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, México.
- University of Colorado at Boulder. - Special Collection - Boulder, CO. USA
- Whitney Museum of American Art / Special Collection. New York, NY. USA.
- Wheaton College Art Collection. Wheaton, IL. USA.
- York College Permanent Art Collection. York College, York, PA. USA.
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 - De La Tierra Somos, No Somos Ilegales - Exposición de Grabados -
Casa Michoacán, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Refusing Erasure - PrintAustin Invitational Exhibition -
Link & Pin Gallery, Austin, TX. USA.
2023 - Carlos Barberena: Exodus - Curated by Tatiana Reinoza
Galería América, Institute of Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. USA
2022 - Memories of Resistance - Peeter Alike nimeline Graafikafestival: Shadows / Varjud -
Tartu Kunstimaja / Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia.
- Refusing Erasure - SGCI Our Shared Future -
Overture Gallery III, Overture Center of the Arts, Madison, WI. USA.
2021 - I Have Been a Stranger in My Own Land
Latino Arts Gallery, Latino Arts Inc, Milwaukee, WI. USA.
- No Human is Illegal
Frederick Holmes an Co. Gallery of Modern & Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA. USA.
2019 - Graphic Resistance
Pilsen Outpost Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Graphic Resistance
Minthorne Gallery, George Fox University, Newberg, OR. USA.
2018 - Lustful Appetite
Middle Space Gallery, Cat Head Press, Indianapolis, IN. USA.
2017 - Memories of Resistance
Pilsen Open Studios, La Catrina Cafe, Chicago, IL. USA.
- JOIN or DIE
Expressions Graphics Gallery, Oak Park, IL. USA.
2016 - Promised Land
SXU Art Gallery, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Promised Land
Pilsen Outpost, Chicago, IL. USA.
- La McMona
IPaintMyMind Gallery, Green Exchange, Chicago, IL. USA.
2015 - Lustful Appetite
Expressions Graphics Gallery-Studio, Oak Park, IL. USA.
2014 - Master Prints
9e Triennale Mondiale de l’Estampe et de la Gravure Originale
Salle Gilbert-Gaillard, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
- Master Prints
9e Triennale Mondiale de l’Estampe et de la Gravure Originale
Chapelle des Cordeliers, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
- Master Prints
9e Triennale Mondiale de l’Estampe et de la Gravure Originale
Salle Paul Trilloux, Le Cendre, France.
- Master Prints
Printmaking In / In Grafikaa Fest “Comfort Zone”. Linnagallerii, Pärnu, Estonia.
- In Greed We Trust - novus ordo seclorum
Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
2013 - Master Prints
Galería Nacional, Centro Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura, San José, Costa Rica.
2012 - Paradise Lost
Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
2011 - Lustful Appetite
HumanThread Center, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Master Prints
Sala Rodrigo Peñalba. Palacio Nacional de la Cultura. Managua, Nicaragua.
- Master Prints
Galería Milpedras. A Coruña, España.
- Master Prints and Años de Miedo
El Centro Campus. Northeastern Illinois University. Chicago, IL. U.S.A.
- Master Prints
Fine Arts Center Gallery - Upper Gallery.
Northeastern Illinois University. Chicago, IL. U.S.A.
- Master Prints
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
2010 - Eye Denounce / Imágenes de Denuncia
Efebinás Cafe, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Master Prints
Expressions Graphics Gallery. Oak Park, IL. USA.
- Master Prints and Años de Miedo
Art House Gallery. McAllen, Texas. USA.
- Master Prints and Años de Miedo
University Gallery. The University of Texas-Pan American. Edinburg, Texas. USA.
2009 - Años de Miedo. Portafolio de Grabados
Sala Asilia Guillén, Museo Antiguo Convento de San Francisco, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Años de Miedo / Time of Fear. Prints Portfolio
Expressions Graphics Gallery. Oak Park, IL U.S.A.
2007 - Obra Gráfica de Carlos Barberena
Sala Antonio Salas León. Antiguo Colegio Jesuita, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
2006 - Eco-Grafika
Medrano Art Gallery. San José, Costa Rica.
- Eco-Grafika
Casa de los Tres Mundos. Granada, Nicaragua.
2004 - Emergiendo del Silencio
Sala Marco Aurelio Aguilar Mata. Colegio Universitario de Cartago. Cartago, Costa Rica.
2002 - Septiembre 11 (in memoriam)
Centro Cultural Paseo de Arte. Granada, Nicaragua.
2001 - Años de Miedo. (Paintings and Sculptures)
Galería Nacional. Centro Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura. San José, Costa Rica.
2000 - Años de Miedo. (Paintings)
Galería Praxis, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Años de Miedo. (Paintings)
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
1997 - Imágenes de Fe y Devoción
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
Two-Person Exhibitions:
2017 - La Pasión del Artista
Carlos Barberena, Oscar Martinez & Paul Sierra.
Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL. USA.
- “4 ON THE FLOOR” - A Four Person Exhibition -
Carlos Barberena, Lyle Carbajal, Tony Fitzpatrick & Mark T. Smith.
Frederick Holmes Gallery of Modern & Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA. USA.
2016 - CONSUMA+DOS
Barberena, McGrath & Haran. Henao Contemporary Center, Orlando, FL. USA.
- TRES / Three Latino Artists
Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
2015 - SKULLS – CALAVERAS: In Mexican Traditions & American Pop Culture
Carlos Barberena & CHema Skandal!. UNAM, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Rethinking Tradition
Carlos Barberena & Joseph Velasquez. Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
2014 - ACE: an Exhibition of Sociopolitical Printmaking
Alynn Guerra, Carlos Barberena and Eric J Garcia. La Catrina Café, Chicago, IL. USA.
2011 - Nosotros, los Otros / We the Others
Old North Restoration Group. St. Louis, MO, USA.
- Immoral Reality
César & Carlos Barberena. Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Ink on the Veins - Three Nicaraguan Printmakers
Robert, César & Carlos Barberena. Expressions Graphics, IL. U.S.A.
- Juncture
Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. U.S.A.
2009 - A Question of Vida y Muerte
Harris Gallery, Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL. U.S.A.
2008 - BARBERENA DE LA ROCHA. Gráfica Contemporánea
Teatro Municipal “José de la Cruz Mena”, León, Nicaragua.
- BARBERENA DE LA ROCHA. Gráfica Contemporánea
Sala Latinoamericana, Palacio Nacional de la Cultura. Managua, Nicaragua.
2007 - BARBERENA DE LA ROCHA. Gráfica Contemporánea
Museo Antiguo Convento de San Francisco. Granada, Nicaragua.
2004 - 3 Artistas 3 Propuestas 3 Hermanos
Museo Antiguo Convento de San Francisco. Granada, Nicaragua.
Murals:
2002 - LA VIDA. (22mts x 4 mts.)
Hostal Oasis, Calle Estrada, Granada, Nicaragua.
Group Exhibitions:
2025 - "Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-Taught Art in Chicago"
Curated by Alison Amick and Dana Boutin
Intuit Art Museum (IAM), Chicago, IL. USA
- "Politics & Religion: Artists Speak Out!"
Curated by Brian Byrn
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN. USA
- "MEMORIAS ELÁSTICAS"
Curated by Anna Astor-Blanco
El Cuadrado Gris, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- "Colección de Obras de Arte de la Galería Nacional"
Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
- "Y TUS PAPELES? / VERIFIED BY PROOF"
Curated by Miguel A. Aragón & Eddy López
The Art Gallery of the College of Staten Island, NY. USA
- "SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS / A VER, Y TUS PAPELES?"
Curated by Miguel A. Aragón & Eddy López
Samek Art Museum, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA. USA
2024 - "Power of the People: Art and Democracy"
Curated by Phoebe Segal & Patrick Murphy
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA. USA
- "Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s - 70s"
Curated by Olivia Mahoney & Charles E. Bethea
Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL. USA
- "Reflections of Self: 100 Years of the Figurative Tradition"
Contemporary Emerging Artists in Dialogue with Modern Masters - Curated by Fred Holmes
Frederick Holmes and Company / Gallery of Modern & Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA. USA
- "A YEAR OF HISTORIES"
Curated by Taller La Espina / Marco Sanchez
Mystic Desert Studio, El Paso, TX. USA
- "ENTINTANDO: INKED VISIONS FROM THE U.S. AND MÉXICO"
Curated by Enrique Fernández Cervantes
Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. USA
- "SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS / A VER, Y TUS PAPELES?"
Curated by Miguel A. Aragón & Eddy López during - GRABADOLANDIA 2024
Pilsen Arts & Community House, Chicago, IL. USA
- "TRANSFER"
A Group Printmaking Show
The Art Grind, Danville, PA. USA
- "Día de Muertos, Where the Past Is Present"
Curated by Dolores Mercado
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL. USA
- "GRÁFICA AMÉRICA"
Curated by Gabriela Martínez & Rogelio Gutiérrez
UTSA School of Art, Main Gallery, San Antonio, TX. USA
- "INSTITUTO GRÁFICO DE CHICAGO: Pathways Through Printmaking"
NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA
- "MORE BEAUTIFUL, MORE TERRIBLE: HUMANS OF LIFE ROW"
Curated by Alice Kim & Aaron Hughes
Co-Prosperity Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA
- "GRAVER LE TERRITOIRE: L'ART DE L'EXILE À PILSEN"
Curated by René Arceo
Institut Culturel du Mexique, Paris, France
- "Bajo Presión / Under Pressure" - POLI/GRÁFICA de Puerto Rico: América Latina y el Caribe
Curated by Elvis Fuentes
Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- "SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS / A VER, Y TUS PAPELES?"
Curated by Miguel A. Aragón & Eddy López during - Verified by Proof - SGCI 2024 Providence
Public Shop & Gallery, Providence, RI. USA
- "44th National Print Exhibition"
Juried by Sachi Yanari-Rizzo, Curator of Prints & Drawings at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art
ARTLINK Gallery, Auer Center for the Arts & Culture, Fort Wayne, IN. USA
- "MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL"
Curated by Chicago Printers Guild X Elephant Room Gallery
Elephant Room Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA
- "Power of Place: 35 Years of Chicago Printmakers Collaborative"
Curated by Deborah Maris Lader, Director of CPC
Wakeley Gallery, Ames School of Art & Design, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. USA
2023 - "Boston Printmakers: 2023 North American Print Biennial"
Juried by Elizabeth Rudy, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints, Harvard Art Museums
808 Gallery, University of Boston, Boston, MA. USA
- "1st IBMB International Biennial of Miniature Art Graphics and Drawings" - Bitola 2023
The KIC - Cultural and Information Center, Bitola, Macedonia.
- "Committed to Print" - A National Invitational Printmakers Exhibition - Curated by René H. Arceo
Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, IL . USA
- "Grabando Resistance / Printing Resistencia" - Curated by Carlos Barberena
Pilsen Arts & Community House (PACH), Chicago, IL . USA
- "Ten by Ten"
Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL . USA
- "RECOLECTORES: Gráfica de la Polinización" - Curated by Mizraim Cardenas
UNAM Centro Cultural Morelia, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
- "Cartel / Cartel"
Taller de Noche, CDMX. Mexico
- "2023 Manhattan Graphics Center National Print Exhibition"
Juried by Miguel A. Aragón
Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY. USA
- "Día de los Muertos, Living Presence" Curated by Dolores Mercado & Gustavo Herrera
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL. USA
- "BORDERLINE: Chicano Voices Speak" Curated by Jonathan Cain
Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia, AL. USA
- "Carlos Cortéz 100 AÑOS" - Curated by Cesáreo Moreno
Rubin & Paula Torres Gallery, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL. USA.
- "El Paso Print Pachanga" - Juried by Rigoberto Luna
Moonlight Adobe Hall, El Paso, TX. USA
- "S3: E2 BLK/WHT" - A Group Exhibition Celebrating an Absence of Color
El Paso Frame Co, El Paso, TX. USA
- "13a Biennale Internationale d'Estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivières"
La Galerie d'art du Parc, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada.
- "RECOLECTORES: Gráfica de la Polinización" - Curated by Mizraim Cardenas
Casa Michoacán, Chicago, IL . USA
- "Letras Capitulares” - Print Portfolio Published by Taller La Chicharra -
Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO), Oaxaca, México.
- "GRABADO POPULAR: Prints for the People"
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative (CPC), Chicago, IL . USA
- "ESSENTIAL WORKERS: A VISUAL NARRATIVE” - Curated by Marianne Sadowski -
Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA. USA.
- "Ideas / Variations” - 2nd Edition Curated by Pepe Coronado -
Coronado Print Room, Austin, TX. USA.
- Print Austin: "The Contemporary Print” - Juried by Rashaun Rucker -
The Art Galleries at Austin Community College, Austin, TX. USA.
- "Letras Capitulares” - Print Portfolio Published by Taller La Chicharra -
Taller La Chicharra, Oaxaca, México.
2022 - "Rostros de la Migración” - Print Portfolio Published by Arceo Press -
Casa de Cultura del Valle de Zamora A.C, Michoacán, México.
- "Pacific States Biennial North America Printmaking Exhibition” - Juried by Yuji Hiratsuka -
University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI. USA
- "LET IT GROW: 10 Years of Collaborative Printmaking at Hoofprint” - Curated by Liz Born & Gabe Hoare -
Co-Prosperity, Chicago, IL. USA
- "MARK OF EMPOWERMENT” - Curated by Roberto Torres Mata -
Power of Print - 2022 MAPC Biennial Conference
Emily Davis Gallery, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, OH. USA
- "CONTRA / Against” - Print Portfolio Published by Instituto Gráfico de Chicago -
Power of Print - 2022 Mid America Print Council Biennial Conference
Center for Visual Arts, Kent State University, Kent, OH. USA
- "Nuestra Tierra / Our Land” - A Latinx Printmaking Exhibit curated by Joseph Velásquez -
Marketview Arts, York College Galleries, York, PA. USA
- "Recent Acquisition to the Art Collection” - Curated by Douglas Stapleton -
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL. USA
- New York Latin American Art Triennial - "ABYA YALA: Structural Origins"
Salón de Grabado / Printmaking Salon Curated by Ezequiel Taveras
BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY. USA
- "Be a Good Neighbor” - Curated by Julia Fernandez -
Denison Museum, Granville, OH. USA.
- "Masters of Linocut and Woodcut” - Peeter Alliku nimeline Graafikafestival: Shadows / Varjud-
Tartu Kunstimaja / Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia.
- "A Glimpse Through the Matrix: A survey of Regional Contemporary Printmaking”
- Curated by Reinaldo Gil Zambrano and Carl Richardson -
MAC's Helen South Alexander Gallery, Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA. USA.
- "2022 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition” - Juried by Miranda Metcalf -
Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR. USA.
- "FAMILIAS UNIDAS: Tribute to the Migrant Farm Worker Labor Movement in Wisconsin 1960's - 1970's”
Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee, WI. USA.
- "Latinoamérica in Chicago” - Curated by Alma Dominguez -
DragonFly Gallery and Creative Spaces, Chicago, IL. USA.
- "FAMILIAS UNIDAS: Tributo a la Lucha de los Trabajadores Migrantes en Wisconsin 1960's - 1970's”
Latino Arts Gallery, Milwaukee, WI. USA.
- Print Austin: "The Contemporary Print” - Juried by John Hitchcock -
Big Medium Gallery, Austin, TX. USA.
2021 - “2021 MAPC Members Juried Exhibition” - Curated by Mildred Beltré & Jennifer Hughes -
Drewlowe Gallery, School of Art & Art History, University of Iowa, IA. USA.
- “Gráfica América” Print Portfolio - Curated by Gabriela Martínez & Rogelio Gutiérrez -
Taller 99, Santiago, Chile.
- “9th Annual Art Competition” - Curated by Yaoundé Olu & Jeff Hirst -
Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “Gráfica América” Print Portfolio - Curated by Gabriela Martínez & Rogelio Gutiérrez -
Museo del Grabado ICPNA, Lima, Perú.
- “The Art of Survival”
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN. USA.
2020 - "Collective Actions: Artist Interventions in a Time of Change" /// CANCELED ///
Curated by Farris Wahbeh
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. USA
- "Paradise Just Around the Corner" Curated by Julián Ramírez García
17th International Printmaking Triennial, Galeria Bałucka, Łódź, Poland
- "Rewrite the World" Curated by Ana Tuazon
Museum of Fine Arts Houston's Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX. USA
- "DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: A Celebration of Life" Curated by René Arceo
The Art Center, Highland Park, IL. USA
- "Sólo un poco aquí: Day of the Dead" Curated by Dolores Mercado
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL. USA
- "IMMIGRANTS SONGS: Recent Work by Five Immigrant Artists"
Frederick Holmes Gallery of Modern & Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA. USA
- “The Border Crossed Us / La Frontera Nos Cruzó a Nosotros"
L / Mercado Studios, Hollywood, FL. USA
- "The Petty Biennial.2" Curated by Courtney Cintron, Sabrina Greig & Adia Sykes
NYCH Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA
- "Colección de Obras de la Galería Nacional" - 90 Artistas Nacionales y Extranjeros -
Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
2019 - "Progressive Transition / PRINT SALON / LATIN AMERICAN ART TRIENNIAL
Curated by Alexis Mendoza & Luis Stephenberg
Boricua College Art Gallery, Boricua College, Bronx, NY. USA
- “Human Rights Day Show: No Wall, No Cages!"
Uri-Eichen Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA
- “The Border Crossed Us / La Frontera Nos Cruzó a Nosotros"
Mari Michener Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO. USA
- "The Petty Biennial" Curated by Courtney Cintron, Sabrina Greig & Adia Sykes
Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL. USA
- "2019 MAPC Members Juried Exhibition" Curated by Yoonmi Nam
Bolivar Art Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. USA
- CROSSING BORDERS: Vecinos Unidos en la Nueva América
Marketview Arts, York College Art Galleries, York, PA. USA
- “The Border Crossed Us / La Frontera Nos Cruzó a Nosotros"
Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL. USA
- "CROSS CURRENTS / INTERCAMBIO CULTURAL"
The Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. USA
- "11a Biennale Internationale d'Estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivières"
La Galerie d'art du Parc, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada.
- "TIERRA HERIDA: Grabados de las Américas"
Museo Nacional de las Culturas INAH, CDMX, Mexico.
- "A Year of Making Meaning: New Additions to the Collection 2018"
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN. USA
- “Gráfica América" - Curated by Gabriela Martínez & Rogelio Gutiérrez -
Museum of Latin American Art ( MOLAA ) Long Beach. CA. USA.
- “Tierra Herida: Printmaking from the Americas".
Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI. USA.
2018 - “Art of Protest / Art of Dreams: Contemporary Printmaking in Oaxaca and Chicago".
Walford Galleries, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. USA.
- “Calaveras, Calaveritas y Calaverones” - An homage to Jose Guadalupe Posada
Mari Michener Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO. USA.
- “La Frontera Nos Cruzó a Nosotros"
UNAM Centro Cultural Morelia, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.
- “Tierra Herida"
OPEN Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “La Frontera Nos Cruzó a Nosotros"
UNAM Chicago, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “CONTRA / Against” Print Portfolio
Burro Press, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
- “Superstitions vol. I & II”
Centro Cultural Clavijero, Morelia Michoacán, Mexico.
- “eMeLe-K” - Curated by Alexis Mendoza & Miguel Trelles -
Teatro Letea @ The Clemente. New York, NY. USA.
2017 - “Prints of Unusual Size”
Hoofprint Workshop, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “CITY LIMITS: Inside, Above, Within". - Curated by Alexis Mendoza & Marie Laux -
El Barrio’s Art Space at PS 109. New York, NY. USA.
- “CONTRA / Against” Print Portfolio
Hoofprint Workshop, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “memento mori”: Day of the Dead International Print Exhibit
Pilsen Outpost, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “The Art of Survival”
Suljaa’ Espacio de Arte y Cultura, Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero, México.
- “Calaveras, Calaveritas y Calaverones” - An homage to Jose Guadalupe Posada
UNAM, Campus Chicago, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “MADE IN PILSEN XI”
Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “Superstitions vol. I & II”
Museo de la Plástica Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin, Tlaxcala, Tlax., México.
- “The Art of Survival”
Paupers Art Guild, Arlington Heights, IL. USA.
- “Tilica y Flaca es la Calaca”: Day of the Dead - Curated by Dolores Mercado -
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “Superstitions vol. I & II”
Museo de Arte Palacio de los Gurza, Durango, Dgo., México.
- “STORM OF SILENCE”.
Printmaking In Festival, Pärnu, Estonia.
- Sala Armando Morales.
Palacio de la Cultura, Managua, Nicaragua.
- “Superstitions”
Coronado Print Studio, New York, NY. USA.
2016 - “MADE IN PILSEN XI”
Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “The 1st International Academic Printmaking Alliance Invitational Exhibition”
un-Foldings / des-Doblamientos: Metaphoric Resonances in Contemporary Latin American Printmaking.
The Imperial Ancestral Temple Art Museum, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
- “Bienvenidos Seres Queridos / Welcome Loved Ones”
Mary Matteson-Parrish Art Gallery, Lone Star College - Montgomery, Houston, TX. USA.
- “BACK TO CHAOS / ATPAKAL HAOSA” (American Printmakers)
Printmaking In Festival - Rigas Art Space, Riga, Latvia.
- “Blackness in Latin America”
Center for the Arts, Hobbs, NM. USA.
- “CUTS” an Exhibition of Relief Prints.
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “Dichos y Diretes”
Bagel Shop Gallery, La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico.
- “Dichos y Diretes & Posada Presente” Print Portfolios (selected works)
President’s Gallery, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL, USA.
- “Consejo Grafico” A Coalition of Latino Printmaking Studios in the USA
The Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ. USA.
- "SYMBOL"
Cobalt Studio Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
- "DIVERSE REALITIES: 6 Chicago Latino Artists".
3rdFloor Gallery, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL. USA.
- "Negritud en Latinoamérica / Blackness in Latin America".
Rialto Center for the Arts - Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. USA.
- Expressions Graphics Members Print Exhibition.
Oak Park Public Library - Art Gallery, Oak Park, IL. USA.
2015 - "Sketchmas"
Pilsen Outpost, Chicago, IL. USA.
- YayBig Southwest
Rusteberg Art Gallery, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Brownsville, TX. USA.
- I Muestra Annual de Gráfica de Día de Muertos Pátzcuaro 2015
Galería La Mano Gráfica, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
- La Muerte Niña: Day of the Dead. Curated by Dolores Mercado.
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL. USA.
- The Future
LAPS Exchange Exhibition in Venice. Curated by Stas Orlovski.
SG Gallery, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia, Italy.
- OPEN LINKS. Chicago - Tlaquepaque
Centro Cultural el Refugio, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico.
- 9e Biennale Internationale d'Estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivières
Centre d’exposition Raymond-Lasnier, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada.
- Blackness in Latin America
Gallery Guichard, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Anatomie du Labo 7.
Salle Camille Claudel, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
- sccchhhhhhh!!!.
Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroamérica – UCA, Managua, Nicaragua.
2014 - XI Festival Fusión de Artes Visuales. Homenaje a Dietmar Shönherr.
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- First Annual OPEN Exhibition
OPEN Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL. USA.
- II GRABADOLANDIA Print Festival
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Dichos y Diretes Print Portfolio
La Catrina Cafe, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Labor / Immigration / Gulf - Rostros de la Migración -
Di Franco Studio/Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “POSADA PRESENTE” IGC Print Portfolio
Galería AP Belisario Domínguez 25, Escuela de Bellas Artes,
Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
- SANTITOS
Maidoff Gallery, Studio Art Center International SACI, Palazzo Jules Maidoff, Florence, Italy.
- “POSADA CENTENARIO” La Calaca Press III International Print Exchange
IVS Gallery, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan.
- “POSADA CENTENARIO” La Calaca Press III International Print Exchange
Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan.
- Reality of Placement: Contemporary Art from Latin America
Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY. USA.
- 7 International Printmaking Biennial Douro 2014
Museu de Lamego, Douro, Portugal.
- 7 International Printmaking Biennial Douro 2014
Museu do Pao e do Vinho, Favaios, Douro, Portugal.
- A l’arrache 3 - Dirty and Outlaw Printmakers.
Espace Culturel Les Abattoirs, Riom, France.
- Gestos Gráficos: René Arceo and Friends
Bridgeport Art Center Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “POSADA CENTENARIO” La Calaca Press III International Print Exchange
BelleArtes Gallery, Caceres, Spain.
- LAPS Members Exhibition juried by Judy Chan
LAPS Print Space of Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Pacific Design Center.
West Hollywood, California, USA.
- “POSADA CENTENARIO” La Calaca Press III International Print Exchange
Odd One Out Gallery, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
- IX Bienal de Artes Visuales de Nicaragua. (IX BAVNIC)
Reciclando la Memoria: Retomando la Ciudad Perdida, curada por Omar Lopez - Chahoud
Sede: PAC Museum, Centro Cultural Pablo Antonio Cuadra, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Tartu Printmaking Fest 2014
“Kohustuslik Riiklik Optimism - Shut up and Take my Mind”
Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia.
- “POSADA CENTENARIO” La Calaca Press III International Print Exchange
Eugenius Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
- L’Expression Gravée en Amérique Centrale et du Sud
Maison des Beaumontois, Beaumont, France.
2013 - SANTITOS.
Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), Chicago, IL. USA.
- X Festival Fusión de Artes Visuales.
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- GRABADOLANDIA Print Festival
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL. USA.
- PULSO Arte de las Américas / Art of the Americas.
Fed Galleries, Kendal College of Art and Design (KCAD) Grand Rapids, MI. USA.
-“POSADA CENTENARIO” La Calaca Press III International Print Exchange.
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Posada Presente.
UNAM Campus, Chicago, IL. USA.
- LAPS 21st National Exhibition. Curated by Jack Rutberg.
CSUN Art Galleries, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA.
-“POSADA CENTENARIO” La Calaca Press III International Print Exchange.
Atelier International Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX. USA.
- MADE IN PILSEN VIII.
Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Le Mauvais Oeil 13: LINOKULT.
Atelier du Dernier Cri, Marseille, France.
- LA CALACA PRESS: 100 años de José Guadalupe Posada.
Museo de la Ciudad de Cuernavaca, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
- Posada Presente Print Portfolio.
Gabinete Gráfico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México.
- Reality of Placement: Contemporary Latin American Art.
Union College Visual Arts Atrium Art Gallery, Schenectady, NY. USA.
- La Calaca Press II International Print Exchange.
Art Center of Corpus Christi, TX. USA.
- SANTITOS
Art Center of Corpus Christi, TX. USA.
- Thresholds to Conservation.
Art Center of Corpus Christi, TX. U.S.A.
- Printbangerz Ball 2 Biennial.
Evil Open Portfolio / Outlaw Print Bizarre. Atomic Cowboy, St. Louis MO. USA.
- Salón Anual de la Plástica Nicaragüense 2013. (Homenaje al Mtro. Noel Flores)
Salón de los Cristales, Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío, Managua, Nicaragua.
- A L’ARRACHE 2
Les Abattoirs, ville de Riom, France.
- People Can’t Drink OIL!
Paul Henry’s Art Gallery, Hammond, Indiana, USA.
- People Can’t Drink OIL!
Fundación Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Biennale for Miniature Graphics 3rd Round.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference Center, Alexandria, Egipto.
- Madonna International Print Exchange.
Atelier International Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX. USA.
- SANTITOS
Charles & Dorothy Clark Gallery, University of Texas - Pan American. Edinburg, Texas, USA.
2012 - Grabado Contemporáneo Costarricense: Estado de la Cuestión.
Galería Nacional, Centro Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura, Museo de los Niños.
San José, Costa Rica.
- La Calaca Press II International Print Exchange.
Centro Cultural Palacio de la Isla, Cáceres, España.
- V Exhibición Anual de la Estampa Artística: EL CARNAVAL/ 2012.
Instituto Cultural de México, San José, Costa Rica.
- SANTITOS.
LUMA Loyola University Museum of Art. Chicago, IL. USA.
- IX Festival Fusión de Artes Visuales.
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Premio Nacional de la Estampa 2012.
Salón de los Cristales, Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Madonna International Print Exchange.
Kindlon Hall, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL. USA.
- La Calaca Press II International Print Exchange.
Sala Asilia Guillén, Museo Antiguo Convento de San Francisco, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Madonna International Print Exchange.
Burning Bush Gallery, Wheaton, IL. USA.
- La Calaca Press II International Print Exchange.
Sala Berenice Starr, Biblioteca los Mangos, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México.
- La Calaca Press International Print Exchange. (Selección de Estampas, Calacas I y II)
Museo y Casa Regional de las Artes de Autlán, Jalisco, México.
- Third Annual South Florida Day of the Dead Festival.
La Calaca Press II International Print Exchange.
FAT Village Art Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL. USA.
- A L’ARRACHE - Expo Gravure -
Le Garage L, Forcalquier, France.
- MADE IN PILSEN VII
Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
- III Bronx Latin American Art Biennial / Illusory Correlation.
Dynamic Convention, Gordon Parks Gallery,
The College of New Rochelle, Bronx, NY. USA.
- La Calaca Press II International Print Exchange.
Salón Amarillo, Centro Cultural Antiguo Colegio Jesuita, Patzcuaro, Michoacán, México.
- La Calaca Press International Print Exchange.
Krasa Hall, Benedictine University. USA.
- La Calaca Press II International Print Exchange.
Atelier International - Art Gallery, TX. USA.
- HANAL PIXAN Food for the Souls: Day of the Dead. Curated by Dolores Mercado
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL. USA.
- People Can’t Drink OIL!
Expressions Graphics, Oak Park, IL. USA.
- SANTITOS.
Kindlon Hall, Benedictine University. Lisle, IL. USA.
- Al’ArrAchE - Les Outlaws de l’Estampe.
1ére Rencontre de Graveurs Américains et Francais.
La Bonetterie, Centre Culturel Le Bief, Ambert, France.
- Al’ArrAchE - Les Outlaws de l’Estampe.
1ére Rencontre de Graveurs Américains et Francais. Les Abattoirs, RIOM, France.
- La Mort du Saltimbanque / Suspense & Faits Divers.
Maison de la Paysannerie, Allier, Arronnes, France.
- La Calaca Press II International Print Exchange.
Expressions Graphics Gallery, Oak Park, IL. USA.
- HandMade Prints II: An exhibition of artist-pulled multiples.
One Horse Press, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL. USA.
- Les Saltimbanques. Homage to Gustave Doré.
Musée d’Art Roger-Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
- Rostros de la Migración. - Print Portfolio -
Casa Michoacán, Chicago, IL. USA.
- 6th KIWA.
Takanabe Museum of Art, Takanabe, Miyazaki, Japan.
- SANTITOS Print Portfolio Produced by Arceo Press.
Atelier International - Art Gallery. Corpus Christi, TX. USA.
- Mitos y Mitotes.
Sala Dispositivo Cultural Los Lagos, Valparaiso, Chile.
- SANTITOS Print Portfolio Produced by Arceo Press.
Galería David Alfaro Siqueiros. Escuela Popular de Bellas Artes,
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México.
- SANTITOS Print Portfolio Published by Arceo Press.
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- La Calaca Press International Print Exchange.
Lauderhill Arts Center, Lauderhill, FL. USA.
2011 - La Calaca Press International Print Exchange.
Expressions Graphics Gallery, Oak Park, IL. USA.
- SANTITOS.
Salón de Gráfica del Instituto Municipal del Arte y la Cultura. Durango, Durango, México.
- La Calaca Press International Print Exchange.
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- MADE IN PILSEN VI.
Prospectus Art Gallery. Chicago, IL. USA.
- La Calaca Press International Print Exchange.
Art House Studios, McAllen, Texas. USA.
- I Certamen Premio Nacional de la Estampa 2011.
Salón de los Cristales, Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Arceo Press’s Print Portfolios / Selection and Highlights of Six Portfolios.
Ferguson Gallery, Concordia University Chicago. River Forest, IL. USA.
- Unfinished Business: Arts Education.
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Fresh Paint.
Cobalt Studio, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Fourth International Prints for Peace, Mexico 2011.
Arte AC, Tecnlógico de Monterrey, México.
- 10th Lessedra World Art Print Annual 2010.
Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
- The 1st Annual Pilsen Coaster Show.
Carlos and Dominguez Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. U.S.A.
- Mitos y Mitotes.
Espacio Cultural Pedro Páramo. Embajada de México, Asunción, Paraguay.
- Thresholds to Conservation.
Expressions Graphics Gallery, Oak Park, IL. U.S.A.
- 6th KIWA.
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan.
- Maestros del Arte Nicaragüense.
Sala Asilia Guillén. Museo Antiguo Convento San Francisco. Granada, Nicaragua.
2010 - Mitos y Mitotes.
Museo Regional de Historia de Colima. Colima, México.
- VII Festival Fusión de Artes Visuales.
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Nuestro Norte es el Sur.
Mostra d’Arte Latinoamericano, Il Simposio, Trento, Italy.
- Dejad que las niños vengan a mi .
Una exposición en contra del Turismo Sexual en Centro América.
Casa Cisas, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Mitos y Mitotes.
Museo Histórico del Poder Judicial. Morelia, Michoacán, México.
- MADE IN PILSEN V.
Prospectus Gallery. Chicago, IL. USA.
- Pilsen Open Studios.
Contratiempo Magazine. Chicago, IL. USA.
- 8 Triennale de Chamalieres.
Mondial de L’Estampe et de la Gravure Originale.
AMAC – Galerie d’Art Contemporain, Chamalieres, France.
- Thresholds to Conservation.
Art House Gallery, McAllen, TX. U.S.A.
-Members of Expressions Graphics.
Oak Park Village Hall, Oak Park, IL. USA.
- Print (A printmaking exhibition) curated by Elke Claus.
Anywhere Space, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Chicago, IL. USA.
- 9th Lessedra World Art Print Annual 2010.
Lessedra Gallery. Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Festival de Arte y Literatura San Francisco de la Montaña 2010.
Provincia de Veraguas, Panama.
- GAIA estrago ecológico.
Alianza Francesa, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Proyecto Paraguas 2010.
Centre Cultural la Farinera del Clot. Barcelona, España.
2009 - Todos Somos Inmigrantes / We Are All Immigrants.
Casa Aztlán, Calmecac Gallery, Chicago, IL U.S.A.
- VI Festival Fusión de Artes Visuales.
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Mes del Grabado 2009: Grabado Latinoamericano y Nicaragüense.
Museo Antiguo Convento de San Francisco, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Nuestro Norte es el Sur.
Mostra di Pittura y Escultura Latinoamericana Venice Convention,
“Galleria Ex Casinó”, Venezia, Italy.
- GAIA. Estrago Ecológico.
Biblioteca “José Coronel Urtecho”. Universidad Centroamericana. UCA. Managua, Nicaragua.
- 8th Lessedra World Art Print Annual Mini Print 2009.
Lessedra Gallery. Sofia, Bulgaria.
- 24 Grafiekbiennale Sint-Niklaas 2009.
International Exlibriscentrum, Stedelijke Musea, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
- Evita el Exceso. Tripa Co.
Chicago Art Department, Chicago IL. USA.
- Artists of Expressions Graphics.
Art House, McAllen, Texas. USA.
- Nuestro Norte es el Sur.
Mostra di Pittura Latinoamericana. Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, Vicenza, Italia.
2008 - Matenme porque me Muero.
60 Años con Derechos Humanos (mail-Art Itinerante) México, DF.
- V Festival Fusión de Artes Visuales.
En Homenaje al Maestro Leoncio Sáenz. Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Certamen Nacional de Artes Visuales. “Rodrigo Peñalba”.
Salón de Gráfica “Oscar Rodríguez”. Palacio Nacional de la Cultura. Managua, Nicaragua.
- BIMPE V.
The Fifth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition. Dundarave Print Workshop.
Granville Island, Vancouver, BC. Canada.
- 7th Lessedra World Art Print Annual Mini Print 2008.
Lessedra Gallery. Sofia, Bulgaria.
- BIMPE V.
The Fifth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition. Federation Gallery. Granville Island,
Vancouver, BC. Canada.
- Certamen Nacional de Dibujo.
“Retratos de Darío”. Museo Antiguo Convento de San Francisco. Granada, Nicaragua.
- Certamen Nacional de Dibujo.
“Retratos de Darío”. Teatro Municipal “José de la Cruz Mena”. León, Nicaragua.
- 100.
Exposición por la Despenalización del Aborto Terapéutico. (expo itinerante)
Casa Cisas. Managua, Nicaragua. Casa de Salud Debayle. León, Nicaragua.
- Certamen Nacional de Dibujo.
“Retratos de Darío”. Salón de los Cristales, Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío. Managua, Nicaragua.
2007 - Arte Erótico.
Medrano Art Gallery. San José, Costa Rica.
- III Encuentro Mundial de Arte Corporal.
Museo Lía Bermúdez, CAMLB. Maracaibo, Zulia. República Bolivariana de Venezuela.
- Exposición de Artes Plásticas en saludo al 28 Aniversario del Triunfo de la Revolución Popular Sandinista.
Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío. Managua, Nicaragua.
- VIII Muestra Internacional de Arte Libre Hernán Hidalgo Hidalgo.
Sala Marco Aurelio Aguilar Mata. Colegio Universitario de Cartago. C.U.C.
Cartago, Costa Rica.
- Dia Internacional de la Mujer.
En Homenaje a Hilda Vogl. Galería Praxis, Managua, Nicaragua.
2006 - III Festival Fusión de Artes Visuales.
Casa de los Tres Mundos. Granada, Nicaragua.
- Otra Granada para Walker.
Casa Macondo. Granada, Nicaragua.
- Circulo Ecléctico Centroaméricano.
Poesía - Artes Visuales – Música. Instituto de México, San José, Costa Rica.
- El Arte y su Tiempo.
VII Muestra Internacional de Arte Libre. Hernán Hidalgo Hidalgo.
Colegio Universitario de Cartago. C.U.C. Cartago, Costa Rica.
- Festival Internacional de las Artes. (FIA 2006).
San José Capital Iberoamericana de la Cultura. San José, Costa Rica.
2005 - Galería Praxis, Managua, Nicaragua.
- II Festival Fusión de Artes Visuales.
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- IV Certamen Nacional de Pintura ‘Rodrigo Peñalba’.
Pinacoteca del Banco Central de Nicaragua. Managua, Nicaragua.
- El Bien y El Mal.
VII Muestra Internacional de Arte Libre. Hernán Hidalgo Hidalgo.
Colegio Universitario de Cartago. C.U.C. Cartago, Costa Rica.
- XIII Ibero - American Art Salon. “Identity Imprint”.
A Glance at Ibero - American Printmaking”. Instituto de México, Washington D.C. U.S.A.
2004 - Alas de Papel III.
Casa de los Tres Mundos. Granada, Nicaragua.
- Unión Nicaragüense de Artistas Plásticos. (UNAP)
Galería Praxis, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Proyecto Paraguas Intervenidos.
Casa Ananda, Unquillo, Córdoba, Argentina.
- I Festival Fusión de Artes Visuales.
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Proyecto Paraguas Intervenidos.
Museu da Tecnología e Ciencia. Pontificio Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Soul Porto Alegre, Brasil.
- Alas de Papel III.
Triton Fine Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL. U.S.A.
2003 - V Bienal del Caribe.
Proyecto Paraguas Intervenidos. Museo del Hombre Dominicano.
Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana.
- Salón de las Americas. O.E.A.
Washington, D.C. U.S.A.
- Entre Trópicos: Arte Contemporáneo de Michoacán y Nicaragua.
Sala “David Alfaro Siqueiros”, Escuela Popular de Bellas Artes, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México.
- Alas de Papel III.
Pinacoteca del Estado de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México.
- Espacio Contemporáneo de Arte. (E.C.A.)
Proyecto Paraguas Intervenidos. Mendoza, Argentina.
- Proyecto Paraguas Intervenidos.
Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Dr. Urbano Poggi, Rafaela, Argentina.
- IV Muestra de Arte Libre. Hernán Hidalgo Hidalgo. Colectivo Vagoni L.E.T.
Colegio Universitario de Cartago. C.U.C. Cartago, Costa Rica.
2002 - Arte Contemporáneo Nicaragüense.
Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío. Managua, Nicaragua.
- SensibilizARTE. Galería Praxis, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Colectivo Vagoni.
L.E.T. (Laboratorio Experimental Tres Mil)
Museo Antiguo Convento de San Francisco, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Dia de los Muertos.
Centro Cultural Paseo de Arte, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Colectivo Vagoni.
L.E.T. (Laboratorio Experimental Tres Mil)
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
- Grabados del Colectivo Vagoni.
Alianza Francesa, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Colectivo Vagoni.
Atelier im Baumhaus, Bonn, Alemania.
2001 - Arte Contemporáneo.
Galería Praxis, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Museo Cultural del Caribe.
Isla Margarita, República Bolivariana de Venezuela.
- Alas de Papel III.
Wilder & Davis Luthiers, Montreal, Québec, Canadá.
- Unidos en el Arte.
Galería Praxis, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Certamen de Pintura. En Saludo a las Victimas de las Minas.
Sala Rodrigo Peñalba, Palacio Nacional de la Cultura, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Re-Encuentro.
Galería Praxis, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Feria de la Solidaridad.
Subasta Pro-Damnificados Terremotos de El Salvador, Embajada de El Salvador.
Managua, Nicaragua.
2000 - Galería Praxis, Managua, Nicaragua.
1999 - Festival de Moda y Arte del Milenio.
Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío, Managua, Nicaragua.
- III Bienal Alas de Papel.
Museo Municipal de Palma de Río, Córdoba, España.
- III Bienal Alas de Papel.
Casa de la Cultura San Sebastian, Espiel, Córdoba, España.
- De Amor y de Muerte.
Mi Café, Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
1998 - II Bienal Alas de Papel.
Biblioteca Multicultural de Laval, Québec, Canada.
- Wilder & Davis Lutiers, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
1997 - 8 Artistas, 8 Propuestas.
Galería Praxis. Managua, Nicaragua.
- Primer Certamen Nacional de Grabado.
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
1994 - Arte Latinoaméricano.
Colonnade Gallery, The George Washington University. Washington, D.C. U.S.A.
- 4 Pintores Granadinos.
Doubletree Park Terrace Hotel, Washington, D.C. U.S.A.
1992 - Festival Internacional de las Artes 92.
Galería Artística Metropolitana.Festival Internacional de las Artes 92. San José, Costa Rica.
- Trece Artistas. Galería Chagall, San José, Costa Rica.
- II Festival Nacional de Folklore y Cultura 92.
FERCORI, San José, Costa Rica.
-Primitivist Art Festival.
Artestudio-90 Gallery. San José, Costa Rica.
1990 - Certamen Anual de Nuevos Valores “Fausto Pacheco”.
Galería Sophia Wanamaker. Centro Cultural Costarricense-Norteamericano.
San José, Costa Rica.
Print Portfolios:
2024 - “Creando Mundos"
Instituto Gráfico de Chicago, Chicago, IL. USA.
2023 - “Carlos Cortéz Centennial"
Arceo Press, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “Letras Capitulares"
Taller La Chicharra, Oaxaca, Mexico.
- “ESSENTIAL WORKERS: A Visual Narrative". Published by Self Help Graphics & Curated by Marianne Sadowski
Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA. USA.
2019 - “Gráfica América: Print Exchange of the Américas".
Museum of Latin American Art ( MOLAA ), Long Beach, CA. USA.
2017 - “CONTRA” / Against.
Instituto Gráfico de Chicago, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “The Art of Survival”.
Pipelines & Borderlines, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “Superstitions” Vol. II.
Arceo Press, Chicago, IL. USA.
2015 - “Carlos Cortéz Koyokuikatl” / 10 Years / in memoriam.
Instituto Gráfico de Chicago, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Chicago.
Arceo Press, Chicago, IL. USA.
2014 - Dichos y Diretes.
Instituto Gráfico de Chicago, Chicago, IL. USA.
2013 - American Food.
University of Colorado at Boulder, CO. USA.
-POSADA 100 Years of Legacy.
Arceo Press, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Posada Presente.
Instituto Gráfico de Chicago, Chicago, IL. USA.
- “POSADA CENTENARIO” LA CALACA PRESS III International Print Exchange.
La Calaca Press, Chicago, IL. USA.
2012 - People Can’t Drink OIL!.
Chicago, IL. USA.
- LA CALACA PRESS II International Print Exchange.
La Calaca Press, Chicago, IL. USA.
- The MADONNA International Print Exchange.
Ochosi Editions, Chicago, IL. USA.
-Rostros de la Migración.
Chicago, IL. USA.
2011 - LA CALACA PRESS International Print Exchange.
La Calaca Press. Chicago, IL. USA.
- SANTITOS.
Arceo Press, Chicago, IL. USA.
2010 - Thresholds to Conservation.
Art House, McAllen, TX. USA.
2009 - Años de Miedo.
La Calaca Press, Chicago, IL. USA.
Interventions in Public Spaces:
2007 - III Encuentro Mundial de Arte Corporal.
Teatro Municipal de Puerto Cabello, Carabobo. República Bolivariana de Venezuela.
- III Encuentro Mundial de Arte Corporal, Centro Comercial las Américas.
Maracay, Aragua. República Bolivariana de Venezuela.
2005 - BARBERENA – LEON. En Tiempos de Guerra. Piano + Visuales.
Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
2004 - Cubo de Luz: Los BARBERENA.
Instalación en la Fachada de la Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua.
2003 - Instalación: “Ya No Ruge La Voz Del Cañón, Ni Se Tiñe Con Sangre De Hermanos…”
Plaza de la Independencia, Granada, Nicaragua.
Lectures and Workshops:
2019 - “Resistencia Gráfica: The Prints of Carlos Barberena”
Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) Long Beach, CA. USA.
2016 - “Making Political Prints in a Fast Food Society”
SXU Art Gallery, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL USA.
2015 - Relief Printing Workshop.
Pilsen Outpost, Chicago, IL USA.
- Relief Prints on Textiles.
Expressions Graphics, Oak Park, IL USA.
2014 - Printmaking as a Powerful form of Communication
University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie, WI. USA.
- Experimental Linoleum Printing Workshop.
Academia Non Grata, Katlamaja, Pärnu, Estonia.
2013 - Grabado en Relieve.
Galería Nacional, Centro Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura, San José, Costa Rica.
2012 - II Simposio de Grabado.
Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), San Pedro, Costa Rica.
- Relief Printing Demo.
Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. USA.
2011 - Relief Printing Demo.
Human Thread Center, Chicago, IL. USA.
- Relief Printing Demo.
El Centro Campus, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, USA.
2010 - Art as a Powerful form of Communication.
Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute, Quartz Mountain, Altus, Oklahoma, USA.
- Experimental Linoleum Printing.
Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute, Quartz Mountain, Altus, Oklahoma, USA.
- Relief Prints: Linoleum.
Expressions Graphics, Oak Park, IL USA.
- University of Texas-Pan American. UTPA. Edinburg, Texas. USA.
2009 - Museo Antiguo Convento de San Francisco, Granada, Nicaragua.
2005 - Introducción a las Técnicas del Grabado. Casa del Artista, San José, Costa Rica.
Professional Memberships:
2019 to Present - Mid America Print Council MAPC, USA.
2014 to Present - Member of Los Angeles Printmaking Society LAPS
Los Angeles, California, USA.
2008 - 2011 - Member of Expressions Graphics. Oak Park, IL. USA.
2004 - Miembro de la Asociación Internacional de Artistas Plásticos. (aiap)
UNESCO. Managua, Nicaragua.
1998 - Miembro de la Unión Nicaragüense de Artistas Plásticos. UNAP - LEONEL VANEGAS. Managua, Nicaragua.
Publications and Collaborations:
2017 - Barberena: Master Prints
El Beisman Press, Chicago, IL. USA.
2013 - Volumen de Luis Topogenario - Ilustraciones de Carlos Barberena.
Leteo Ediciones, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Revista Cultura #109.
Secretaria de Cultura de la Presidencia de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador.
2012 - Flores de la Trinchera.
Muestra de la Nueva Narrativa Nicaragüense / Ilustraciones de Carlos Barberena.
Fondo Editorial SOMA, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Panópticos. Microrelatos de Alberto Sánchez Arguello / Grabados de Carlos Barberena.
Parafernalia Ediciones Digitales, Managua, Nicaragua.
- Carlos Barberena
Freelance Magazine. #5 Surreal. Managua, Nicaragua.
2011 - Carlos Barberena
Revista Grafilia. #84 Guadalajara, México.
2009 - Años de Miedo.
Hecho Magazine # III, Managua, Nicaragua.
2005- Grafik aus Nicaragua. (Calendario)
Baumhaus Kunst-und Kulturinitiative e.V. Bonn, Alemania.
2004 - De Tin Buquin Malacatoyin. (Historietas para Niños)
Realizado con el Apoyo de Cooperación Austriaca para el Desarrollo, Pan y Arte, Casa de los Tres Mundos. Viena, Austria.
2002 - Anticipación y Reacción tras el 9/11 en el Arte.
Obsidiana Revista de Artes y Letras #1. Granada, Nicaragua.
2000 - Libro: Granada 475 Aniversario y... Otras Cosas.
Mario Chacón Silva,(Rimesa, 2000.) Managua, Nicaragua.
1992-1996 - Seleccionado, Tarjetas Navideñas y Almanaque.
Pro-Niños Costarricenses y Conservación de la Naturaleza. San José, Costa Rica.