Roberto Barbosa (*1990 Guadalajara, Mexico) lives and works between Frankfurt a.M. Germany and Rotterdam, Netherlands. He studied architecture at Städelschule with Prof. Peter Trummer. Throughout his work he explores the relationship between human interactions and the built environment. His collection of line drawings examines notions of desire, perceptions of space and control. They render a landscape of intimacy, anxiety and vulnerability. Roberto Barbosa uses a variety of media to showcase questions of power and identity. His work pushes the boundaries beyond material and form. By combining performances, drawings, sculpture, video and architectural models, the artist creates portals that communicate statements, that explore both the domestic and public space, reflecting on systems of power and order that exist in the world.

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EDUCATION

Universität Innsbruck, Austria with Prof. Trummer (2021–Present)

Städelschule, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt a.M. with Prof. Peter Trummer (20162019)

University of Guadalajara, Bachelor of Architecture, Guadalajara, México (20102015)

University of Málaga, Exchange Program, Málaga, Spain (2014)

EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2025

bouquet, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (GS)

2024

Wohnung Lauxtermann Vol. 7, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (GS)

2023

Wohnung Lauxtermann, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (Project)

2022

In tension, Casa Paradiso, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

On Entering – Bodies in queer spaces, Kellerkreuzberg, Berlin (GS)

In my spare time, MVRDV, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Overgrown – opera of the nervous system, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (GS)

2021

prêt-à-parler by Aileen Treusch (Online-Exhibition)

2020

Sorry, I need more space (Online-Exhibition)

2018

Our Urban Living Room, Laituri, Helsinki

GRANTS

The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA), New York City, USA (forthcoming)

Casa RARO, Barcelona, Spain (2024)

New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation, Brooklyn, NY, USA (2024)

Culture Moves Europe, European Commission and Goethe-Institut (2024)

HEIMA Residency, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland (2023)

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Foreign Graduates (2019)