Roberto Barbosa
Roberto Barbosa (* 1990 in 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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Städelschule, Frankfurt/Main with Prof. Peter Trummer (2016–2019)
University of Guadalajara, Bachelor of Architecture, México (2010–2015)
University of Málaga, Exchange Program, Spain (2014)
Ich, Art Düsseldorf, Upcoming (GS)
Lyrics, Barba Azul Cabaret, Mexico City (GS)
This world is too small for us (este mundo nos queda pequeño), Eugenia, Mexico City (GS)
Blütenlese, Paper Positions Vienna, Austria (GS)
Beneath the Rubble Lies the City Where I Built My Home, Museo Raúl Anguiano (MURA), Mexico (Duo)
Amorce – Paper, Index, Trace, Third Born, Mexico City (GS)
Estatuas de Sal, Espacio Cultural Bellas Hartas, Mexico City, Mexico (S)
bouquet, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (GS)
Wohnung Lauxtermann Vol. 7, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (GS)
Portals, La Boutique Retroactive, Brooklyn, New York, USA (GS)
Lilis, rretiemble, Tabacalera, Mexico City (S)
Subtle Bodies, Rogue Car Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA (S)
Weaving Collective Narrative, BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Bodiless Body, NARS Main Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA (GS)
Wohnung Lauxtermann, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (Project)
In tension, Casa Paradiso, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
On Entering – Bodies in queer spaces, Kellerkreuzberg, Berlin (Duo)
In my spare time, MVRDV, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Overgrown – opera of the nervous system, Galerie 3AP, Düsseldorf (GS)
prêt-à-parler by Aileen Treusch (Online-Exhibition)
Sorry, I need more space (Online-Exhibition)
Our Urban Living Room, Laituri, Helsinki
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA), New York City, USA (Upcoming)
Residency Error, Mexico City, Mexico (2025)
Residency Virreina, Loma Serena, Oicatá, Colombia (2025)
Seminario de Producción Fotográfica (SPF), Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico (2025)
Parajes, Visionario de Artistas Emergentes, Ayuntamiento de Guadalajara, Museo Raúl Anguiano, Guadalajara, Mexico (2025)
Plataforma de Imágenes Contemporáneas (PICS), Centro de la Imagen, Ciudad de México, México (2025)
Latitudes: Clínica de proyectos fotográficos. Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico (2025)
Casa RARO, Barcelona, Spain (2024)
The 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)
Exhibitions
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News
Participation: Paper Positions Vienna
We were delighted to take part in the second edition of Paper Positions Vienna, following the fair’s debut last year.
At the historic Semperdepot – once a production site for monumental stage sets – Galerie 3AP presented its curated format BLÜTENLESE. Over the course of the fair, three alternating shows unfolded, each focusing on a concise selection of works in drawing, photography, and etching.
upcoming: participation at Paper Positions Vienna
13. – 16. November, Semper Depot | Booth 18
on view: Roberto Barbosa „Beneath the Rubble Lies the City Where I Built My Home“
now open: Roberto Barbosa, Julie Mia and Miriam Schenkirz „bouquet“
bouquet – Roberto Barbosa, Julie Mia and Miriam Schenkirz
Whether carefully arranged or wildly assembled, the motif of the bouquet and the eponymous exhibition reveal social expectations or the pursuit of aesthetic constellations. In analogy to the art of flower arranging, the works by Roberto Barbosa, Julie Mia and Miriam Schenkirz are poetic arrangements that represent a relationship to objects, to themselves or to nature, as well as a feeling that may have moved them during the process of creating them. We look forward to seeing you again.
„Subverting norms constructing narrative scenarios“
Wohnung Lauxtermann
The fluid exhibition is open for visitors for the fifth and last time this year until December 15th.
Projects
ON ENTERING – Bodies in Queer Spaces
Our concept of the self consists of clear demarcations from the other. like a room that is constructed through the walls that surround it. The inside is shielded from the outside. But what happens if we let someone else enter? The lines sketched out as borders become porous while foreign bodies cross. What if we encounter otherness with tender feelings?
Wohnung Lauxtermann – Exhibition (D)
Periodically activated exhibition and residency project that reopens the historic address at Fürstenwall 74 as a site of artistic production and research. Since the beginning in February 2023, various program strands have focused on the social role of art and design and their potential for participation.