
Juan
MANUEL BARRIOS
Juan
MANUEL BARRIOS
BIO
Photographer, visual artist, window dresser, tailor, DJ. Born in Buenos Aires, he trained in Montevideo and, at the age of 18, returned to Buenos Aires to study photography at the Foto Club Argentino with Alicia D’Amico and Sara Facio. He participated in workshops with photographer Alejandro Kuropatwa and Gustavo Di Mario. He returned to Montevideo in 2001 and published work in Pimba! magazine (of which he was a founding contributor), Freeway, and Original Voice.
He began working for major international brands – Levi’s and Lacoste – as a window dresser. For Levi’s, he produced campaigns using Lomo cameras, becoming part of the international lomographic movement. He attended workshops with Diana Mines, Magela Ferrero, Jacqueline Lacasa, Fernando López Lage, Gustavo Tabares, Diego Massi, Lucía Pitaluga, and Verónica Cordeiro.
Selected exhibitions:
Solo exhibitions: Goethe-Institut Montevideo, Salto Biennial (UY), 2014.
Group exhibitions: Ghierra Intendente (1), Subte Municipal de Montevideo.
Ghierra Intendente (2), held on this occasion at the Centro Cultural España in the city of Berlin.
In Buenos Aires, at the Sívori Museum and at Quimera del Arte Gallery.
At the San José de Mayo Museum (UY), curated by Diana Mines.
In 2017, he was selected to join the working group organized by Fredi Casco on the Caminos Conjuntos platform of MUFF (International Photography Exhibition), curated by Verónica Cordeiro and Luis Camnitzer.
In 2018, he exhibited at the Zorrilla Museum and at SOA Gallery.
Solo exhibition “Llaves de Colección,” curated by Jacqueline Lacasa at Diana Saravía Gallery / August 2018.
In 2021, he received the FEFCA Justino Zabala Sarmiento grant, awarded by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay.
He was selected for the 50th Montevideo Visual Arts Salon in 2021.
He held a solo exhibition at the Engelman-Ost Collection, UTOPIA ES LA DISCO, curated by Jacqueline Lacasa, in September 2023.
In November 2024, he was selected for the 61st National Visual Arts Award.
Since 2024, his work has been part of the permanent collection of JINTAI MUSEUM in Beijing.
In June 2024, he was selected for the BARFUSTRASSER Residency in Berlin, Germany, where he exhibited the show NOCTURNUS at LIMITED GALLERY, curated by Simón Mullan, Power Ekroth, and Juan Pedro Fabra.
In June 2025, he exhibited in a group show in Berlin with Héctor Solari, RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, where he presented “todas las Fotos son posibles o imposibles, postas-”.
In June 2026, he exhibited a solo show in Barcelona, Spain, at ANYWHERE.STUDIO. “Sorrorativas,” curated by Jacqueline Lacasa.
His work is part of the Engelman-Ost Collection and several private collections in China, France, Argentina, Germany, the United States, Brazil, and Uruguay.

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