Alvaro Barrington

My life is not memories rather their narratives ive told myself about myself / Art is about learning how to be/ Painting is about what’s in front of you/ It's about learning to see / Every master must empty his cup / It’s my flesh that holds on to facts/ It's my spirit that holds on to truth / If you were them, You would be them / The universe has no north / I rather fail on my ideas than succeed on someone else / Whats understood never has to be explained / May you realize your divinity in this lifetime / What good is worrying about your beard if your head is about to be taken off / A mistake repeated more than once is a decision / We are all just walking each other home / I have drawing and im searching for color where as you have color and you are searching for drawing / The art lies in concealing the art / Painting in the service of ideas / History doesn’t repeat but it often rhythms / Experience is what you get when you dont get what you want / A scar can be much more interesting than blue eyes / Ambition is energy with a purpose / A society grows great when old men plant trees they will never sit in. 

Alvaro Cadet-Barrington (b. 1983, Caracas, Venezuela) lives and works between London and New York. 

His recent solo exhibitions include My Mama Told Me You Was a Problem, Bitch, MASSIMODECARLO, Milan (2025); Eat the Cake, San Bastiaun Chapel, Zuoz (2025); Soul to Seoul, Thaddaeus Ropac, Seoul (2025); Alvaro Barrington & Chico da Silva, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo (2024); Grace, Tate, London (2024); Oh Sandy, why did you leave me all alone, Anton Kern Gallery, New York (2023), La Vie en Rose, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg (2022); Spider the Pig, Pig the Spider, South London Gallery, London (2021); Wave Your Flags II, Sadie Coles HQ, London (2021); Drug Culture: Vol. ii. Trust your local drug dealer, Emalin, London (2021); Garvey 1: BIRTH – The Quiet Storm, Nicola Vassell, New York (2021); You don’t do it for the man, men never notice, You just do it for yourself, you’re the fucking coldest, Thaddeus Ropac, Paris (2021); Garvey 2 – They eyes were watching God, Corvi-Mora, London (2020); Garvey: Sex Love Nurturing Famalay, Sadie Coles, London (2019); A Taste of Chocolate, Thaddaeus Ropac, London (2018); and Alvaro Barrington, MoMA PS1, New York (2017).