Represented artist

(Mexico City, 1985) Lives and works in Mexico City.

Visual artist whose work delves into contemporary narratives through painting, assemblage, and conceptual research. Her practice explores the exploitation of natural resources, power dynamics in contested territories, and the implications of global economic policies, with a particular focus on the Mexican context. Through her artistic production, Barreto draws connections between abstractions derived from economic data, privatization processes, and the transformation of the landscape under the logic of neoliberal economics.

She holds a Master’s degree in Visual Arts from the Faculty of Arts and Design at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).  She has participated in various artist residency programs and international exhibitions that have enriched her practice.  Among her most notable achievements are her participation in the New York Latin American Art Triennial: Sensorial Fusion (2025), her selection for the Residency Unlimited program in New York (2024), and her participation in the 14th edition of the Havana Biennial, Futuro y Contemporaneidad (2021/2022). She was also a resident at Casa Wabi (Oaxaca, Mexico, 2020), curated by Paola Jasso, and at La chambre blanche (Quebec, Canada, 2019). In 2016, she was awarded First Prize in Parámetro Arte Lumen; in 2021, she was admitted to Mexico’s National System of Art Creators with her project The Map Is Not the Territory. She was also selected for the 5th edition of the BBVA Bancomer Program with INESTIMABLE. In 2009, she received a grant from the Young Creators program of FONCA. Her work has been recognized across various platforms, including selection for the Rufino Tamayo Biennial (XVIII and XVI editions).

She has held seven solo exhibitions, notably Tequila Sunrise (2024) at the Zarur Collection, Guadalajara, Mexico, in collaboration with Saenger Gallery and curated by Juvenal Urzúa; and Sentir Desierto (2023), curated by Christian Gómez, also at Saenger Gallery. Other relevant exhibitions include Cielo Abierto (2021) at Archivo Colectivo Gallery and Hyper-objects (2019) at La chambre blanche, Quebec, Canada. In 2016, she presented Happy Markets at Luis Adelantado Gallery, Mexico.

Throughout her career, she has participated in more than 80 group exhibitions. Highlights include Bricolage (2024) at Governors Island, New York, curated by David (Data) Chigholashvili; Contemporary Painting in Mexico, curated by Amanda de la Garza and Paula Duarte, at Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico (2024); (2022) Mercados desde el arte contemporáneo at the Bank of Mexico Museum; and El Cordón Umbilical Retiniano (2018) at ESPAC, Mexico City. Her participation in exhibitions such as Reactive Painting at the Carrillo Gil Art Museum (2017) and Notas para una Educación (Económico-) Sentimental (2017) at the University Museum of the Chopo strengthens her presence in the national art scene. Internationally, she participated in The Future Is Unwritten at Palazzo Cini as part of the official programming of the 56th Venice International Art Exhibition (2015), and in Yo sé que tu padre no entiende mi lenguaje moderno at MUAC-UNAM (2014).