Francisco De la Barra

Francisco De la Barra (b. 1970, Santiago, Chile) lives and work in Montreal, Canada. He holds MFAs in architecture, landscape architecture and in visual arts, the latter obtained from Université du Québec à Montreal. His work focuses on drawing and painting, most recently with the production of ink washes on paper. His interests lay in the exploration of the role of memory in the construction of images through the depiction of the male body and of architectural and natural spaces. Portraiture, the construction of masculinity and the erotism of the everyday are preoccupations at the core of his practice. He has shown his work in Canada, the United States, Chile and Argentina. Selected exhibitions are McBride gallery and the Maison de l’architecture du Québec, both in Montreal, Fine Arts Museum of Boston, Tufts University and Northeastern University Galleries, in Boston, Samsøn Projects and Hampden Gallery in Massachusetts, and Paul Petro Contemporary Art, in Toronto.

Solo Exhibitions
2024	Afuera y adentro, Paul Petro Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2022	In Flux, POPOP Gallery, Montreal, Qc Dans la Nature, Projet Y, Wentworth-Nord, Qc
2021	La Nature d'Oka, Oka National Park, Oka, Qc
2020	Ellos de Espalda, Gallery POPOP, Montreal, Qc
2019	Cuando Te Miro, Me Enfrento A Mi Mismo, Espacio Morales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018	Comprar Me Aburre, Vender Me Cansa, Espacio Metáfora, Santiago, Chile Lo Que Sueño No Lo Imagino, Panal 361, Buenos Aires, Argentina Filiation, CDEx, UQAM, Montreal, Qc
2016	Regards d'Architectes, Maison de l'Architecture du Québec, Montreal, Qc
2012	Souvenirs, Armory Cultural Center, Sommerville, MA
2011	Victoria, Villa Victoria Center for the Arts Gallery, Boston, MA
2010	Familiar Faces, Gallery 360, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
2009	In Transition, University Church Gallery, Cambridge, MA The Unseen, Chimera Gallery, Nashua, NH
2007	Expressions, Willoughby & Baltic Gallery, Somerville, MA
1999	Indenpence Day, Northampton, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024	Art Toronto, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto
	Watershed, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
	Standing Ground III, Mighty and Real, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
	Foire Plural, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Grand Quay, Old Port of Montreal
2023	27th Annual Christmas Spice, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
	Positive Masculinity, Maison Depoivre Gallery, Picton, ON
	No Direction ; Home, Mes Pants de Queer, Motnreal, QC
	Postcards from the Edge, Ortuzar Projects, New York, NY
2022	26th Annual Christmas Spice, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto Positive Masculinity, Maison Depoivre Gallery, Picton, ON
2020	Salon des Refusés, McBride Contemporain, Montreal, Qc Overall There Is No Wall, Spacee 321, New York, NY Peripheral Hours IV, Si Proche Si Loin, Montreal, Qc
2019	Peripheral Hours III, Site of the Not Yet, Montreal, Qc A Montreal State of Mind, Local Project, LIC, New York, NY Musée de Carlton, ArtSouterrain, Montreal, Qc
2018	Patria Dulce, Fonda New York, New York, NY Passeport, Dare-Dare, Montreal, Qc Voyage, Canadian Lesbian + Gay Archives, Toronto, ON Garage, École Européenne Supérieure de l'Image, Poitiers, France Précarité, ArtSouterrain, Montreal, Qc
2017	10-1 pour 7, CDEx, UQAM, Montreal, Qc Bully, Daniel Spectrum, Toronto, ON
2016	Scène de Vie, L'Espace Contemporain, Montreal, Qc
2015	SalonEsque, MAI Gallery, Montreal, Qc
2014	Libre, Village Éphemère, Montreal, Qc
2013	Crime Idéal, Park (ing) day, Montreal, Qc Belvédère du Vent, Village Éphemère, Montreal, Qc
2012	Saint-Lambert Art Fair, Montreal, Qc Benefit Summer Auction, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2011	Chain Letter, Samsøn Projects, Boston, MA
	España, Real Colegio Complutense, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2010	America Remixed, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2009	6th Juried Exhibition, Tufts University Gallery, Medford, MA
	Armory ART Start!, Armory Cultural Center, Somerville, MA
2007	Summer, Baak Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
2000	Earth Bound, Hampden Gallery, UMass, Amherst, MA

Awards
2013	Village Éphemère, Audience award for installation “Belvédère du vent”
2009	Somerville Arts Council Grant

Bibliography
Gardner, Jane "Literary news from around New England", The Boston Globe, August 25, 2012 Cardin, Mich “Portrait series celebrates the faces of Villa Victoria”, South End Patch, August 25 , 2011 Ackerman, Meghann "Somerville artist spices up his portraits", Somerville Journal, March 03 2010 Fairclough, Julia "Artist creates spicy portraits of Somerville chefs", The Somerville News, November 11 2009 Sand, Ian “Power to the people”, The Boston Phoenix, June 11, 2009

Publications
The complexed male: exploration of the diversity of contemporary masculinity through a practice of painting and installation,MFA Thesis UQAM, 2020 Séminaire et Stage de création : États des lieux, nous ne voit riens, ÉESI, 2018 Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 37/38, The Open Studios Press, 2017 Nibble, exploring food, art and culture in Union Square/em>, 2012, Somerville Arts Council Publication, by Rachel Strutt

Education
2017-20	Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Qc, Master in Visual and Media Arts
1997-99	University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA, Master in Landscape Architecture
1996-97	Félix Lazo Studio, Santiago, Chile, Painting Classes
1988-93	Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Bachelor and Master in Architecture
1987-88	Eugenio Brozalez Studio, Santiago, Chile, Drawing Classes