Born in 1945 in Cartagena, Colombia
Lives and works in Barranquilla, Colombia
Campo a través. Arte colombiano en la Colección del Banco de la República. Exhibition catalogue, Sala Alcalá 31, and Casa Museo Lope de Vega, Madrid, Spain, Feburary 20 - April 22, 2018. With texts by Estrella de Diego. Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, 2018.
The Matter of Photography in the Americas. Exhibition catalogue, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, February 7 - April 30, 2018. Edited by Natalia Brizuela and Jodi Roberts. With contributions by Lisa Blackmore, Amy Sara Carroll, Marianela D'Aprile, María Fernanda Domínguez, Heloisa Espada, Rachel Price, Diana Ruiz, Tatiane Santa Rosa, and Kyle Stephan. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2018.
Thomas Fischer/Susanne Klengel/Eduardo Pastrana Buelvas (Eds). Kolumbien heute. Politik – Wirtschaft – Kultur. Frankfurt am Main, Vervuert, 2017.
Pulsions urbaines. 1962-2017. L'amérique latine en mouvement. Collection Leticia et Stanislas Poniatowski. Exhibition catalogue, Rencontres internationales de la Photographie, Espace van Gogh, Arles, France, July 3 - September 24, 2017. With texts by María Wills, and Alexis Fabry. Paris, Toluca, 2017.
Amirsadeghi, Hossein (ed.). Contemporary art Colombia. With texts by Christine Barthe, and Jaime Cerón. London, Thames & Hudson, 2016.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Conversations in Colombia. Anañam-Yoh-Reya. Edited by Karen Marta. Bogotá, La Oficina del Doctor, Casas Riegner, 2015.
Dark Mirror. Art from Latinamerica since 1968. Works from the Daros Latinamerica Collection. Exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, September 26, 2015 - January 31, 2016. Edited by Ralf Beil and Holger Broeker. Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2015.
Dark Mirror. Lateinamerikanische Kunst seit 1968. Werke aus der Daros Latinamerica Collection. Exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, September 26, 2015 - January 31, 2016. Edited by Ralf Beil and Holger Broeker. Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2015.
Contraexpediciones. Más allá de los mapas. Catálogo. Exhibition catalogue, Museo de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, April 8 - July 2, 2014. With texts by Carolina Chacón. Medellín, Museo de Antioquia, 2014.
Álvaro Barrios. La leyenda del sueño. Exhibition catalogue, Museo de Arte del Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia, November 27, 2013 - March 3, 2014. With texts by María Belén Sáez de Ibarra, Ana Sokoloff (et al.). Bogotá, Banco de la República, 2014.
Aliento. Arte de Colombia. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Kolumbien. Exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany, November 23, 2013 - February 2, 2014. With texts by Hans Günter Golinski, Sarah Poppel (et al.). Bochum, Kunstmuseum, 2013.
Aliento. Arte de Colombia. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Kolumbien. Exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany, November 23, 2013 - February 2, 2014. With texts by Hans Günter Golinski, Sarah Poppel (et al.). Bochum, Kunstmuseum, 2013.
Perder la forma humana. Una imagen sísmica de los años ochenta en América Latina. Exhibition catalogue, MNCARS, Madrid, Spain, October 25, 2012 - March 11, 2013, Museo de Arte, Lima, Peru, November 2013 - February 2014. With texts by Miguel A. López, Ana Longoni, André Mesquita, Fernanda Nogueira, Paulina Varas (et al.). Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2012.
Roca, José, and Sylvia Suárez. Transpolítico. Arte en Colombia 1992-2012 = Transpolitical art in Colombia 1992-2012. Barcelona and Madrid, Lunwerg, 2012.
Garzón, Diego. De lo que somos. 110 obras para acercarse al arte contemporáneo colombiano. Barcelona, Lunwerg, 2011.
Sistemas, acciones y procesos 1965-1975. Exhibition catalogue, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July - October 2011. With texts by Rodrigo Alonso, Andrea Giunta, Cristina Freire (et al.). Buenos Aires, Fundación Proa, 2011.
Cerón, Jaime. Sueños con Álvaro Barrios. Bogotá, Jaime Vargas, 2011.
41 Salón nacional de artistas. Urgente! Cali. Exhibition catalogue, Cali, Colombia, 2010. With texts by Clarisa Ruiz (et al.). Bogotá, Ministerio de Cultura, 2010.
Contemporary Art in Latin America. With texts by Gerardo Mosquera, Luis Camnitzer, Guy Brett (et al.) and a conversation between Gabriela Salgado and Guillermo Gómez-Peña. London, Black Dog, 2010.
Ma?rceles Daconte, Eduardo. Los recursos de la imaginacio?n. Artes visuales del Caribe colombiano. Barranquilla, Fundación Amigos del Arte del Caribe, 2010.
Márceles Daconte, Eduardo. Los recursos de la imaginación. Artes visuales de la región andina de Colombia. Barranquilla, Fundación Amigos del Arte del Caribe, 2009.
Catálogo general de exposiciones en la Galería Santa Fe y otros espacios 2006. Exhibition catalogue, Galería Santa Fe y otros espacios, Bogotá, Colombia, 2006. With texts by Jaime Cerón (et al.). Bogotá, Alcaldía Mayor; Secretaría Distrital de Cultura, Recreación y Deporte, 2008.
Álvaro Barrios. Dreams about Marcel Duchamp. Exhibition catalogue, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, November 18 - December 24, 2008. With a text by Ana Sokoloff. New York, Nohra Haime Gallery,
Fernández Uribe, Carlos Arturo. Arte en Colombia 1981-2006. Antioquia, Editorial Universidad de Antioquia, 2007.
Álvaro Barrios. Apropriaciones y grabados populares. Exhibition catalogue, Museo de Arte Moderno, Barranquilla, Colombia, October - November 2006. With texts by the artist, José Roca (et al.). Barranquilla, Museo de Arte Moderno, 2006.
Traba, Marta. Dos décadas vulnerables en las artes plásticas latinoamericanas, 1950 - 1970. Buenos Aires, Siglo Veintiuno, 2005.
Es tu museo. Catalogue, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, 2004. Bogotá, Museo de Arte Moderno, 2004.
Latin american and caribbean art. MoMA at El Museo. Exhibition catalogue, Museo del Barrio, New York, March 4 - July 25, 2004. Edited by Miriam Basilio (et al.), with texts by Garry Garrels (et al.). New York, El Museo del Barrio/Museum of Modern Art, 2004.
XVII Salón del fuego. Exhibition catalogue, Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá, October 25 - November 24, 2002. With texts by Ana María Alzate Ronga (et al.). Bogotá, Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, 2006.
Caribe. Arte contemporáneo del Caribe Colombiano = Contemporary Caribbean art from Colombia. Exhibition catalogue, Museo de Arte Moderno de Barranquilla, Bogotá. With a text by Alvaro Barrios. Bogotá, Museo de Arte Moderno de Barranquilla, 2000.
El dibujo. Exhibition brochure, Sala de Arte Suramericana, Medellín, June 1 - July 29, 2000. With a text by Alberto Sierra. Medellín, Sala de Arte Suramericana, 1998.
Barrios, Álvaro. Orígenes del arte conceptual en Colombia 1968 - 1978. Premio. Ensayo histórico, teórico o crítico el arte Colombiano de fin de milenio. Bogotá, Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá, 1999.
La obra gráfica de Álvaro Barrios. Exhibition catalogue, Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia, 1997. With a text by Eduardo Vides Celis. Bogotá, Biblioteca Arango, 1997.
V Bienal de Arte de Bogotá. Exhibition catalogue, 5th Bogotá Biennial, October - December 1996. With texts by Gloria Zea (et al.). Bogotá, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, 1996.
Calderón Schrader, Camilo (ed.). 50 años - Salón nacional de artistas. Bogotá, Colcultura, 1990.
Segunda Bienal de la Habana '86. Catálogo general. Exhibition catalogue, 2nd Habana Biennial, 1986. Edited by Mirta Yánez (et al.). La Habana, Ministerio de Cultura, 1986.
1. Bienal de la Habana 84. Catalogo general. Exhibition catalogue, 1st Habana Biennial, Pabellon Cuba, Museo Nacional and Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana , May 1984. With an introduction by Eliseo Diego. La Habana, Dirección de Artes Plásticas, 1984.
Álvaro Barrios. Sueños con Marcel Duchamp. Exhibition catalogue, Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia. Cali, Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, 1980.
Traba, Marta. Duas décadas vulneráveis nas artes plásticas latino-americanas, 1950 - 1970. Rio de Janeiro, Paz e Terra, 1977.
Colombian figurative graphics. Exhibition catalogue, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, University Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin. With texts by Donald B. Goodall, Marina Urbach. Austin, Archer M. Huntington Galleries, 1976.
Art systems in Latin America. Exhibition catalogue, Institute for Contemporary Art, London, 1974, Centro de Arte y Comunicación CAYC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1974. With a text by Jorge Glusberg. London, Nash House, 1974.
Arte colombiano de hoy. Exhibition catalogue, Sala de Exposiciones Fundación Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela, June - July 1974. With a text by Lourdes Blanco. Caracas, Fundación Eugenio Mendoza, 1974.
Museo de Arte Moderno, La Tertulia, 1974