Collection: 'Carlos Barrios' | Reception

Carlos Barrios was born in El Salvador, Central America and now lives and works in the Currumbin Valley, Queensland.

His father was an archaeologist, and he grew up exploring remnants of ancient cultures and surrounded by artifacts and art.

Carlos Barrios began painting figures and creatures from his imagination at the age of six. As a child art was an important discovery.

After growing up surrounded by civil war the focus of his artworks is to paint the good he believes is in everyone.

‘I must paint people’, Barrios explains. ‘Art makes me aware of different levels of existence within the universe, sometimes revealing many questions and other times great understandings’.

Carlos Barrios is a finalist in the 2025 Brisbane Portrait Prize and has been a finalist in the Blake Prize, Sulman Prize, NSW Plein Air Art Prize, and the Fisher Ghost Art Prize.

Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach, 81 Surf Parade, Broadbeach QLD.