My work is motivated by the reconstruction of animals, objects and organic forms. It speaks of a common thread that connects, in most cases, each one of the works that I create.
My work is focused, especially, around a deep love for painting. Painting is for me, a way of expression, my language and discourse. I build a personal universe in my work that results from my thoughts, aspirations, fantasies and also, of course, from direct dialogue with my circumstances.
I am greatly interested in the reconstruction of animals, objects and organic forms. These elements, in a symbolic way, establish a common thread that connects all my works in the same horizon, stimulating winks, associations and complicity between some pieces and others. I am very interested in the narrative sense of the work and its (metaphorical) correlations with life itself. For me, painting is a state of emotion, a state of consciousness, a way, if you will, of saying things. I like that the pictorial work, the pictorial material, in their full realization and expansion, speak for themselves: that they themselves be capable of narrating their story, of revealing the reasons —intellectual or emotional— that push them to exist as verifiable facts, as a tangible reality.
The theatrical and scenographic dimensions interest me profoundly. It is from that place that the work itself seems to be the “metaphoric illustration" of a tale, or reality itself, passed through the sieve of my subjectivity. Despite the substantial differences between one work and another, like in a dramaturgical text a close relationship is woven between all of them that speaks all the time of the landscape, of fiction, of the juxtaposition of elements —as in a collage— and of the inescapably human need to try to understand the contrasting and fascinating realities of this world, my world.
- S. B.
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Serlian Barreto20 de noviembre de 1820, 2022Acrylic on paper19 1/2 x 29 1/2 inSold
49.5 x 74.9 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoEl paso del Aqueronte, 2020Acrylic on canvas90 x 115 in
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Serlian BarretoCarbón (triptych), from Carbon series, 2020Acrylic on canvas115 x 270 in$ 42,000.00
292.1 x 685.8 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoEverglades, from Carbon series, 2020Oil on canvas8 x 10 inSold
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Serlian BarretoEverglades, from Carbon series, 2020Oil on canvas8 x 10 in$ 1,000.00
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Serlian BarretoEverglades, from Carbon series, 2020Oil on canvas8 x 10 inSold
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Serlian BarretoGuanahacabibes, from Carbon series, 2020Oil on canvas8 x 10 inSold
20.3 x 25.4 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoGuanahacabibes, from Carbon series, 2020Oil on canvas8 x 10 inSold
20.3 x 25.4 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoGuanahacabibes, from Carbon series, 2020Oil on canvas8 x 10 inSold
20.3 x 25.4 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoGuanahacabibes, from Carbon series, 2020Oil on canvas8 x 10 inSold
20.3 x 25.4 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoLa loba, 2020Oil on canvas8 x 10 inSold
20.3 x 25.4 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoSobre la hojarasca (On the Fallen Leaves), from Carbon series, 2020Acrylic on canvas115 x 90 in$ 18,000.00
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Serlian BarretoUntitled, from Carbon series, 2020Acrylic on canvas115 x 90 in$ 15,000.00
292.1 x 228.6 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoUntitled, from Carbon series, 2020Acrylic on canvas115 x 90 in$ 12,000.00
292.1 x 228.6 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoUntitled, from Carbon series, 2020Acrylic on canvas115 x 90 in$ 12,000.00
292.1 x 228.6 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoUntitled, from Carbon series, 2020Acrylic on canvas46 x 44 in$ 6,000.00
116.8 x 111.8 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoUntitled, from Carbon series, 2020Acrylic on canvas46 x 44 in$ 6,000.00
116.8 x 111.8 cmView more details -
Serlian Barreto¿Por qué el sombrero de la noche vuela con tantos agujeros? (Why does the hat of the night fly with so many holes?), from Carbon series, 2020Acrylic on canvas46 x 44 in$ 6,000.00
116.8 x 111.8 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoAllá sobre las cumbres (There above of the hilltop), from Carbon series, 2019Acrylic on canvas90 x 115 in$ 15,000.00
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Serlian BarretoEl Gran Cañón, 2019Acrylic on canvas
90 x 70 in
228.6 x 177.8 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoEl llanto del Trichocereus, 2019Acrylic on canvas
87 x 57 in
221 x 144.8 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoGala's Garden, 2019Acrylic on canvas46 x 44 inSold
116.8 x 111.8 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoMagnolias en mar de fuegos, 2019Acrylic on canvas
90 x 70 inSold
228.6 x 177.8 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoMemories, 2019Acrylic on canvas
70 x 90 in
177.8 x 228.6 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoCephalocereus cenilis, 2018Acrylic on canvas57 x 39 in$ 5,600.00 Sold
144.8 x 99.1 cmView more details -
Serlian BarretoDespués de centurias flores, 2018Acrylic on canvas, diptych74.8 x 118.11 in
190 x 300 cmView more details
EDUCATION
2013 - 2016 San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts Havana, Cuba. 2012 - 2013 Academy of fine Arts Eduardo Abela, San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2016 – 2019 Fine Arts professor San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts Havana, Cuba.
SOLO SHOWS
2016 20 Segundos de Puesta de Sol, K-51, Open Studio, Havana, Cuba
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Galeria Taller Gorria, GTG.
2018 Unanime Presencia, XXX Anniversary of Casa de las Americas Benito Juarez.
2017 Hommage, French Alliance.
2017 XIV Panorama Salon, Galeria Wilfredo Lam. First Prize. August 2017 – El Oficio, Revista de arte y literatura Magazine
2017 El Oficio, Revista de arte y literatura Magazine
2017 Humo Blanco, Ludwig of Cuba Foundation.
2017 Anatomia del Cambio, Galeria Angerona, Artemisa.
2016 Arts Palace Napoles, PAN, Italia, Paloma Art Project. First Prize.
2016 Espacio Altamira.
2016 Ludwig of Cuba Foundation.
2015 XII Havana Biennial.
2014 Pabellon Cuba.
COLLECTIONS
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami, FL, USA.
Jorge M. Perez Collection, Miami, FL, USA.
El Oficio: Revista de Arte y Literatura Magazine Collection, Havana, Cuba.
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WONDERLAND
Collective Exhibition curated by Claudia Taboada April 21 - July 6, 2024Collective exhibition exploring the human psyche, where the viewers can experience a sanctuary of the mind, a refuge from the chaos of the world.Read more -
Carbon
Serlian Barreto April 2 - June 4, 2022 Pan American Art ProjectsCarbon, by Serlian Barreto, curated by Claudia Taboda, is a series composed of work produced over the last two years as a homage to his grandfather, who is a life-long...Read more
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PINTA MIAMI 2023
GROUP SHOW December 6 - 10, 2023MIAMI, FL | We are pleased to announce our participation in the Pinta Miami Art Fair, Booth B6. Immerse yourself in a curated collection that...Read more -
Contemporary Art Auction
Charity Sale to support Fountainhead Arts, Miami, FL May 3 - 15, 2022May 3 — 15, 2021 MIAMI, FL | April 14, 2021. Pan American Art Projects is pleased to announce Contemporary Art Auction , a charity...Read more -
Intersect Palm Springs 2022
GROUP SHOW February 10 - 13, 2022Intersect Palm Springs is a boutique fair that brings together a dynamic mix of Modern and Contemporary Art and Design galleries, and is activated by...Read more