Arnold Barretto (born 1996, India) is an analog photographer, designer, printmaker, and book artist. 


Biography

Arnold Barretto was born in Mumbai, India (1996), and is now based in Dubai, UAE. He received a BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Photography and Graphic Design from The State University of New York at Plattsburgh in 2019. 

In his practice, he explores themes of identity, desire, and queerness, with a focus on that which is intimate and personal.

He served as the Art Director for DoNorth Magazine for two seasons and was the 2020 Production Work Scholar at the Aperture Foundation in New York City. His work is also in the Plattsburgh State Art Museum collection. He is currently a fellow in the 2023 cohort of the The Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship (SEAF), UAE.


Contact

Exhibitions

2024

2022

  • A Slice of Life, Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai, UAE
  • Solo Show: Yalla Habbi, Bayt Al Mamzar, Dubai, UAE
  • NoChella, The Che Cafe, San Diego, USA
  • Resilience, The Brown Building, San Diego, USA 

2019

  • Bare Men: The Group Show , The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Rockefeller Institute of Government 
  • Art Show, Rockefeller Institute of Government, Albany NY NYC  
  • World Pride Exhibition (2019-2020), SUNY Global, New York, NY
  • 100 Dollar Art Show, New York, NY
  • BFA Exhibition 2019, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, NY 
  • College Student Juried Art Exhibition, Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, NY 
  • 120 Intercollegiate Art Regional Show, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, Glens Falls, NY SUNY 
  • Art Student Exhibition Series, SUNY, Albany NY 

2018

  • Migrating Passerines, Pouring Light Studios, Studio lights, NY 
  • Spring Studio Selection, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, NY 

2017

  • Fall Studio Selection, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, NY 
  • Fall Powerline exhibition, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, NY 
  • Summer Studio Selection, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, NY 
  • Migrating passerines, Pouring Light Studios, Studio lights, NY 
  • Spring Powerline exhibition, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, NY 
  • Spring Studio Selection, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, NY


PRESS

AWARDS

  • Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, 2019 – State University of New York, NY, USA
  • Honorable Mention – Top 100, Photographer’s Forum 38th Annual College & High School Photography Contest
  • Finalist – Photographer’s Forum 38th Annual Spring Photography Contest
  • Semi-Finalist, 2018 – Adobe Achievement Awards 
  • Honorable Mention, 2018 –  International Photography Awards
  • Barbara Johnson Parnass Memorial Scholarship for Photography – State University of New York at Plattsburgh, NY , USA

PUBLICATIONS

 

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