ArnoldBarretto

About

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


Arnold Barretto is an Indian artist based in Dubai, UAE, whose multidisciplinary practice spans photography, printmaking, and bookmaking. His work explores themes of identity, space, desire, with an emphasis on that which is personal.

Working primarily with analog processes, Barretto emphasizes the tactile nature of image-making and the quiet intimacy of printed matter. His approach is also rooted in the physicality of materials, inviting slower, more contemplative engagement.

He has participated in group exhibitions across the United States and the UAE. In 2023, he was selected as a fellow of the Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship (SEAF), a prestigious 10-month program for emerging UAE-based artists, conducted in partnership with the Rhode Island School of Design.

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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