SP-0001
soft pastel on red pine
SP-0002
soft pastel on red pine  
SP-0003
soft pastel on red pine  
SP-0004
soft pastel on red pine
SP-0005
soft pastel on red pine
SP-0006
soft pastel on red pine

SP-0007
soft pastel on red pine
SP-0008
soft pastel on red pine
RUNOFF
oil pastel on paper
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
oil pastel on paper
PLATE TECTONICS
oil pastel on paper
ROSE GARDEN (WILDFIRE)
oil pastel on paper
STRIKE FAST! O, SWIFT JUSTICE!
oil pastel on paper
ROSE GARDEN (FLOOD)
oil pastel on paper
GOLFO DE AMÉRICA
oil pastel on paper
ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ
oil pastel on paper
OAK
oil pastel on paper
SEISMOGRAPH I (MANGO FOREST)
oil pastel on paper
SEISMOGRAPH II (FIREFALL)
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SEISMOGRAPH III (MIAMI BEACH)
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EVERGLADES (LOW HANGING)
oil pastel on paper
EVERGLADES DUSK
oil pastel on paper
I make drawings, paintings, and sculptures about my place in the great outdoors and the conflict of my identities as the son of immigrants, a gay man, and as a dutiful citizen.

Antwerp, Belgium 2025Photo by Megan Briggs
The Residency at Flora in Denver, ColoradoPhoto courtesy of the artist


Geovanni Barrios (b. 1999, Miami, FL, based in New Haven, CT) is a classical musician and visual artist whose practice emcompasses sculpture, painting, performance, and installation. Barrios holds a BA in Art History from Yale University and has worked in arts conservation labs at the Yale University Art Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His experiences in the archives, with historical objects, and learning traditional techniques inform his artistic practice. Barrios has been awarded residency-fellowships at the Clyfford Still Museum Institute, Anderson Ranch, the Royal Over Seas League in London, and the Art House Wakefield in Yorkshire, England. He has also performed internationally in Mexico, Brazil, and Germany.

He will be among the inaugural cohort of artists-in-residence at the Flora in the River North District of Denver in the Fall of 2026.