Oakland-based painter and visual artist + archivist. 

Self-taught in the arts, Barnes’ calls on beginnings in film and photography to inform a multi-dimensional body of work that is cinematic.

By melding documentation with artistic expression, they invite viewers to confront their own narratives, encouraging a collective awakening, communal (melanated) homecoming and admittance to our interconnected archives.




solo exhibitions

REMNANTS OF REVERIE
Theresa Brockett Collections
SF, CA - 2024


RENAISSANCE OF RECLAMATION Schlaumer Haus Gallery
SF, CA - 2024    



group exhibitions


BACK COWBOYS: AN AMERICAN STORY Autry Museum of the American West
Los Angeles, CA - 2025


SAVED YOU A SPOT
Arrived Collective
Oakland, CA - 2024


ECHOES OF THE NEW FRONTIER II
Col Gallery
SF, CA - 2024



ECHOES OF THE NEW FRONTIER
Col Gallery
SF, CA - 2024


MANE ‘N TAIL
Casemore Gallery
SF, CA - 2024



COMPLEX COMPLEXIONS
SFLGBT Center
SF, CA - 2024

   
QUEER KICKS
Schlaumer Haus Gallery @ COMPLEXCON
Long Beach, CA - 2023


BEYOND TIME
Wolfpack Studios
Oakland, CA - 2023

   

ARRIVED COLLECTIVE x Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY - 202
 

THE FEELS 7 - Featured Artist Seattle, WA - 2023


ART IN BLOOM
Black Girls Greenhouse
Oakland, CA - 2022


WHAT DO YOU SEE?  
Art Show + Night Market

Hey Neighbor Cafe
SF, CA


   
THE FEELS 5

The Feels Foundation

Virtual Showcase - 2021

   
THE FEELS 3
The Feels Foundation

Seattle, WA - 2019  
 

THE FEELS 2
The Feels Foundation
Seattle, WA - 2018




Artist TalksBlack Cowboys, Black Art 
MoAD x Oakland Public Library
2024


Panel discussion  
Airbnb Black@ Presents: 
Black Imagination, Agency, and Ownership
2024




Press
ComplexCon 2023 Art Programming: 'Queer Kicks' Experience, FUTURA, and More’
COMPLEX,
by Trace William Cowen
2023            






: ART, FILM, PHOTO





























Large mural piece for ReLove Oakland 

Design pays homage to the 




5. Test Project

Ipsuma Dolor, Quas Fugiat dolorem
1974
5-7/8 x 4-1/4 inches
eaque voluptate consequi on dolor









8. Test Project
Molestiae natus veritati
Ipsum Dolore, 1991
Quos Ratione