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
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
MoAD x Oakland Public Library
2024
Panel discussion
Airbnb Black@ Presents:
Black Imagination, Agency, and Ownership
2024
COMPLEX,
by Trace William Cowen
2023
: ART, FILM, PHOTO
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