CECILIA BARRETO

(b. 1985, Mexico City, Mexico)

Cecilia Barreto develops a rigorous and deeply critical painting practice in which she intertwines visual abstraction, economic analysis, and territorial reflection to examine how global capitalism leaves material and symbolic imprints on society. Her work stands out for its ability to translate financial data—such as stock charts or market indicators—into visual compositions that confront viewers with the invisible languages of power. Over time, she has evolved from directly representing economic phenomena to a more contained painting, where capital emerges as form, texture, or void. Her strength lies in the conceptual coherence with which she addresses complex themes—such as extractivism, abstract value, or landscape violence—resolving them through a refined technical, material, and formal language. In an information-saturated contemporary context, Barreto’s painting not only represents but also thinks, dismantling the system’s visual codes from within the medium itself.