Rolando Chang Barrero (1962- ), is an America born artist and graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1990 where he was awarded the Reyerson Fellowship. Recent invitational engagements include The Ringling Museum and The Norton Museum of Art. Recently awarded The Cultural Council of Palm Beach Muse Award for Outstanding Cultural Leadership
Rolando Chang Barrero is an experimental media artist, a visionary, a cultural leader, and an arts advocate for over 40 years. Rolando moved to Palm Beach County in 2011 from Miami Beach where he has maintained a residence since 1980.
Best know for his “Social Justice” art in film, video, painting and art installations. He has recently been nominative for Best Artist of Palm Beach County 2022, as well, Best Art Gallery, Best Activist. Rolando is the recipient of Congressional Letter of Commendation and various Proclamation for Cultural Leadership throughout the years. Most recently he was honored by Palm Beach County declaring June 7th, 2022 as “Artist Rolando Chang Barrero Day.”
As an outspoken artist, community leader, and curator, Rolando Chang Barrero has featured nationally and internationally on CNN, CNN en Español, the New York Times, The MIT Review, and Soledad O’Brien’s “Matter of Fact."
Rolando is the founder of The Boynton Beach Art District, the president and co-founder of Art Synergy and The Florida Arts Association. He maintains a working artists studio behind the highly acclaimed Box Gallery in West Palm Beach.
His curatorial background includes, Latino Fine Arts in Chicago, Center Gallery (Director/Curator), The Frances Wolfson Art Gallery (Director/Curator), The InterAmerican Fine Art Gallery (Director/Curator), Ground Level on Lincoln Road (Co-founder/ curator), and currently working on a new curatorial project at Florida CraftArt in St. Petersburg Florida.
He is the host and founder of Hola Palm Beach, the first bilingual art and culture television talkshow in Palm Beach County.
Artist Statement:
I simply live and experience my life to the fullest everyday. As an artist I chose the best medium to celebrate my experiences.
I’m dedicated to leaving a record of what is possible to experience a legacy to inspire others to live in discovery.
https://activistartista.com/
“All my work has always concentrated on having a cultural context,” says Barrero, who earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. “It’s more like a page of a diary where the themes change based on current events, and I document my thoughts, my responses, to the life I’m exposed to. Everything comes firsthand.”
Rolando Chang Barrero has been recognized as one of the nine most intriguing persons in the regional arts, one of the top green trailblazers, and has received a Congressional Letter of Commendation for his contributions to the advancement of the arts. He is the President of the Florida Arts Association, the co-founder of Art Synergy, and the Director of The Boynton Beach Art District where he has been honored to be Awarded Best Art Exhibition by New Times 2014 and Awarded Best Art Walk by New Times 2013. He is constantly reaching out and bringing in new artists of all types – visual, filmmakers, writers, poets – to join in on the fun.
