Francisco De la Barra (b. 1970, Santiago, Chile) lives and work in Montreal, Canada. He works between painting and drawing, as well as with the production of ink washes on paper. De la Barra is interested in the role of memory in the construction of images through the depiction of the male body and of architectural and natural spaces. His work also explores the construction of masculinity and the erotism of the everyday.
He has shown his work in Canada, the United States, Chile, and Argentina. Selected group and solo exhibitions include Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, the McBride Gallery and the Maison de l’architecture du Québec in Montreal, Tufts University and Northeastern University Galleries in Boston, and Samsøn Projects and Hampden Gallery in Massachusetts. He is represented by Paul Petro Contemporary Art.