Biography
Raul Barquet is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist, independent curator and filmmaker from Staten Island, NY. His artwork has been featured on the cover of FONT Arts & Literature Magazine, on New York 1 Television, on the murals of the 100 Gates Project, the Centrefuge Public Arts Project, and BKLYN House, and is included in collections across the globe. Barquet completed his first film “Flint. For Those Who Dare…” in 2023.
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b.1989 in Staten Island, New York, USA
Honors & Awards
2019 – DCA Art Fund Grant, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY
2017 – Honorable Mention – Mixed Media, 50th Annual S.S.A.G. Juried Fence Show, Staten Island, NY
2017 – DCA Premier Grant, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY
2016 – Winner – Rolling Rock We Paste Poster Competition, Community 54, New York, NY
2016 – Voters Choice – Best Staten Island Artist, Staten Island Advance, Staten Island, NY
2008 – 1st Place – Mixed Media, 41st Annual S.S.A.G. Juried Fence Show, Staten Island, NY
Solo, Collaborative & Two Person Exhibitions
2020 – Old Timers/New Beginnings, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY
2017 – Old Timers: Small Box in the 21st Century, Art Lab Gallery, Staten Island, NY
2012 – Typographic, Sapphire, New York, NY
2008 – Street Side Art Show, Form Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 – 2021 Wheaton Biennial _final_final_FINAL, Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton, MA
2021 – Ressurection, TNC Gallery, New York, NY
2020 – Cryptic + Friends, Cryptic Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020 – Explore: Found Objects, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2020 – Decadence, TNC Gallery, New York, NY
2019 – Trading Cart Art Show III, Gristle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 – Visualizing The Word, Cade Center Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
2019 – Monster, Muneca Arthouse, Patchogue, NY
2019 – Not en Vogue, 5-50 Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2019 – Summer Group Exhibition, Black Diamond Gallery, New York, NY
2019 – Repurposed, Art Haus Projects, Williamsport, PA
2019 – Apartment 5A, Spoke Art, New York, NY
2019 – BOROUGH5, Black Diamond Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 – Winter Is Coming, Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
2019 – Art on the Edge, Atlantic Highlands Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
2018 – Isle of Dogs, Spoke Art & Fox Searchlight, New York, NY
2018 – Epeolatry, Alexi Era Gallery, Eugene, OR
2018 – Robots Will Kill & Friends, My Plastic Heart, New York, NY
2018 – 12 x 12, Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
2018 – Who’s Your Dada, Trash Art Gallery, Mechanicsburg, PA
2018 – Making Muffins, Asbury Park Cat Convention, Asbury Park, NJ (curated by Jenn Hampton)
2018 – Metamorphosis, Black Diamond Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 – Art On The Edge, Atlantic Highlands Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
2018 – Nothing Pretty, Locality Gallery, Bedford, PA
2018 – Shaolin: Into the 36 Chambers, Newhouse Center For Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY
2018 – O Coen, Where Art Thou?, Spoke Art, New York, NY
2018 – Square 1, G.B. Stuart Gallery, CALC, Carlisle, PA
2017 – American Dotard, World Money Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 – All In, Black Diamond Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 – Culture Shock, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2017 – Connotations, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2017 – Image & Word, Kaviar Gallery, Louisville, KY
2017 – Pieced Together, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA
2017 – Trump Won’t Stop Us, Gristle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 – Lucky Numbers, Ripe Art Gallery, Huntington, NY
2017 – Text, Texture, Textile, G.B. Stuart Gallery, CALC, Carlisle, PA
2017 – Marked Urgent: An Exhibition in Defense of Free Press, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 – When Language Meets Art, Christine DeVitt Exhibition Hall, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
2016 – For Arts Sake, Bayonne Community Museum, Bayonne, NJ
Mural Installations
2019 – Richmond Hood Company, Staten Island, NY
2017 – 100 Gates Project, Staten Island, NY
2017 – Day Ones Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2016 – Labyrinth Artists Collective, Staten Island, NY
2016 – Day Ones Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2015 – BKLYN House, Brooklyn, NY
2015 – Centrefuge Project, New York, NY
Workshops
2017 – Lettering For Murals, IlluminArt Productions, IS57, Staten Island, NY
2016 – Summer Nights: Word Art 101, Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY
Professional Service
2025 – Juror, Art Fair 14C Showcase, Jersey City, NJ
2019 – Grant Panelist, Department off Cultural Affairs, New York, NY
2017 – Juror, Bryant Park Artist in Residence, New York, NY
2017 – Grant Panelist, Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY
2016 – Grant Panelist, Staten Island Arts, Staten Island, NY
2013 – Grant Panelist, Staten Island Arts, Staten Island, NY
Exhibitions Curated
2024 – DUO, Harman Projects, New York, NY
2019 – Invitational Typographic Exhibition, Black Diamond Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 – Subversive Communication, Port Exhibitions, Staten Island, NY
2016 – Anamorphic, Port Exhibitions, Staten Island, NY
2016 – Uncensored, Port Exhibitions, Staten Island, NY
2016 – Obscured/Omitted, Port Exhibitions, Staten Island, NY
2015 – Disme, City Bird Gallery, New York, NY
2014 – Femme Fatale, Port Exhibitions, Staten Island, NY
2014 – Black & White, Port Exhibitions, Staten Island, NY
2013 – Greetings from Staten Island, South Beach Library, Staten Island, NY
2012 – An Introduction, Art Lab Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY