Mauro Antonio Barreto has presented his work in solo exhibitions at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Spellerberg Projects (Lockhart, TX), Central Texas College (Killeen, TX), and the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art (San Angelo, TX). He earned a BA in art from Yale University and an MFA in photography from the University of Hartford, and is currently an adjunct professor at Lipscomb University and Middle Tennessee State University. Barreto lives and works in Nashville, TN.