Lives and works in Mexico City.

Barrios was part of Programa Educativo SOMA in Mexico City.

His work has been shown in solo shows at Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro (2022); Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, Florida (2021), and Biquini Wax, Mexico City (2016).

At the beginning of 2022, Barrios presented an important series of drawings in the group show Drawing in the Continuous Present, organized by Rosario Güiraldes, at The Drawing Center, New York.

He participated at a group show at CLEARING Brussels titled Les beaux jours (summer 2022). His work was part of OTRXS MUNDXS, a transcendental group show curated by Humberto Moro at Museo Tamayo (2020-2021); he has also exhibited at Aoyama Meguro (2020).

He has been resident artist at Fundación Casa Wabi (Oaxaca, 2019) and International Studio & Curatorial Program (New York, 2018). Barrios' was granted the FONCA Jóvenes Creadores grant during the 2019 – 2020 period under the category of alternative media.

Barrios' work is part of public and private collections such as Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection NYC; Fundación M and Phillips/Yuyito in Mexico City, among others.