current EXHIBITS

cactusBARN will be exhibiting Leigh Anne Lester  

bitti's GAMBREL will feature the work of Andrei Renteria  

Opening Reception: Friday, July 11, 2025, 5-8 PM

Closing Reception: Friday, August 1, 2025, 5-8 PM

Leigh Anne Lester

Vain Fictions of Our Own Devising, Postscript 

cactusBARN is pleased to present Leigh Anne Lester: Vain Fictions of Our Own Devising, Postscript - a solo exhibition of works by Leigh Anne Lester, on view at our San Antonio gallery from July 4th  to August 3rd, 2025. An opening reception will be held on Friday, July 11th, 2025 from 5:00- 8:00PM. Closing Reception, August 1st, 2025 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Lester is a FY 25 Artist Grant recipient with the City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture. 

Leigh Anne Lester: Vain Fictions of Our Own Devising, Postscript is a continuation of an extensive body of work that explores bioengineering and the genetic modification of plants. In her works, Lester confronts the audience with the allure of “playing god” by manipulating natural occurrences through technology. The viewer is left to wonder if the power to change nature outweighs the possibility of toppling the balance of individual environments and the planet's natural order.

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Andrei Renteria

Fringes: Desaparecidx/ The disappeared  

Fringes is a series figure drawings, presented within a format meant to recall the pages of a notepad used at a crime scene by a detective/reporter. The text, written in a forensic manner, describes the kidnapping, brutal physical and/or sexual assault, endured by each fictitious victim portrayed. The use of lithography crayon to draw the image on a slick surface, aims to voice the state of suspension and vulnerability of the existing evidence for each case and the lack of state commitment to solving each crime. In an attempt at honoring the true victims of Mexico’s war on the narco, the figures are drawn at a life size scale, making it impossible for the viewer to ignore. More importantly it begs the viewer to question what individual responsibility they might hold when such strategies of obscuration are used to plant terror. 

After by appointment please call or text 210-872-2364  

bitti's GAMBREL can be seen anytime by walking by 613 Mission Street