Carlos Moreno is an Austin-based artist, curator, and cultural worker whose practice explores the intersections of scent, memory, community ritual, and material storytelling. What began as a study in the archives of The Andy Warhol Museum became the foundation for a practice that blends scent, story, and cultural memory into experiences of collective care.

Carlos began his museum career in the Director’s Office internship at Artpace nine years ago before completing a fellowship at The Andy Warhol Museum during his undergraduate studies. That early exposure to conceptual art, archival research, and cultural production opened pathways into understanding how objects, materials, and sensory experience can hold—and transmit—memory.

His institutional background includes Artpace San Antonio, SITE Santa Fe, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, and The Studio Museum in Harlem. Carlos holds a degree in Art History from The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Fine Arts, grounding his practice in research, curation, and cultural stewardship.

Through Barrio Pop Studio, Carlos creates experiences that honor ancestral knowledge, support environmental sustainability, and invite people to encounter art through all their senses. His curatorial vision centers accessibility, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and the belief that art becomes most powerful when it gathers people in community.