Trinidad Barros
María Trinidad Barros graduated in Bachelor of Arts at the Catholic University of Chile (2015). Has participated in the Pilotenkueche art residency in Leipzig-Germany, worked with the theatrical designer Daniela Vargas, participated in textile workshops with the designer Maritxu Heuty, and complemented her studies in the Freie Universität of Berlin.
Among the exhibitions in which she has participated stand out: Campo difuso, CV Gallery (2022); Arte Joven. Artespacio Gallery (2021); Leave locked, Balmaceda Gallery, Santiago, Chile (2019); Young Art Contest, MAC Museum, Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile (2018); Form and subversion, Catholic University of Temuco. Temuco, Chile (2018); When the body transgresses the norm, Espacio Vilches, Santiago, Chile (2018); Flugbahn. Pilotenkueche, Leipzig, Germany (2018); Unheimlich, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig, Germany (2018); Kaleidoscope GmbH, Ping Pong Gallery, Leipzig, Germany (2017); Seminar, Chilean Society of Psychoanalysis ICHPA, Santiago, Chile (2017); Young Art Contest, MAC Museum, Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile (2016); South- south Project, CAS Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (2016); (In) Local Code, Centex, Valparaiso, Chile (2015); Blind date, Balmaceda Gallery, Santiago, Chile, (2014); Obra Escuela, Curator Camilo Yañez, Macchina Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
Among the exhibitions in which she has participated stand out: Campo difuso, CV Gallery (2022); Arte Joven. Artespacio Gallery (2021); Leave locked, Balmaceda Gallery, Santiago, Chile (2019); Young Art Contest, MAC Museum, Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile (2018); Form and subversion, Catholic University of Temuco. Temuco, Chile (2018); When the body transgresses the norm, Espacio Vilches, Santiago, Chile (2018); Flugbahn. Pilotenkueche, Leipzig, Germany (2018); Unheimlich, Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig, Germany (2018); Kaleidoscope GmbH, Ping Pong Gallery, Leipzig, Germany (2017); Seminar, Chilean Society of Psychoanalysis ICHPA, Santiago, Chile (2017); Young Art Contest, MAC Museum, Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile (2016); South- south Project, CAS Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (2016); (In) Local Code, Centex, Valparaiso, Chile (2015); Blind date, Balmaceda Gallery, Santiago, Chile, (2014); Obra Escuela, Curator Camilo Yañez, Macchina Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
"My artistic research investigates the human body, skin and clothing and the way in which these elements dialogue and conform, autonomously and together, the body and appearance of an individual. Through clothing, textiles and painting, I explore the materiality and form of those elements. As well as the metaphorical relation between these, where the skin begins to look more like a garment that surrounds us and we cannot change, and the clothing a second skin that we choose and transform daily.
In the last years I have been investigating and developing a set of works that put in question the link between “the bestial” and “the human”. These seek to demons- trate the origin and the animal condition of the Homo sapiens, problematizing the relation between humans and other animals. Starting from the shamanic and spiritual perspectives from Latin-American cultures, to also current issues about the established links that derive, throughout cultural history, in the abuse and human domain over other species." (Trinidad Barros)
In the last years I have been investigating and developing a set of works that put in question the link between “the bestial” and “the human”. These seek to demons- trate the origin and the animal condition of the Homo sapiens, problematizing the relation between humans and other animals. Starting from the shamanic and spiritual perspectives from Latin-American cultures, to also current issues about the established links that derive, throughout cultural history, in the abuse and human domain over other species." (Trinidad Barros)