Trinidad Barros
b. Santiago, Chile 1991
Trinidad Barros graduated in Bachelor of Arts at the Catholic University of Chile (2015). Has participated in the Pilotenkueche art residency in Leipzig-Germany (2018), 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 (2013-2014).
Barros recently completed a residency in Künstlerstadt Kalbe Germany (2023) and at Independent Studies V, Chile (2022-2023);
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.
Trinidad Barros graduated in Bachelor of Arts at the Catholic University of Chile (2015). Has participated in the Pilotenkueche art residency in Leipzig-Germany (2018), 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 (2013-2014).
Barros recently completed a residency in Künstlerstadt Kalbe Germany (2023) and at Independent Studies V, Chile (2022-2023);
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)
On the other hand
September 28 - October 19, 2024
"On the other hand" presents a collection of works that investigate the body and its fragments through textile sculpture and painting. The exhibition explores the different forms these representations take, creating an ambiguous dialogue between the fictional and the real, the absent and the present, the visible and the hidden. It invites viewers to imagine and complete, in a gestalt-like manner, the body that lies on the other side of the artwork.
The exhibition proposes new anatomies resulting from the fictional merging of different species, revisiting surrealism and reflecting on the posthuman, simultaneously revealing both the differences and similarities between these bodies and that of the viewer.
"On the other hand" presents a collection of works that investigate the body and its fragments through textile sculpture and painting. The exhibition explores the different forms these representations take, creating an ambiguous dialogue between the fictional and the real, the absent and the present, the visible and the hidden. It invites viewers to imagine and complete, in a gestalt-like manner, the body that lies on the other side of the artwork.
The exhibition proposes new anatomies resulting from the fictional merging of different species, revisiting surrealism and reflecting on the posthuman, simultaneously revealing both the differences and similarities between these bodies and that of the viewer.
Trinidad Barros explores the human body and the metaphorical relationship between skin and clothing. Through textile, sculpture and painting , she delves into the individual’s appearance, identity, and sense of identification. Her work is characterized by a surreal, scientific, and nostalgic aesthetic.
