Artists From Chile — Maria Trinidad Barros

She was born in Santiago de Chile (1991). María Trinidad Barros graduated with a Bachelor of Arts at the Catholic University of Chile (2015). In 2018 she participated in the Pilotenkueche Art Residency in Leipzig-Germany, complemented her studies in the Freie Universität of Berlin (2014), and has developed as an artist and textile designer. Her artistic research is based on her investigation of the human body, skin and clothing, the way these elements dialogue and, autonomously and together, shape the body and appearance of an individual. Through clothing, textiles and painting, Trinidad explores the materiality and form of those elements as well as the metaphorical relation between these; as 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 past years she has developed a set of works that questions the link between “the beast” and “the human”. These seek to demonstrate the origin and animal condition of the Homo sapiens, problematizing the connection between humans and other animals; from the shamanic and spiritual perspectives from Latin-American cultures to current issues about the established links that derive, throughout cultural history, in the human domain and abuse over other species. Among her exhibitions stands out: GIT#6 At home. Itinerante Gallery. Online Exhibition 2020; Leave locked. Balmaceda Gallery. Santiago, Chile 2019; When the body transgresses the norm. Espacio Vilches. Santiago, Chile. 2018; Unheimlich. Alte Handelsschule. Leipzig, Germany. 2018; South- south Project. CAS Gallery. Cape Town, South Africa. 2016; Obra Escuela. Curator Camilo Yañez. Macchina Gallery. Santiago, Chile 2014.

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