Miina Barrera Pinochet
  • Recent projects
    • The Silent Grammar of Decay
    • Timethreads
    • Tundmatuil vetel/ On Unknown Waters
    • The Power of Dreaming to el Mesa
    • Ghost party
    • Powerplant. What Gives You Energy?. Video
    • white nights with a black sun
  • Paintings
  • Drawings
  • Videos
  • Performances
  • Fluidum Ensemble
  • CV

​MIINA BARRERA P.

Born in 1991 in Tartu, Estonia
​Currently living and working in Kassel, Germany

​Contact: [email protected]
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EDUCATION

2022-...  Kunsthochschule Kassel, Fine Arts, Mounira Al Solh class

2017-2019   Estonian Academy of Arts, contemporary Arts​. Estonia

2018-2019   Kunsthochschule Kassel, Fine Arts, exchange studies. Germany

2015/2016   Universität der Künste Berlin, Fine Arts, exchange studies. Germany

2013-2016   Estonian Academy of Arts, Fine Arts, painting, BA. Estonia
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2011-2013   Tallinn University of Technology Tartu College, landscape design. Estonia

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MEMBERSHIP

2025   
Member of the Estonian Artists' Accociation

2025   Member of the Estonian Painters' Association

2024   Co-founder of the artist collective Fluidum Ensemble


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025   Lagunemise vaikne grammatika/ The Silent Grammar of Decay. Thule Koda Museum, Kuressaare. Curated by Hanna-Liisa Lavonen

2017   Mõjuväli/ The Field of Influence. Võru Town Gallery, Võru, Estonia

2013   Element: Dance. Cultural Club Nälg, Tartu, Estonia

2011   Ilmatäiusesse sulamise püüe/ Trying to Melt into the Weather. Tartu Raatuse School, Tartu


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025   Fluidum Ensemble "Ajalõimed/ Timethreads". Thule Koda Museum, Kuressaare, Estonia

Rundgang 2025 – eXtase. KhK Kassel, Germany


Persistent Ruptures. WH22, Kassel, Germany
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2024   Sinu Keha/ Your Body. Exhibition of the Estonian Painters Association. Kadrioru Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. Curators: Tiiu Rebane, Triinu Soikmets

Tundmatuil vetel/ On Unknown Waters. Raplamaa Contemporary Art Center, Rapla, Estonia. Curated by Riin Pallon and Triinu Soikmets

The Power of Dreaming to el Mesa. Säulengang KhK. Kassel, Germany

ARS Film Festival – AFF 2024. ARS Art Factory, Studio 98. Tallinn, Estonia ​

Somewhere, Over the Rainbow. Estonian Painters Association’s annual exhibition. The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia. Curated by Jaan Elken

Made in Estonia Maraton. Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn, Estonia

Roaminale #3. Roam Gallery, Berlin, Germany


2023   Ghost Party. Austellungshalle KhK, Kassel, Germany. Curated by Titus Nouwens

Estonian Painters Association’s annual exhibition. The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia. Curated by Jaan Elken

Guilty of Cardboard Pleasures. Hafenstrasse 76, Kassel, Germany


2022   White Nights with a Black Sun. Ook visitor Centrum, Neue Brüderkirche Kassel, Germany

​Videoscreening. Rundgang Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany
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2018   Annual Exhibition of Tartu Art. Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia. Curated by Margus Meinart

Meelte kaardistamine/ Mind Mapping. Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by Kristi Kongi and Merike Estna

AUTONOMIE. Rundgang 2018. Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany

Kodus ja võõrsil/ Home and Away. Viljandi Town Gallery, Viljandi, Estonia

Tallinn Art Week. 
Freedom Square, Tallinn, Estonia

Radical Peace. Nordstadtpark, Kassel, Germany

Muse. Gallery 3,14, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by Olesja Semenkova

ARS Film Festival – AFF 2018. ARS Project Space,Tallinn, Estonia



2017   Annual Exhibition of Tartu Art. Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia. Curated by Peeter Krosmann

Artбаза. Astangu ammunition depot, Astangu, Estonia. Curated by Jaan Toomik, Vladimir Dubossarsky

Maalipidu/ Painting Party. EKKM cafe. Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM). Tallinn, Estonia

Mina ka. Old Võromaa Cultural Center, Võru, Estonia. Curated by Piret Kullerkupp

Estonian Painters' Association Annual Exhibition. The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia. Curated by Jaan Elken



2016  Combobulate My Face, Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, Estonia

Estonian Painters' Association Annual Exhibition. The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia. Curated by Jaan Elken



​2015   Suur saar. Liiva parsonage, Muhumaa, Estonia. Curated by Kadri Tüür

Tartu Young Art Auction Exhibition. Tartu Centre for Creative Industries, Tartu, Estonia

Annual Exhibition of Tartu Art. Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia. Curated by Eike Eplik

Estonian Painters Association’s annual exhibition. The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia



2014   Tartu Art House end of Year Exhibition. Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia

Tartu Young Art Auction Exhibition. Tartu Centre for Creative Industries, Tartu, Estonia

Muster 4k. Von Krahl, Tallinn, Estonia


PERFORMANCES:

2025  Veil. Group performance of Fluidum Ensemble. WH22, Kassel

2025   Out of Focus. Group performance of Fluidum Ensemble. Austellungshalle KhK, Kassel

2024   Recall The Power of Dreaming. Group performance of Fluidum Ensemble. Rundgang KhK, Kunsthochschule Kassel

2023   Lost & Found. Austellungshalle KhK, Kassel. Collaboration with Lucia Westphal. Curated by Titus Nouwens

2022   Interwowen bodies. Group performance. Goreography by Lara Pigorsch. Auepark, Kassel 

2018   Whispers in a Room: The Nights of Hazy Eyes. Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

Whispers in a Room. Viljandi Town Gallery, Viljandi, Estonia

​A Tangled Clump of Thistles and Nettles are Blazing in the Afternoon Fire. Mensawiese, Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany

Circle Dance. Collaboration with Franziska Ullrich. Radical Peace. Nordstadtpark, Kassel, Germany

2017  I will breathe you away. Astangu ammunition depot, Astangu, Estonia

The Shelter of Darkness. Around Tallinn, Estonia

Painting Party. EKKM Café, Tallinn, Estonia

2016  On Oath. Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, Estonia


SCREENINGS:

2024 ARS Film Festival – AFF 2024. ARS Art Factory, Studio 98. Tallinn, Estonia 

Made in Estonia Maraton. Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn, Estonia

Roaminale #3. Roam Gallery, Berlin, Germany

​2022 Videoscreening. Rundgang Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany

2018 
ARS Film Festival – AFF 2018. ARS Art Factory, Project Space, Tallinn, Estonia


PUBLICATIONS:
2020  Illustrations for Mart Alaru's book "Pimeduse raadio". Published by Omailm. Estonia


WORKS IN COLLECTION:
Private collections in Estonia, Germany, Italy, Chile and United States


PRESS:
https://echogonewrong.com/threads-of-eco-art-a-conversation-with-the-artist-miina-barrera-pinochet/

echogonewrong.com/photo-reportage-for-the-exhibition-the-silent-grammar-of-decay-by-artist-miina-barrera-pinochet-at-thule-koda/

https://echogonewrong.com/photo-reportage-from-the-video-installation-timethreads-by-the-artist-collective-fluidum-ensemble-at-thule-koda-in-kuressaare-estonia/ 

https://sonumid.ee/2024/10/29/tundmatus-ja-alateadvus-kaasaegses-maalikunstis/

https://nordhessen-rundschau.de/nhr-kunstszene/rueckblick-persistent-ruptures-in-der-wh22-in-kassel/

https://www.hna.de/kassel/detox-vom-alltag-beim-rundgang-in-der-kunsthochschule-kassel-93199179.html

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  • Recent projects
    • The Silent Grammar of Decay
    • Timethreads
    • Tundmatuil vetel/ On Unknown Waters
    • The Power of Dreaming to el Mesa
    • Ghost party
    • Powerplant. What Gives You Energy?. Video
    • white nights with a black sun
  • Paintings
  • Drawings
  • Videos
  • Performances
  • Fluidum Ensemble
  • CV