Miina Barrera Pinochet is an Estonian artist, who lives and works mainly in Kassel and Tartu. In 2016, she graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a bachelor's degree in fine arts majoring in painting, and continued her master's studies at Estonian Academy of Arts in the department of contemporary art. Before studying art, she studied landscape design at Tartu College of Tallinn University of Technology. In 2015 Barrera Pinochet was also an exchange student at the University of the Arts in Berlin (UdK). Currently she improves her skills at Kunsthochschule Kassel (KhK), majoring in performance and multidisciplinary practices. Her main mediums are painting, performance and video. Through these she creates intuitive based works, where the emphasis is on the influence of nature, psychology and rituals. She investigates the primordial connection between nature and man, which is increasingly conflicted and blurred in today's artificial environment. She explores various aspects of human nature through empathetic criticism.
Participates in exhibitions since 2011.
née Peterson
Born in 1991 in Tartu, Estonia
Lives mainly in Kassel, Germany
Contact: miina.barrerapinochet@gmail.com
Education:
2022 -... Kunsthochschule Kassel, Fine Arts, Performance and multidisciplinary practices. Germany
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
2011-2013 Tallinn University of Technology Tartu College, Landscape design. Estonia
Solo exhibitions:
2024 Ulgumetsa äärealal/ On the Periphery of the Native Forest. Thule Koda, The Museum of Alternative History, Kuressaare, Estonia
2017 Mõjuväli/ The Field of Influence. Võru Town Gallery, Võru, Estonia
2013 Element: Dance. Culture Club "Nälg", Tartu, Estonia
2012 ÄRATUS!/ Wake up!. Café Nälg, Tartu, Estonia
2011 Ilmatäiusesse sulamise püüe / Trying to Melt into the Weather. Tartu Raatuse School, Tartu, Estonia
Group exhibitions/ projects:
2024 ARS Film Festival – AFF 2024. ARS Art Factory, Studio 98. Tallinn
2024 Somewhere, over the rainbow. Estonian Painters Association’s annual exhibition. The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia. Curated by Jaan Elken
2024 Made in Estonia Maraton. Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn
2024 Roaminale #3. Roam Gallery, Berlin
2023 Ghost Party. Austellungshalle KhK, Kassel, Germany. Curated by Titus Nouwens
2023 Estonian Painters Association’s annual exhibition "Reality and Imagination". The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia. Curated by Jaan Elken
2023 Guilty of Cardboard Pleasures. Hafenstrasse 76, Kassel
2022 Painting "Swimmingpool" at Neue Brüderkirche, Kassel
2022 White Nights with a Black Sun. Ook visitor Centrum, Documenta 15 area, Kassel, Germany
2022 Videoscreening. Rundgang Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany
2020 Illustrations for Mart Alaru's book "Pimeduse raadio". Published by Omailm
2018 Annual Exhibition of Tartu Art. Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia. Curated by Margus Meinart
2018 Meelte kaardistamine/ Mind Mapping. Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by Kristi Kongi and Merike Estna
2018 AUTONOMIE. Rundgang 2018. Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany
2018 Kodus ja võõrsil/ Home and Away. Viljandi Town Gallery, Viljandi, Estonia
2018 Radical Peace. Nordstadtpark, Kassel, Germany. Mentors: Mathilde ter Heijne, Tanja Schomaker
2018 Muse/ Muusa. Gallery 3,14, Tallinn, Estonia. Curated by Olesja Semenkova
2018 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
2017 Artбаза. Astangu ammunition depot, Astangu, Estonia. Curated by Jaan Toomik, Vladimir Dubossarsky
2017 Maalipidu7 Painting Party. Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM). Tallinn, Estonia
2017 Exhibition of Young Estonian Artists. Old Võromaa Cultural Center, Võru, Estonia. Curator by Piret Kullerkupp
2017 JUST NÜÜD! / RIGHT NOW!. The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia. Curated by Jaan Elken
2016 Combobulate My Face, Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, Estonia
2016 Muutuv ja muutumatu. The Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia. Curated by Jaan Elken
2015 Suur saar. Liiva pastorate, Muhumaa, Estonia. Curated by Kadri Tüür
2015 Annual Exhibition of Tartu Art. Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia. Curated by Eike Eplik
2015 Järjepidevus ja uudsus – 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
2014 Tartu Young Art Exhibition. Tartu Centre for Creative Industries, Tartu, Estonia
2014 Muster 4k. Von Krahl, Tallinn, Estonia
Performances:
2023 Lost & Found. Austellungshalle KhK, Kassel. Collaboration with Lucia Westphal
2022 Interwowen bodies. Group performance. Goreography: Lara Pigorsch. Auepark, Kassel
2018 Whispers in a Room: The Nights of Hazy Eyes. Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2018 Whispers in a Room. Viljandi Town Gallery, Viljandi, Estonia
2018 A Tangled Clump of Thistles and Nettles are Blazing in the Afternoon Fire. Mensawiese, Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany
2018 Circle Dance. Nordstadtpark, Kassel, Germany
2017 I Will Breathe You Alive. Astangu ammunition depot, Astangu, Estonia
2017 The Shelter of Darkness. Around Tallinn, Estonia
2017 Painting Party. EKKM Café , Tallinn, Estonia
2016 On Oath. Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, Estonia
Works In Collections:
Private collections in Estonia, Germany, Chile and United States