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Johana Molina (1987) also known as YoKolina, is an interdisciplinary artist, performer and fashion designer from Cali (CO), living and working in Rotterdam (NL).
Next to her own artistic practice, YoKolina works in various collective and group projects between the fields of visual arts, performance, music and fashion design.
She is co-founder and curator of film festival Cinema Colombiano, drummer of the band Buurtbeheer, and part of the RE#SISTER collective, a community of female/femme/non-binary people exploring the world of electronic music and sound, with a home base at WORM in Rotterdam.

2016 - 2020 BA of Arts, Fashion Design, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2019 Fashion Design, intern at Reconstruct, Amsterdam

2013 - 2016 Nederlands als 2e taal, Rotterdamse Volksuniversiteit

2007 - 2008 Operation of Machinery for Clothing Industry, SENA, Cali, Colombia

2005 - 2007 Vocal technique and auditory training, ERAV, Cali, Colombia

2003 - 2004 Pre-basics on Music, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

2025 Mondriaan Fonds
2024 CBK Rotterdam
2023 CBK Rotterdam

2023 Residency at CORPO; solo exhibition + performance, Rotterdam

2026 Jan. Group exhibition Thinking in Textile at Nieuw Charlois, Rotterdam
2026 Jan. Performance with RE#SISTER during 25 Hour Radio Relay, WORM, Rotterdam
2025 Dec. Charlois flag - design flag for wijkraad Charlois, Rotterdam
2025 October Participant exhibition + fashion show + performance during Charlois Fashion Week, Rotterdam
2025 Sept. 10 years of Cinema Colombiano - Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn - Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam - WORM, Rotterdam
2025 Sept. Participant during Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend at attent_projectruimte, Rotterdam
2025 August Performance Bodily Remembering in collaboration with Ana Bravo Pérez - 41st EVA International: Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art at Limerick City Gallery of Art.
2025 June Exhibition Earthbeheer Landing at attent_projectruimte, Rotterdam
2025 March Participant South Explorer Rotterdam at C3 studios
2024 October Costume for WORM 25
2024 August Performance in Wild Summer of Art at Brutus, Rotterdam
2024 January Solo performance at Tiny Tuin #5 at attent_projectruimte, Rotterdam
2024 January Costume design for performance Conjunto Papa Upa in Paradiso,Amsterdam
2023 Sept. Costume design for performance Alex Figueira in Paradiso
2023 Sept. Performance at BUT film festival, Breda
2023 Sept. Textile design for exhibition If we remain silent in collaboration with Ana Bravo Pérez at Casco Art Institute, Utrecht
2023 June Performance and outfit design for Bodily Remembering in collaboration with Ana Bravo Pérez at WORM, Rotterdam and NeverNeverLand, Amsterdam
2023 May Solo performance at Witte Rook, Breda
2023 March Exhibition and solo performance at IDFX, Breda
2022 - 2023 Assistance at Nada van Dalen - Fashion studio
2022 May Solo performance for SCHANDE 3 at Kunst & Complex, Rotterdam
2022 January Design of wearable album for RE#SISTER + music contribution
2019 August Exhibition design + performance for Who am I Becoming? - a project by Natalia Papaeva, Slash Gallery, Rotterdam

2023 - present Dooombieros (or Dooombiamberos) - Experimental cumbia -
various instruments + outfits - Including shows at Galerie 21 Hamburg, Kapitaal Utrecht, Ootje Festival, WORM.

2022 - 2025 INTERRUPCIÓN - Music event dedicated to Latin America and its diaspora - host + organization

2021 - present Buurtbeheer - drummer at the social-housing punk band -
Including shows at BUT Film Festival, Sound of the Underground, V11, Varia, WORM, Welcome To The Village

2021 - present RE#SISTER - Member of the electronic music collective

2020 - present Cinema Colombiano Radio - Radio maker at Radio WORM

2015 - 2025 Film festival Cinema Colombiano - Co-creator - host + organization