About

Since 2003, Barbara Minishi’s creative path continues to guided by transformation, curiosity and desire for connection.

From her roots in the fashion and editorial photography, she has expanded her practice into the realms of film, sound design, and leading conceptual workshops, all while exploring the depths of her matrilineal lineage and the eco-feminine through her ongoing multimedia project, "The 13th Path."

In 2022, She directed and showcased her first VR (virtual reality) immersive project, Utawala, and created her multimedia NFT collection, Psalms of The Liminal, and directed her first short fiction film, Inheritance.

In 2022 she was inaugural Africa and Middle East regional winner Fujifilm GFX Challenge Grant 2021 https://fujifilm-x.com/global/special/gfx-challenge-program/2021/ for her project, Utawala, a travelling portrait series on women creating legacy.

Barbara's creative journey is a testament to the power of listening to the inner call, embracing change, and redefining the boundaries of artistic expression.

Her fiction directorial short film debut, “Inheritance”, about a young woman reclaiming her voice is had its Kenyan premiere in March 2024 and won Best Foreign Film at the Lois Weber Film Festival in March 2025. It will be travelling globally with debuts at Langston Seattle Film Festival and at New York African Film Festival festivals from spring 2025.

Beyond visual architecting through film, photography and XR, Khaliyesa is also a powerful cultural connector and transformative speaker and coach who guides others to tap into their shadow and  create from their wholeness.

She is currently the first East and Central Fujifilm X-Photographer and Ambassador, a partnership that amplifies what she has built from two decades of consistent value and vision practice,  across process and engagement.  

She has themed 2025 onwards as "Enchantment", a multi disciplinary, 3 chapter mythopoetic practice centred on Inscendence, Eco-Alchemy and Legacies for the next decade.

Within Enchantment are creative projects, immersive workshops and a global online and physical community.  

All vision partnerships, commissions and collaboration will align and leverage the transformation portfolio, legacy canvas of the Enchantment matrix.

She welcomes collaborative and sponsorship support and is available for Directing and Photography commissions worldwide.

Limited single edition art prints are also available for collection.

She can be reached on Barbara.minishi@gmail.com