María Teresa Hincapié

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Maria Teresa Hincapie was a well known Colombian performance artist. She was born in 1956 in Armenia the capital of the department of Quindio. She died from breast cancer on the 18th January 2008. Her initial studies were in acting and she developed her work towards the camp of performance art, where she stood out as being at the vanguard of this artistic field in Colombia.

[edit] Biography

She studied in France, Indonesia, India and Japan. She was a member of the theatrical group Acto Latino (Latin Act). She obtained first prize at the XXXIII Salon of Colombian Artists in 1990 with her work Una cosa es una cosa.

[edit] Exhibitions

2006 27° Bienal São Paulo Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo

2005 51st International Art Exhibition - Always a little further La Biennale di Venezia, Venecia

2001 I Bienal de Valencia - The Body of Art Bienal de Valencia, Valencia Da Adversidade Vivemos - Artistes d'Amérique latine - Carte blanche à Carlos Bas Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris