María Teresa Hincapié

María Teresa Hincapié (1956 – 18 January 2008) was a well known Colombian performance artist.

She was born in 1956 in Armenia the capital of the department of Quindio. 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.

Hincapié 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.

She died from breast cancer on 18 January 2008.

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