María Teresa Hincapié

María Teresa Hincapié (1956 – 18 January 2008) was a Colombian performance artist. Performance art is presented in front of an audience embracing different forms of expressions like dance, theater, music, film and plastic art.

Life and career 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 field of performance art,

In 1990 she obtained first prize at the XXXIII Salon of Colombian Artists with her work Una cosa es una cosa and became a member of the theatrical group 'Acto Latino' (Latin Act).

Artistic career 1981 Historias Del Silencio (Stories of the Silence) 1984 Edipo Rey de Sófocles, directed by Juan Monsalve 1985 Monologue Ondina 1986 Desde La Huerta De Los Mundos 1987 Parquedades 1989 Vitrina 1989 Punto De Fuga 1990 Una cosa es una cosa 1996 Divina proporción Unknown El espacio se mueve Unknown Peregrinos urbanos

Recognition 19901990, First prize at the Salon of Colombian Artists with an eight-hour performance 1996 Primer premio XXXIV Salon of Colombian Artists, Bogotá; 2002 El espacio se mueve despacio (The Space Moves Slowly), Beca del Ministerio de Cultura, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. 2005 51st International Art Exhibition - Always a little further; La Biennale di Venezia, Venecia 2010 Frost Art Museum, FIU, Miami Florida; Installation and exhibit