María Teresa Hincapié

María Teresa Hincapié (Armenia, Colombia, 1954 – Bogotá, Colombia, 2008) began her artistic career in 1978, in theatre, as a member of the Acto Latino group, which developed scenic practices inspired by Jerzy Grotowski’s and Eugenio Barba’s teatro pobre (poor theatre), as well as other eastern genres. After travelling the world, Hincapié returned to Colombia, where she began to seek alternative spaces for her artistic creations. She lived with other artists including Doris Salcedo, José Alejandro Restrepo, Álvaro Restrepo, and Mapa Teatro, among others from the contemporary art scene, delving further and further into a long-term performative action. She won first prize at the 1990 XXXIII Salón Nacional de Artistas de Colombia with her work Una cosa es una cosa, and she won the award a second time in 1996 with the work Divina proporción. She has participated in international exhibitions, including the 1^st Valencia Biennale (2001), the 51^st Venice Biennale (2005) and the 27^th São Paulo Biennale (2006).