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.

Exhibitions

• 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
• 2005 51st International Art Exhibition - Always a little further; La Biennale di Venezia, Venecia
• 2006 27° Bienal São Paulo; Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo
• 2010 Frost Art Museum, FIU, Miami Florida; Installation and exhibit

Persondata
Name	Hincapie, Maria Teresa
Alternative names
Short description	Colombian performance artist
Date of birth	1956
Place of birth	Armenia, Quindío
Date of death	18 January 2008
Place of death