María Teresa Hincapié (1956 – 18 January 2008) was a Colombian performance artist.
Hincapié came from a dissociated discipline called plastic art, at least in Colombia.
She studied in France, Indonesia, India and Japan where she became a versatile artist with various cultural influences.
[1][2] 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).
[1] Hincapié worked with Colombian and Mexican play directors, choreographers and script writers Alvaro Restrepo and Juan Monsalve in Una cosa es una cosa, Parquedades, Vitrina, and Historias Del Silencio.