Nuria Quevedo Teixidó (born 18 March 1938) is a Spanish painter and graphic artist, affiliated with the Communist Party, who has lived in Berlin since age 15.
In 1945 mother and daughter moved to Barcelona, and in 1952 they returned to meet with their father in East Berlin, where they would settle permanently.
[3] In East Berlin Quevedo studied at the Higher School of Visual and Applied Arts in Weissensee, with Werner Klemke [de], Arno Mohr, and Klaus Wittkugel, later becoming a student at the East German Academy of Arts.
[1][2] Quevedo's work is characterized by using the human figure to create her own visual language, through which she invites a reflective interpretation.
[6] In addition to being a painter, Nuria Quevedo wrote a book together with Mercedes Álvarez in 2012, published by the Museu del Pueblu d'Asturies, FMCE and UP, Ayuntamientu de Xixón, titled Ilejanía.