About the artist

I'm María Peña a visual artist from Asturias, Spain with a Fine Arts degree from Madrid. My artistic path took a nomadic turn early on, thanks to scholarships that led me to London and São Paulo—two cities that deeply shaped how I see and make art. Over the past decade, I’ve worked and spent long periods in places like New York, Port-au-Prince, Bandung, Beijing, Vienna, Sicily and Paris. These experiences taught me to listen to my surroundings and to understand art as a living, shared process. While I began with painting on canvas, my practice now includes unstructured formats, 3D surfaces and street art, from small paste ups to big murals. Since 2018, I’ve created large-scale public artworks for example for the University of Puerto Rico, the European Union in Ethiopia, and international festivals in Paris, Sicily, and Mérida (Mexico). I’ve been based in Paris since 2019, where I balance studio work with site-specific projects. Public space inspires me, its textures, the people. I believe in the social power of art to transform environments and spark dialogue. That’s why I often collaborate with local associations, institutions, and communities, weaving collective stories.

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