María Cuéllar (1996, Barcelona, ​​Spain)

María is a multidisciplinary artist who expresses herself through oil painting, sculpture, photography, and contemporary dance-performance.

She has formal education in Classical Dance from the IESA Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona (UB).

Her work is considered a hybrid between her personal experiences and expression, challenging the limits of how we, as humans, perceive our identity and confronting what fits—or doesn’t—within the social contract. Each of her compositions offers a unique alternative to reality. Cuéllar’s paintings emerge from the act of improvisation, followed by intuitive movements. As a sensory response through the use of space and color, she captures and transmits emotions, thoughts, and bodily sensations into her narratives.

The central theme of her work is human relationships. She freely exposes her needs and desires as a way to manifest and provoke a different perspective in the viewer. In her own words, she defines oil painting as a container that retains identities, experiences, and ways of relating to the world.

Permanent artist in Artevistas Gallery