María Camila Cepeda  (1996) is a Colombian artist based in the UK. After a traditional education in painting and drawing in Bogotá, she moved to the UK to study a BA in Fine Art Sculpture in Leeds Arts University and an MA in Fine Art Media at the Slade School of Fine Art. With increasing interest on the way in which fictioning in art can be used to create political commentaries, and can be generally used to explore our reality through a lens that allows us to get rid of preconceived ideas and perceptions, her work looks at creating characters, worlds, and situations that emerge from fantasy and make-believe. Recent exhibitions include “Strange Fairy tales” in Kunming, China (2021), “ The next Big Thing showreel” in Bury Art Museum (2022), and  “London Grads Now” at Saatchi gallery (2022). María was the Almacantar Award winner for the Slade School of Fine art in 2021 and one of three commissioned emerging artists for Leeds Arts University 2022 curatorial programme.