MARIA CEPEDA B.1996
2025
Winter Sculpture Park. Thamesmead, London
All mouth, no trousers, Three Rooms, London
2024
The Universe Within. Copeland gallery, London
Take a Seat. 125 Shaftesbury avenue, London
2022
Comissioned Artist for Leeds Arts University APP programme
London Grads Now 2021. Saatchi Gallery
The next Big Thing Moving Image Award reel. Bury Art Museum
2021
Almacantar Studio Award. Recipient for the Slade School of Fine art 2021-2022
Shaping Spaces Residency. Insert Studios with We Belong Here CIC.
ASK: Our Diverse World, organized by Tsingshua International Conference on Art and Design Education. October [online group show]
ATOPIA. Insert Studios. Leeds. September 10-23
Strange Fairy Tales. Kunming, China. August 14- October 10
Open City Documentary Festival. Slade 150 screening of recent notable alumni. September 11.
(IN)Visible Cities. UK Mexican Arts Society. Curated by Olga Tarasova August 13 - August 22
Summer show (Graduating class of 21'). Slade school of Fine Art. London. July 5-17
Terra Friendz. The new Artist (solo show) [online] Curated by Alexandra McKay. April 21-30
The colour and poetry Simposium reading. [online] 21 March
2020
Platform 1 BloomsburyBloomsbury theatre. London. Performance night. 6-7 February
Words to be looked at l Oxford library. Postponed
2019
Sunny bank mills studio residency/ Runner up Jury’s award. Sunny Bank Mills Gallery
Shortlisted for the Kenneth Armitage Young sculptor prize with special commendation.
Shortlisted for Grizedale residency.Royal society of sculptors
We belong here. The Chapel. Leeds
Pick ‘n’ mix. Pinapple Black Gallery. Middlesborough. August 16-22
Blinked. Free Range.The Old Truman Brewery.London. July 5-8
Blinked. Degree show. Leeds Arts University. June 7-14
Ones to Watch. Sunny Bank Mills. Leeds. March 15- May 11
The Socio-Parasitology Manifesto exhibition. Nunnery Gallery. London. January 10-19
2018
In Real Life Residency. Artcore Gallery. Derby.
In Real Life. Artcore Gallery|Derby. Tom V. der Meulen & Maria Cepeda. October 18- November 1
The Essential. Millepiani | Rome
Routes Roots pop-up. Merrion Centre | Leeds
TWO. Wharf Chambers | Leeds
Just as Nature Intended. Leeds Arts University
2017
Y Not?. Wharf Chambers. Leeds
2016
Fragmented Cities + identities Jorge Jurado Gallery | Bogotá
International Art and Architecture Festival. Venice Art House & Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi. Fragmented identities. Venice
Fabula academy degree show. Fábula gallery. Bogotá
2015
Fábula academy interim show. Fábula Gallery. Bogotá
PRESS AND TALKS>>
22 May 2020
Online Artist talk/ Artcore Gallery
13 December 2019
Artist talk l Leeds Arts University
27 September 2018
Artist Talk: Helen Carr in conversation with Maria Cepeda and Tom Van der Meulen. Artcore Gallery |Derby.
RECENT PRESS
https://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/the-power-of-invisible-community/
EDUCATION
Slade School of Fine Art, UCL. MA Fine Art Media
Leeds Arts University BA (Hons) Fine Art. Sculpture strand.