‘For the past few years, every time I embark on a new series of works I also make a self-portrait. I then hang it near the entrance of my studio so that every time I enter I happen upon it. This serves as a reminder to me to stay present in my practice. This self-portrait was made a year ago, when I started working on the exhibition soon to open at Victoria Miro, titled Flowered Songs and Broken Currents.’ – María Berrío

María Berrío was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1982. Berrío’s work is in permanent collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, USA; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, USA; Pérez Art Museum, Miami, USA and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA, among others. Her work has been shown as part of significant exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA; Nasher Museum of Art, USA; Prospect.4 Triennial, New Orleans; and the Museo del Barrio, New York. The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, is organising the first survey of Berrio’s work, scheduled to open in early 2021. María Berrío: Flowered Songs and Broken Currents, an exhibition of new works, is on view at Victoria Miro, 6 October–27 November 2020.