María Berrío grew up in Colombia and is based in Brooklyn. Her work has been shown as part of significant exhibitions at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA; Nasher Museum of Art, USA; Prospect.4 Triennial, New Orleans; and the Museo del Barrio, New York. The artist’s first survey show María Berrío: Esperando mientras la noche florece (Waiting for the Night to Bloom) was on view at The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach from January until May 2021. Her work is currently featured in Women Painting Women, on view at The Modern, Fort Worth, 15 May–25 September 2022. Also this year, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami is displaying recent acquisitions for the first time, including Berrío’s 2020 sculpture The Petition, until 30 October 2022. Additionally, the artist’s work will be included in a major group exhibition opening in September 2022 at The DePaul Art Museum in Chicago, titled A Natural Turn.

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.