Born in Cartagena, in 1972; she lives and works in Puerto Colombia. She studied Advertising at the Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano and Plastic Arts at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, where she also obtained a master’s degree in Plastic and Visual Arts.

She has worked as editor of Tropical Goth Magazine and Rosa Lux Press, artistic director of La Usurpadora Proyectos Curatoriales and of Fundación El Huevo y la Gallina. In 2022 she participated as an artistic advisor for the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled “The Milk of Dreams”. She has also worked as a professor of Arts in various universities in Bogotá and Barranquilla.

Throughout her career, María Isabel has had twenty-four solo exhibitions, both abroad and in Colombia