María Magdalena Campos-Pons (Matanzas, 1959. Lives in Nashville) creates works that address themes such as history, memory, gender, and religion, investigating the role they play in the formation of identity. Her practice brings together photography, painting, sculpture, film, video, and performance. Campos-Pons has participated in international exhibitions and biennials and has been the subject of solo exhibitions in museums around the world, including the Brooklyn Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles), which presented her multimedia show Behold. In 2023, she was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship. She currently holds the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair and is a Professor of Fine Arts at Vanderbilt University, where she founded the Engine for Art, Democracy & Justice program.