Maria Lopes is an artist/ anthropologist who has a particular interest in neuroscience. Maria moved to London in 1996 to study at university. Whilst reading European Studies she realised politics wasn't where her heart was. In 2001 she created neo-dogma-non (ndn) and started to paint. Following a period of globetrotting Maria went back to London and in 2007 decided to read for an MSc in Social Anthropology at UCL.

 

With ‘The Lancet’, UCL sponsored ‘The Brain Unravelled’ at the Slade in 2009. 'The Brain Unravelled' brought together some of the greatest names in art, anthropology and neuroscience. This was where Maria declared 'Cartesian Dualism is Dead: Cogito et Sentio ergo Sum' (I think and feel therefore I am). Barbara Follett, then Minister of Culture in the UK, opened the show.



Born in Lisbon in 1977.