Maria Candelaria Traverso is an Argentine artist who lives and works in Maimará, in the Quebrada de Humahuaca. Her practice emerges from the relationships she builds within the territories she inhabits, engaging with forms of knowledge that connect ancestral histories with contemporary experience. Themes of territory, displacement, and informal economies, such as fairs and markets, are central to her work, reflecting a sustained interest in the social and cultural dynamics of place. Traverso’s work is shaped by a research-driven and community-oriented approach. Drawing from frameworks such as community feminisms of Abya Yala, her practice navigates the intersections of memory, identity, and collective knowledge, often situating local narratives within broader regional and historical contexts. Working across installation, material-based practices, and conceptual approaches, she creates works that foreground process, symbolism, and spatial relationships. Her visual language reflects both a sensitivity to material culture and a critical engagement with the legacies of colonialism and the persistence of Indigenous knowledge systems. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including presentations at Fundación Juan March in Madrid and participation in major exhibitions and fairs across Latin America and Europe. She has received several distinctions, including awards at the Salón Nacional as well as the Klemm and Andreani prizes. Her work is held in important public and private collections, including the Museo Reina Sofía. Traverso’s practice situates itself within a broader discourse shaped by lived experience, territory, and collective memory. Her engagement with local knowledge systems and transhistorical narratives advances a critical re-examination of Global South perspectives in contemporary art.