Maria Thereza Alves (born 1960) is an artist whose practice often incorporates the political knowledge to be gained from organic materials. Recent exhibitions include: Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany, 2012; Par ces murs, nous sommes mal enfermés, Musée d’histoire de Nantes, Château des Ducs de Bretagne, Nantes, 2012; and 29th São Paulo Biennial, 2010. Alves lives and works in Berlin. [Last updated 2013]