Maria Bellido

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@merbtr

Born and raised in Madrid, Spain.

Lived in NY, Copenhagen and, now, London.

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I like to tell stories and visualize myself as a mediator between a reality (a fact, a product) and a portrait (an idea, a story) through a medium, be it words, visuals, sounds, movements or flavours, you name it.

Currently finalising the Msc Applied Psychology in Fashion I bring psychology into my practice, taking inspiration from cognitive and social dynamics when developing concepts and bringing them to life.

Obsessed with the idea that we're drawn to things we don't fully understand, yet give us a sense of potential insight; a lot of my work (both in the creative and academic fields) is devoted to this idea of little discrepancies making life meaningfu.

I’m currently exploring the intricacies of taste and its emotional meaning. Why is bad taste interesting? How what is considered “beautiful” can easily become “ugly” and vice versa? What does beauty mean?