María Ortiz (1995, Asturias), also known as ‘Rapacina’, sees drawing as a way of questioning the world. Her work is based on everyday life, but always hides an underlying intention: to point out what is uncomfortable, what is repetitive, what needs to be told in a different way.

She has a degree in Graphic Design (Escuela Superior de Arte del Principado de Asturias) and a postgraduate degree in Teacher Training, specializing in Drawing (University of Oviedo – Asturias, Spain). She attended the VII International Illustration Course directed by Isidro Ferrer and GrassaToro (Albarracín-Aragón, Spain) and completed a distance learning Master’s Degree in Digital Marketing and Social Networks at the Camilo José Cela University.

Since 2016, she has been working as an illustrator, visual artist, and teacher. Her practice ranges from digital to analog, pencil to banner, tenderness to protest. Her projects have been shown in exhibitions, publications, and social media, but above all, they live in the classroom, in the streets, and on the margins from which she draws.