Claudia Cuesta has an M.A. in fine arts from the Slade School of Fine Art, U.K. She has exhibited at; pitt gallery 2003, Indiana University 2001, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art 2000, Contemporary Art Gallery Vancouver 1998, Performance at International Exhibition Chianti Italy 1998, Outdoor installation Rio de Janeiro biennale 1997, Museum of Modern Art Bogota Colombia 1994, Power Plant Toronto 1993, Ikon Gallery Birmingham UK 1992, South Bank Art Gallery UK 1992. She taught until 2008 at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, at the Universidad Nacional, Colombia in 1995 and at various art schools in England from 1989 to 1993. She currently mentors emerging and senior artists. Art work in various art collections, Vancouver art gallery, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Tovell, Canada, Bemis, U.S.A., Schlumberger, Paris.