A pioneer of Latin American Conceptualism, since the 1960s, Teresa Burga has made works that encompass drawing, painting, sculpture, and conceptual structures that support the display of analytical data and experimental methodologies. Burga studied at the School of Art of the Catholic University of Peru in Lima and later at the Art Institute of Chicago thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship. In 1966 Burga formed part of the Arte Nuevo group, a collective of artists interested in advancing genres of Pop, Minimalism, Op Art, and happenings and contributing vastly to the avant-garde in Peru. During her time in Chicago, Burga made works that questioned traditional artistic authorship, instead of prioritizing conceptual prompts. Meant to be produced and replicated by anyone via highly-detailed schematic diagrams, her boldly-saturated Prismas sculptures, for example, embody both Pop and commercial aesthetics with colorful geometric forms. In other works, like Pictures with a Limited Time (1970) and Work That Disappears When the Spectator Tries to Approach It (1970), Burga invented immersive situations where spectators must activate the environment through the use of their own bodies. In recent drawings, Burga examines cultural customs and scenes of contemporary life in Peru and beyond.