María José Murillo (Arequipa, 1989) is a textile artist and researcher, co-founder and member of art collective Noqanchis. Murillo holds a BFA in Painting form Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – PUCP (2006-2011) and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Studiothrough the Fiber and Material Studies department at the school of th Art Institute of Chicago – SAIC (2017-2019). Upon finishing her graduate studies, she moved to the Andes to work under the guidance of Nilda Callañaupa, founder of the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco – CTTC and was entrusted with the institution’s Deoartment of Education. In 2022, she took part in the WIELS contemporary art residency in Brussels (Belgium) after landing the ICPNA Artus WIELS scholarship. Since 2023, she has been a member of the Textile Society of America – TSA Board of Directors, where she is part of the Committe for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She was recently selected to participate in the research residency for art experimentation “Recherches 2024” at TAMAT -Musée de la Tapisserie et des Arts Textiles in Tournai, Belgium.