HYPER FEMME - Mass Gallery

HYPER FEMME - From my earliest memories, my culture has been a purveyor of a pre-packaged image of femininity. From the sultry mexican weather girls on Telemundo to the busty women emblazoned with the Tecate logo during boxing matches I would watch with my Dad on Showtime. In adulthood, social media echoes stereotypes, reducing the diversity of Mexican femininity to simplistic archetypes. The journey to find my own expression of femininity and reclaim my sexual agency has been a personal hellscape because of societal expectations and imposed identities. Within this struggle, there is empowerment—a reclamation of the spicy Latina trope, turned on its head and transformed into a symbol of self-expression.

The work intertwines the sacred and the earthly, weaving together imagined imagery of Catholic saints, found photographs, and personal snapshots. These works, adorned with irony, hyper-sexuality, and femininity, delve into the dual nature of the feminine mystique. These works act as a catalyst for public discourse, urging the viewer to confront the external forces that shape our perceptions of femme expression.

It is my hope that these pieces spark conversations about the intricacies of identity, encouraging a collective reevaluation of the narratives that influence our understanding of FEMME.