* 1987, Mérida, Mexico

Under the figure of the macho sentimental, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane resists the traditional notions of mexicanidad and its relationship with the feminine and masculine. Whether through fashion, performance, painting or installation, all of her works present the anxieties and fears of daily life to question pleasure and domination within a hegemonic masculine society.

Past solo exhibitions and performances include: New Lexicons of Embodiment, kurimanzutto, New York (2023); Sánchezkaneismo, kurimanzutto, Mexico City (2022); Prêt-à-Patria, as part of Siembra, kurimanzutto, Mexico City (2021); Latino Couture, Museo Experimental el Eco, Mexico City (2020); Macho Sentimental vol. II, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2019); Las Puertas al Sentimentalismo, Licenciado Gallery, Mexico City (2019); Macho Sentimental vol. I, Grand Tour Studio, Milan (2018); Vast Graveyard of the Missing, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA Los Angeles), CA (2017), among others.

Past group exhibitions include:  La Mano Negra, guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico (2023); Vida Social, Galería Agustina Ferreyra, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2023); Everything here is volcanic, Friedman Benda, New York (2023); Diseño en femenino. México 1940–2022, Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City (2022); TODOS JUNTOS (All Together), kurimanzutto, New York, NY (2022); Do we dream under the same sky, Okayama Art Summit, Japan (2022); Calor Universal, Pace Gallery, East Hampton, New York, NY (2022); Para Morelio, PEANA, Mexico City (2021); De por Vida, Company Gallery, New York, NY (2021); en llamas, LLANO, Mexico City (2021); OTRXS MUNDXS, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2020); SEÑORA!, MEYER*KAINER, Vienna, Austria (2020); Prince·sse·s des villes, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2019), among others. Sánchez-Kane’s work was chosen to represent Mexico in the 60th Venice Biennale (2024).

Sánchez-Kane lives and works in Mexico City.