5 Mexican women artists will each feature a series of 10 works that illustrate an intimate self-portrait and at the same time describe the social conditions they perceive by observing the world around them. This world has been an infusion of two different cultures that have shaped their unique lens: the Mexican and the American. However, their work resonate an upbringing that has been heavily influenced by the traditional Mexican culture, and yet, they express the universal struggles of a minority trying to overcome a lower status in American society defined either by gender or ethnicity.

Ana Teresa Fernández explores the self and the bitter realities of Mexican-American borders in documented performances. She re-enacts mundane activities usually expected from women in the domestic domain and carried out to the public sphere. Verónica Buentello utilizes human and animal organs as protagonists of paintings that give meaning to visceral emotions in a surreal way. Carla Veliz embarks on a spiritual journey through her abstract work, bringing about her childhood memories and messages of reflection and hope. Cristina Velázquez portrays the many duties of a woman and her expectations in society through her dresses filled with a plethora of gendered paraphernalia. Blanka Amezkua depicts empowered women through her embroidery, bringing to mind the popular adult comic magazines that abound in Mexico. She, however, veers them more towards a position of sexual power rather than their usual position of submission in a macho pulp world.