E. Esperanza is a queer 2-Spirit (they/them) multidisciplinary artist, curator, pole dancer, and award-winning filmmaker of indigenous Zapotec, Mixtec, and mixed-European ancestry. Across mediums their practice incorporates storytelling, myth-making, spirituality, ritual, ceremony, sex-positivity, activism, and archetype. Esperanza’s work has been featured in publications like American Art Collector Magazine, Moviemaker Magazine, OUT Magazine, PAPER Magazine, Filmmaker Magazine, and Rolling Stone. They are currently based in their hometown of Santa Fe, NM, where they paint, model, dance, sling vintage clothing, and play native flute music under the name TECUANI.
In Service of ARTists
Vital Spaces supports local, emerging & BIPOC artists and is inclusive of artists of all ages, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, and countries of origin. By providing affordable space, we provide venues for artists who might not otherwise know one another to come together in community and collaboration. We work to share this collaborative energy with the broader Santa Fe public through our programming.