At IMMORTAL, Eva Mueller didn’t offer one self — she offered six. Six characters, six emotional frequencies, six ways of refusing the flattening of queer identity.

In her interview, she introduces them like a cast of inner revolutionaries.

Vani Dada, eternally vain and unbothered by time.

Paloma Escura, the freedom fighter who eats small minds for breakfast.

Don Doble, the bisexual joke of patriarchy who answers to no one.

Lola Contessa, the horror slut reveling in her own glorious excess.

Cucu the Clown, because absurdity is sometimes the only honest language left.

And her homage to Frida and La Catrina — a flaming heart, a lineage of pain, and a new body pattern that rewards those willing to really look.

If you know Mueller’s history — from Gender Fuck to the emotional architecture of WOE — you know she’s never chasing polish. She chases truth. What she brought to IMMORTAL wasn’t WOE; it was a fresh constellation of selves born from that same refusal to hide.

These aren’t “characters” so much as survival strategies. Mirrors. Permissions. Proof that queer identity is not a single line but a whole unruly chorus fighting to be seen.

This is the spirit that drives TBQA into 2026: multiplicity, invention, artists who break form rather than shrink to fit it. If you’re building work that lives in that territory — the charged, the strange, the unguarded — TBQA’s residencies and exhibitions are opening their doors again soon. Start thinking about what you want to bring into the room.

IMMORTAL 2025 gave us Mueller’s six selves. 2026 is wide open for whatever you’re becoming next.

Video by @xuanrios

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Vicki Khuzami doesn’t tiptoe into queer art — she cartwheels in with boys, toys, humor, and a collector’s hunger that borders on mythic.

Vicki Khuzami no entra de puntitas al arte queer — entra dando volteretas, con muchachos, juguetes, humor y un hambre de coleccionar que roza lo mítico.

In this interview excerpt, she walks us through her world: tiny erotic drawings, the House of Dolores series, and her beloved cabinet of curiosities that eventually became The Octopusa — a self-portrait in eight arms grabbing every object that sparks joy, desire, or trouble.

En este fragmento de entrevista, nos lleva por su mundo: pequeños dibujos eróticos, la serie de la Casa de Dolores y su gabinete de curiosidades que terminó convirtiéndose en La Octopusa — un autorretrato de ocho brazos recolectando todo lo que enciende alegría, deseo o travesura.

Boys, eroticism, camp, romance-novel covers, gogo-boy ex-husbands… Vicki folds it all in.

Chicos, erotismo, camp, portadas de novelas románticas, ex-esposos gogo… Vicki lo mezcla todo.

And somehow it all lands exactly where queer art thrives: the sweet spot between innocence and heat.

Y de alguna manera aterriza justo donde el arte queer respira: el punto perfecto entre la inocencia y el calor.

Khuzami shows with Soho Project Space (NYC), who joined IMMORTAL this year with their signature bite.

Khuzami expone con Soho Project Space (NYC), quienes se unieron a IMMORTAL este año con su sello inconfundible.

This interview is part of our ongoing series celebrating artists weaving the queer cosmos together — from New York to CDMX and beyond.

Esta entrevista forma parte de nuestra serie que celebra a les artistas que traman el cosmos queer — de Nueva York a CDMX y más allá.

Vicki reminds us: collect what thrills you, draw what compels you, and never apologize for loving too much.

Vicki nos recuerda: colecciona lo que te emocione, dibuja lo que te obsesione y jamás pidas disculpas por amar demasiado.

Video by @xuanrios

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Some artists work with memory like tension.

Algunxs artistas trabajan la memoria como tensión.

In IMMORTAL 2025, Leslie threads fiber, childhood, and survival.

En IMMORTAL 2025, Leslie entrelaza fibra, infancia y supervivencia.

Bodies stretched by thread — adaptation made visible.

Cuerpos estirados por hilos — la adaptación hecha visible.

Her three-dimensional boxes echo a childhood in Venezuela.

Sus cajas tridimensionales evocan una infancia en Venezuela.

A place full of water where nothing grows.

Un lugar lleno de agua donde nada crece.

Desert landscapes. Covered faces. Veils interrupting the world.

Paisajes desérticos. Rostros cubiertos. Velos que interrumpen el mundo.

A veil becomes a symbol of promises never kept.

El velo se vuelve símbolo de promesas incumplidas.

To live behind a veil is to move through distortion.

Vivir tras un velo es moverse dentro de una distorsión.

Leslie’s work lives in that tension — brutal, tender, unforgettable.

La obra de Leslie vive en esa tensión — brutal, tierna, inolvidable.

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Interested in joining TBQA in 2026?

¿Quieres unirte a TBQA en 2026?

Residencies, exhibitions, and TBQA’s

Representation Subscription Model are now open.

Residencias, exhibiciones y el

Modelo de Representación por Suscripción ya están abiertos.

TBQA 2026 Information Session

Sesión Informativa TBQA 2026

A full walkthrough of PASSPORT, LUCHADOR, and IMMORTAL II.

Un recorrido completo por PASSPORT, LUCHADOR e IMMORTAL II.

Date/Time: [Insert here]

Fecha/Hora: [Insertar aquí]

Zoom link in bio.

Enlace de Zoom en el bio.

Come with curiosity — this is where the next year begins.

Llega con curiosidad — aquí empieza el próximo año.

Video by @xuanrios

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Laura Ortiz Vega no solo crea arte—ella negocia entre mundos.

Laura Ortiz Vega doesn’t just make art—she negotiates between worlds.

Sus universos bordados y con cuentas son colisiones de lo ritual y lo Pop, de los ancestros y los punks callejeros, de lo sagrado y lo escandaloso.

Her beaded, stitched universes are collisions of ritual and Pop, ancestors and street punks, the sacred and the scandalous.

Desde IMMORTAL Queer Art Fair en CDMX hasta Dismantled Vol. 10 con Maryland Art Place en Baltimore, su obra derrumba el andamiaje del “arte alto” y el “arte bajo”, tejiendo la libertad de nuevo en la forma.From IMMORTAL Queer Art Fair in CDMX to

Dismantled Vol. 10 with Maryland Art Place in Baltimore, her work tears down the scaffolding of “high” and “low” art, weaving freedom back into form.

Cada cuenta, cada hilo, es diplomacia—una diplomacia rebelde.Every bead, every thread, is diplomacy—a riotous one.🎥 Extracto de entrevista de la serie continua de TBQA que conecta México y Estados Unidos a través de la producción cultural queer.🎥 Interview excerpt from TBQA’s ongoing series bridging Mexico and the U.S. through Queer cultural production.

Video @xuanrios

#LauraOrtizVega #TBQA #IMMORTAL #DismantledVol10 #MarylandArtPlace #QueerArt #LatinAmericanArt #BeadedRebellion #ArtasDiplomacy #FiberArt #Syncretic #QueerMexico #ContemporaryArt #CDMXtoBaltimore

SoHo Project Space NYC brought their signature blend of sensuality, body, and boldness to IMMORTAL — showing how art can bridge cultures, languages, and desires. Their presence reminded us that visibility is not a trend; it’s a responsibility we share across borders.

En este video, @sohoprojectspacenyc nos da la bienvenida a su exhibición en IMMORTAL, celebrando el cuerpo humano, lo erótico, lo sagrado, y el poder de crear comunidad a través del arte. Gracias por ser parte de esta historia y por ayudarnos a construir una red queer sin fronteras.

#IMMORTAL #TBQA #SoHoProjectSpaceNYC #QueerArtFair #CDMX #NYC #ArtAsRitual #QueerVisibility #EroticAsPolitical #CuerpoSagrado #GlobalQueerExchange #CommunityNotCompetition

From the heart of Mexico City, Dossier @dossier_art - sits down with The Bureau of Queer Art (TBQA) to talk about the birth of IMMORTAL, Mexico’s first Queer Art Fair.
Desde el corazón de la Ciudad de México, Dossier conversa con The Bureau of Queer Art (TBQA) sobre el nacimiento de IMMORTAL, la primera feria de arte queer en México.

Between ofrendas, bodies, and collective memory, we explore how queer art is rewriting history — not from pain, but from permanence.
Entre ofrendas, cuerpos y memorias colectivas, hablamos de cómo el arte queer está reescribiendo la historia — no desde el dolor, sino desde la permanencia.

The episode is in Spanish with English subtitles.
El episodio está en español con subtítulos en inglés.

Listen. Watch. Feel.
La inmortalidad no es un mito, es comunidad.

🎧 Now streaming on @dossier_cdmx
📍Recorded at Lisboa 46, CDMX
🎥 In collaboration with @thebureauofqueerart

#IMMORTAL #TBQA #DossierCDMX #QueerArtFair #ArteQueer #DiaDeMuertos #QueerMexico #TheBureauOfQueerArt #Lisboa46 #QueerVisibility #PodcastMexico #QueerCommunity #ArteContemporáneo

“I wanted the ofrenda to rise, to move the way glaciers move—slow, unstoppable, reshaping everything in their path. From the street to the top floor, it became a kind of queer pilgrimage.

Each piece—stone, plastic, fabric—was a record of transformation, a reminder that what we build together can shift, melt, and still carry beauty.The installation was never meant to be static. Like us, it was always in motion—an offering that keeps traveling, finding new forms, new meanings.”— Leah Cupino,

IMMORTAL Queer Art Fair 2025Leah Cupino’s ofrenda for IMMORTAL rose from the street to the sky—a living sculpture of transformation, connecting the ground we walk on to the stories we carry upward.A meditation on queer resilience, impermanence, and the quiet power of change.

#LeahCupino #ErraticGrace #IMMORTAL2025 #TBQA #TheBureauOfQueerArt #QueerEcologies #DiaDeMuertos #QueerArtLives #ArtAndClimate #Erratic

Baroque and Butchered is the cover of Vol 10: Dismantled — a delirious feast of beauty, gore, and gallows humor from Robert Rausch and Oona Nelson. Think Rembrandt colliding with John Waters in a butcher shop: chandeliers, carcasses, fat suits, and live pigs crashing history painting.

Vol 10: Dismantled will be available as a free digital download on September 1, 2025 at BureauQueerArt.com and on our Substack platform. A podcast interview with the artists drops the same day on all major platforms.

Exhibition on view at Maryland Art Place, Sept 11 – Nov 1, 2025.
Also online via Artsy.net.

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