Learning to Live Around is an exhibition by Nat N Blanc that reflects on the process of building oneself outside of imposed expectations and finding one’s own way of being in the world. Through illustrations, collages, and portraits, the artist explores the experiences that many queer people go through growing up in a society marked by cisheteronormativity.

The works address issues such as fear, shame, hypervigilance or the need to fit in, emotions and mechanisms that often accompany those who have learned to hide parts of themselves to respond to other people’s models. Faced with this, the exhibition proposes an honest look at the processes of acceptance, transformation and personal discovery.

Identity, desire, intimacy and memory appear as fundamental axes of an artistic journey that speaks of both individual experiences and shared experiences. Each piece becomes a space where we can recognize the traces of what was imposed and, at the same time, the possibilities that arise when we begin to let go of those burdens.

With a close and deeply personal aesthetic, Nat N Blanc invites the public to reflect on what it means to stop hiding to start existing from a freer, more authentic and more personal place, vindicating the diversity of identities and experiences that make up contemporary queer reality.

This exhibition is part of the programme of Muestra•t, the cultural festival of MADO Madrid Orgullo, which celebrates its 20th edition by bringing together artistic proposals that explore the diversity, memory and multiple forms of expression of the LGTBI+ collective.