TAHANNY LEE BETANCOURT

Tahanny Lee Betancourt is a visual artist who graduated from the Center for Higher Studies in Design of Monterrey (CEDIM) in 2009. Her work is rooted in the domestic—where comfort and unease quietly intertwine. Lee Betancourt comes from a Chinese and Lebanese lineage marked by migration and adaptation; in her family, identity wasn’t rooted in a preserved cultural heritage, but in stories held by chosen objects that attempt to reconstruct an origin. Porcelain vases, lacquered wood, and decorative fragments shaped the atmosphere of home, becoming a scenography for belonging while carrying the residue of what was never fully told.

Through oil painting, and sculpture, Tahanny explores how these objects hold emotional weight far beyond their function. The density of oil allows memory to reshape itself, letting loss accumulate on surfaces and longing inhabit the smallest details. Painting becomes a way of lingering with what is unspoken—an act that both clarifies and distorts—so that these works do not simply depict things, but give form to the invisible tensions they contain.

She has exhibited her work in Barcelona, Düsseldorf, and Saint-Étienne, as well as in numerous cultural and exhibition spaces in Mexico, including the MARCO Museum, the Museum of Art and History of Guanajuato, the Nuevo León Center for the Arts, the Karen Huber Gallery, Guadalajara90210, the Daniela Elbahara Gallery, and the Emma Molina Gallery.

She is a member of the National System of Creators (SNCA 2025) and has received support and recognition from various public and private institutions, including the FEMSA Biennial, the Young Art Biennial, the Nuevo León Review by CONARTE, KADIST, and the Patronato de Arte Contemporáneo (Contemporary Art Foundation).

She lives and works in Mexico City.