Ama Sánchez -formerly known as Mariokissme- (Campillos, Málaga 1980) is a non-binary visual artist who lives and works between France and Spain. Her practice revolves around concepts such as queer identity and sexual or gender dissidence in different disciplines and formats such as curatorial production, video art, performance, sound art, music or graphic work.
Since 2013 she works in the collective El Palomar together with R. Marcos Mota, a project focused on intersectional collaboration between artists and other agents, on the recovery of queer memories and on opening doors to transfeminist discourses in the institutional sphere. El Palomar's creations cover a wide range of disciplines and generate critical discourses about the politics and poetics of sexual and gender dissidence. They received the Miquel Casablancas Award in 2017, the Critical Eye Award in 2020 and have participated in the 11th Berlin Biennale. In addition to their independent tour, they have curated projects for Casal Solleric, A*Desk, or Kunsthaus Baselland. They have presented their work in museums such as Fundació Miró, Centro Párraga, la Capella, Haus der Kunst der Welt, MUSAC, CentroCentro, la Térmica, Frankfurten Kunstwerein, NS-Dokumentationszentrum München, Patio Herreriano, MACBA and Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, among others. In addition, they have participated in numerous actions, lectures and conferences related to their practice.