August 10, 2023
Nopalera en el corazon
Nopalera en el Corazón
2025
Ministry of Culture, Mexico
Nopalera en el Corazón, an open-air exhibition at the Zócalo. Organized by the Secretary of Culture of Mexico City.
Originally launched in 2025 to mark the anniversary of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan Foundation, the exhibition now features over 200 sculptural nopales reinterpreted by artists across the city—celebrating a symbol central to Mexican identity.
Set in the Plaza de la Constitución, the project transforms public space into a site of art, history, and reflection—inviting visitors to engage with the cultural legacy of the nopal and the historic center.
Collaboration with Secretary of Culture of Mexico City.
Proyecto Sanación
Part of “Nopalera en el Corazón,” 2026
Presented within the public art initiative Nopalera en el Corazón by the Secretary of Culture of Mexico City at the Zócalo, Proyecto Sanación by Anastasia Shi unfolds as an intimate dialogue between biography, territory, and collective consciousness.
Created during a period of personal separation, the work emerges from a process in which art becomes a form of deep healing. The nopal—an ancestral symbol of resilience and survival — is reimagined as a living body that feels, remembers, and regenerates. Its dual nature — protective yet nourishing — mirrors the human experience of grief, proposing resilience not as hardness, but as a sensitive strength that allows pain to be felt and transformed.
The sculptural intervention reveals emotional layers and traces of inner repair, positioning the work as a gesture of collective healing. On its reverse, a painted blue hand accompanied by the phrase “If you heal, I heal” invites viewers into a quiet, ritual act—activating the piece as a shared space of care, connection, and transformation.