alexis torres marroquín is an installation artist, sculptor, architectural designer and educator from New York. Their multidisciplinary practice uses sensuality as a methodological framework for addressing feminine expunction, heteronormative violence, and repressed sexual expression within the built environment. alexis uses fiber materials, garment construction techniques, and mold-making processes to elicit seductive and repulsive notions of body and architecture.

alexis holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University and will receive their Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University. They were honored with the Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial bronze medal at Cornell University and have recently been awarded a Visual Arts Fellowship at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. alexis also has been awarded an artist residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Their work has been featured in publications such as Suboart Magazine and The Bureau of Queer Art, along with a forthcoming feature in Curious 9. Alexis is a former educator at the Parrish Art Museum and is currently assistant teaching in the Sculpture and Extended Media Department at VCUarts.