alexis torres marroquín (b. 1999) is a sculptor, installation artist, 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.

The conception of Alexis' research developed through a practice of collaging historical documents and photographs of dolled-up, trans feminine salvadoreñas in the redlight districts of San Salvador frequented by militia circa 1980. The resultant of this historical unmasking translated into built full-scale installations of large, colorful, bejeweled, orgy-like sculpture pieces that explore sexuality, glamor, and violence.

The continuation of this textile vernacular integrates moments of structural tension, fabric translucency, and small-scale sculptures using clay, plaster, silicone, and found objects. These newly adopted material indulgences propose a reimagining of power structures within homosexual kink culture, fem wear, and camp aesthetics. These concepts are further layered by notions of fetishizing the hypermasculine figure and erotic tropes within modernist 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.