Alexi Torres

Alexi Torres Biography

Alexi Torres discusses the relationship between nature and man in a contemporary context
emphasizing the interconnectedness of all living things. His works are exceptionally complex
communicating mystery, imagination, and an element of surprise. He creates a distinctive
signature, intricately weaving together organic and symbolic elements to create monumental
works which challenge the viewer to see beneath the surface into the archetypal qualities of his
subjects. He seeks to initiate an urgent dialogue on the effects of human thought and behavior
on the ever-changing environment. “Beauty is found in the fragility of life,” says Torres, “We
must see the interconnectivity of all things and appreciate how life is always slipping through our
hands.”

Torres taps into universal collective memory and stimulates the imagination with playful themes
and ironic juxtapositions relevant to the contemporary experience. His series range from
portraits of ordinary people, cultural, military, and political icons to a diverse sampling of
symbols from popular culture. These images are then reimagined and reconstructed employing
his unique multi-layer painting technique. Inspired by the agrarian lifestyle of his friends and
family, Torres plants an idea for each new work and harvests it at completion according to the
lunar patterns followed by his ancestors in his native Cuba. To record this ritual, each painting is
begun and finished on a waning moon and recorded with his signature on the canvas.

Alexi Torres was born in 1976 in Bermeja, a small village about 70 miles southeast of Havana,
Cuba. From 1989-1991 he studied at Escuela Provicial de Artes in Mantanzas and 1991-1995
at Escuela Nacional de Artes in Havana. Torres has had numerous solo and group exhibitions
in the United States and abroad including: “Sun Light” Unix Gallery, NYC 2016. Jones Carter
Gallery, Lake City, SC, 2016; Marietta Cobb Museum Of Art, Marietta, GA, 2014; DMoMA
Lausanne, Switzerland, 2013; UNIX Gallery, New York, 2013 and 2016; Hoover Library,
Alabama, 2013; Rush Gallery, New York, 2012; Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, 2012; Scope Miami,
2011-15; Art Miami, 2011-15; LA Art Show; Texas Contemporary; Art South Hampton; Evan
Lurie Gallery, 2011; and Naomi Silva Gallery, Atlanta, 2004. Torres’s work can be found in
major private and public collections, including the private collections of Will Smith, Los Angeles,
CA; Delta Airlines, Atlanta GA; Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA; Hoover Public
Library, Hoover, AL; Museum of Art Matanzas, Cuba; David Mills, San Francisco, CA; Lewis
Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Atlanta, GA; Ruth Beardsley, Australia; Laura Rathe, Houston, TX;
Bernie Marcus, Boca Raton , FL; Trijicon Inc, VA; Law & Moran, Atlanta GA.

He is the recipient of the following awards: 2014: People’s Choice Award; Red Clay Survey;
Huntsville Museum of Art, 2014; Grand Prize N.Y. Art Festival, Miami Florida, 2004; Grand Prize
“Mapa Conceptual”, Matanzas, Cuba, 2002; Second Place Roberto Diego, Provincial Salon of
Visual Arts, Matanzas, Cuba, 2000.

In 2003 the artist moved from Cuba to the United States where he lives and maintains studios in
Atlanta, GA and Zacundo, Costa Rica.

EDUCATION
1991-1995: National School of Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1989-1991: Elemental School of Art, Matanzas, Cuba.

AWARDS
2016:​ Top Prize, ArtFields. Lake City, SC
2014:​ People’s Choice Award, Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art. AL, USA.
Merit Award, Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art. AL, USA.
2004:​ Grand Prize N.Y. Art Festival,Miami Florida USA.
2002: ​Grand Prize “Mapa Conceptual”, Matanzas Cuba.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Delta Air Lines
Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA.
Hoover Public Library, Hoover, AL.
Museum of Art. Matanzas, Cuba.
Will Smith, Los Angeles, CA.
Laura Rathe, Houston, TX.
Bernie Marcus, Boca Raton , FL.
Ruth Beardsley, Queensland, Australia.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Atlanta GA.
Trijicon inc, VA.
Law & Moran, Atlanta GA.

EXHIBITIONS
2017:
Art Market and Design Hampton, Evan Lurie Gallery. Bridgehampton, NY
Art Boca, Evan Lurie Gallery. Boca Raton, FL
Art San Francisco, Evan Lurie Gallery. San Francisco, CA

2016:
“Sun Light” Unix Gallery, Chelsea, NY
“Celebration” Jones-Carter Gallery,Lake City, SC
“Women and Nature” The Walker Gallery, Kennesaw, GA
Art Boca Raton.Evan Lurie Gallery. Boca Raton, FL
LA Art Show.Evan Lurie Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

2015:
Art Miami. Miami, FL
Scope Miami Beach.Evan Lurie Gallery. Miami, FL
Texas Contemporary. Houston, TX
Art Aspen.Evan Lurie Gallery. Aspen, CO
Art Southampton. Southampton, NY
Art Hamptons. Evan Lurie Gallery. Bridgehampton, NY
ArtFields. Lake City, SC
Galerie Bel Air. Gstaad, Switzerland.
Art Palm Spring Fine Art Fair. Palm Spring, FL LA Art Show. Los Angeles, CA

2014:
“ONE” Marietta Cobb Museum of Art. Marietta, GA
“Positive Thoughts”Mason Murer Fine Art. Atlanta, GA
Houston Fine Art Fair. Houston, TX
Red Clay Survey. Huntsville, AL
“Summer Group Show”. New York City, NY
Art Aspen. Aspen, CO
Art Hamptons. Bridgehamptons, NY
“Suite Works”, Museum Of Contemporary Art, GA
Palm Spring Fine Art Fair. Palm Springs, FL
Art Wynwood. Miami, FL
Art Palm Beach Fair. West Palm Beach, FL
Miami International Art Fair. Miami, FL

2013:
“Harvest of a Waning Moon” Unix Gallery. Chelsea,NY
“Southern Voices”Hoover Library. Hoover,AL
Conrad Miami. Miami,FL
Art Miami. Miami,FL
Scope Miami Beach. Miami,FL
Houston Fine Art Fair. Houston,TX
Art Aspen. Aspen,CO
Art Hamptons. Bridgehampton,NY
Art Southhamptons Fair. Southampton,NY
DMoMA, Belmount Sur Lausanne. Switzerland
“A Matter Of Time”. Geneva, Switzerland.
Art Palm Beach Fair. West Palm Beach,FL
Art Wynwood. Miami,FL

2012:
“Icons”. Miami, FL
Art Miami. Miami, FL
Scope Miami. Miami, FL
“New Work from Alexi Torres and Luis Sanchez”. Carmel, IN
Art Southhamptons Fair. Southampton, NY
Art Hamptons. Bridgehampton, NY
San Francisco Fine Art Fair. San Francisco, CA
“Young Talents from Atlanta” Rush Gallery. Atlanta, GA
“Refresh” Mason Murer Fine Art. Atlanta, GA.
“Terra” Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA
Art Palm Beach Fair. West Palm Beach, FL
Timothy Tew’s Top 25. Atlanta, GA

2011:
”Weaving Ephemeral Elements”, Evan Lurie Gallery. Carmel, IN
Red Dot Miami Art Fair. Miami, FL

2010:
“International Summer Group Show” Besharat Gallery. Atlanta GA.

2009:
Trilogy Art Gallery. Atlanta, GA