Alexi Torres

Biography
Cuban artist Alexi Torres redefines contemporary art by weaving spirituality, politics, and collective memory into his intricate, multi-layered paintings and sculptures. Inspired by his Cuban heritage and agrarian traditions, his work challenges conventional narratives, reconstructing cultural and political icons with a unique visual language that invites deep reflection.

Who is Alexi Torres?

Alexi Torres is a Cuban artist known for exploring the relationship between nature, human thought, and interconnectedness through intricate multi-layered paintings, bronze sculptures, and objects. Inspired by his agrarian roots, he follows lunar cycles in his creative process, reimagining cultural and political symbols with a focus on spirituality, authenticity, and collective memory.

 

Alexi Torres discusses the relationship between nature and man in a contemporary context emphasizing the interconnectedness of all living things. He seeks to initiate a dialogue on the effects and power of human thought and behavior on our everyday reality, The mind and ideas as a creative force rules his creative process. He goes into scenarios of how to use our thinking and focus to be authentic and to block outsider manipulations. Following universal laws he finds the connection between spirituality and politics, richness and acceptance.

 

Torres taps into collective memory with playful themes and ironic juxtapositions relevant to the contemporary experience. His series range from portraits of ordinary people, cultural, military to a diverse sampling of symbols from popular culture. These images are then reimagined and reconstructed employing a complex unique multi-layer painting technique, bronze sculptures and objects. 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 and hist 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: 2017 Top prize at Art Fields, SC. 2014 People’s Choice Award; Red Clay Survey; Huntsville Museum of Art. 2002 Grand Prize "Mapa Conceptual”, Matanzas, Cuba. 2000 Second Place Roberto Diego, Provincial Salon of Visual Arts, Matanzas, Cuba.

Works
  • “American Girl VII" , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Atlanta.
    American Girl VII, 2025$ 6,500.00
  • Alexi Torres, Andy Warhol, 2025
    Andy Warhol, 2025
  • “Calmest is Power I” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Atlanta.
    Calmest is Power I , 2025$ 6,500.00
  • Alexi Torres, Chuck Yeager, 2025
    Chuck Yeager, 2025
  • “City Garden VI” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Atlanta.
    City Garden VI, 2025$ 6,500.00
  • Alexi Torres, City Garden VII, 2025
    City Garden VII, 2025$ 6,500.00
  • “Elvis” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago.
    Elvis, 2025
  • “Joan of Arc” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago.
    Joan of Arc, 2025
  • Alexi Torres, ALBERT EINSTEIN III, 2024
    ALBERT EINSTEIN III, 2024
  • Alexi Torres, AMERICAN GIRL I, 2024
    AMERICAN GIRL I, 2024 Sold
  • “American Girl VII” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago.
    AMERICAN GIRL VIII, 2024
  • “Calmness is power” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago.
    Calmness is power, 2024
  • Alexi Torres, HERE COMES THE SUN III, 2024
    HERE COMES THE SUN III, 2024 Sold
  • “Here comes the sun V” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art New Buffalo.
    Here Comes The Sun V, 2024$ 6,500.00
  • "I Am Peace" , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Atlanta.
    I am Peace, 2024
  • Alexi Torres, Inner Knowledge, 2024
    Inner Knowledge, 2024 Sold
  • “Peace Mind VII” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art New Buffalo.
    PEACE MIND VII, 2024
  • “Silent Lucidity” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art New Buffalo.
    Silent Lucidity, 2024
  • “Angel of Joy” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago.
    Angel of Joy, 2023
  • Alexi Torres, CLEAR MIND, 2023
    CLEAR MIND, 2023 Sold
  • “Maverick” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art New Buffalo.
    Maverick, 2023$ 6,500.00
  • “Sharp Mind” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Atlanta.
    Sharp Mind, 2023$ 6,500.00
  • "Liberty III" , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Atlanta.
    LIBERTY III, 2022
  • Alexi Torres, City Garden VI, 2025
    City Garden VI, 2025 Sold
  • “The Writer IV” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago.
    THE WRITER IV, 2024
  • “Universal Mind I” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art New Buffalo.
    UNIVERSAL MIND I, 2024
  • “Winter Nights VIII” , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Chicago.
    WINTER NIGHTS VIII, 2024
  • "Air Jordan XXV" , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Atlanta.
    Air Jordan XXV, 2023
  • Alexi Torres, Inner knowing, 2023
    Inner knowing, 2023 Sold
  • "Nike Air XIX" , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Atlanta.
    NIKE AIR XIX, 2023
  • "Converse" , painting by Alexi Torres artist from Cuba, based in the United States. Available at Carousel Fine Art Atlanta.
    CONVERSE, 2022
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