BIO
Alexis Gomez was born in 1994 in Fairfax, Virginia. He received his BFA from the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at the George Washington University. He's exhibited at the Taubman Museum of Art, Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, DC Arts Center, Cody Gallery, Maryland Art Place, Transformer DC, among many others. His work has been featured in The Washington Post, Whurk Magazine, Northern Virginia Magazine, and more. Gomez is currently a artist in residence at the Torpedo Factory Art Center where he is working on augmented reality sculptures and virtual reality experiences.
STATEMENT
Gomez's work investigates the internal and external spaces we inhabit as human beings. Using illusionistic patterns and figural forms to represent both literal and metaphorical space, he creates settings that bridge the physical and virtual realms. Alternating between 3D modeling software and figural sculpture his work fluxes between the tangible and artificial. How do we engage with literal space and formless space? Can we separate body from mind? These are the curiosities that Gomez strives to address in a dialogue between three-dimensional and digital forms.