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ALEXEY MARROQUÍN

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I am a self-taught artist. When I experiment with new materials, I feel the thrill of strong emotion. I especially employ materials that are difficult to handle, such as metals, sands, rivets, acids, and industrial tools. I find that these materials and the emotions they evoke within me allow me to shape, characterize, and express my work. My work carries a subconscious message: everything around us is made of energy, from the most infinitesimal particles to the very edges of the universe. I recognize that even the very act of creating my work is pure energy in motion, on the path to materialization. For me, art is like life itself—we are the creators of our achievements and of the experiences in our lives.

Alexey Marroquín was born in Guatemala in 1974. A self-taught artist, his work is characterized by industrial techniques and the use of materials such as aluminum, metal, rivets, steel fibers, acids, sands, and wood. With a 30-year career, he has held 15 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 120 group exhibitions both within Guatemala and internationally. He received the Bronze Award in the Abstract Category from the Rozas Botrán Foundation in 2003 in Guatemala City. His works are part of important private collections as well as in global art centers such as Soho and Chelsea in New York, Miami FL, and Houston TX in the United States, as well as in Spain, Switzerland, and Italy.