我研究了用纸浆来记录亲密关系的创造潜力，就像手写信件一样，它为观众提供了一个情感连接的空间。在这种复杂的政治时期，内省和触觉有必要平衡快节奏的数字文化，在这种文化中，信息可能会在扁平图像的光泽中丢失。触觉——一种解释视觉感知如何转化为内在体验和感受的跨学科理论——吸引我们回到自身，而不是表面接触。我开始用纸张来做这样的感官体验。

I investigate the potential of paper pulp to record touch and create intimacy, much as a handwritten letter does, by offering a space for emotional connection to the viewer. During complex political times such as these, introspection and tactility feel necessary to counterbalance the fast-paced digital culture where information can be lost in the glossiness of a flattened image. Hapticity – a cross-disciplinary theory that explains how visual perceptions translate into internal experiences and feelings – draws us into the body, beyond surface encounters. I began working with paper to engage in such a sensory experience. 

我的作品既与雕塑有关，也与绘画有关，参考了转瞬即逝的日常生活中的色调，如摇摇欲坠的人行道、黄昏、淤青的水果或发红的脸颊。我将这些色彩的灵感视为事件，我致力于研究色彩和纹理如何激活情感，连接我们的内在和外在体验，并在我们的生活中创造意义。我的雕塑唤起了人们紧张、尴尬、焦虑、失落和快乐的情绪。

My works are as much about painting as they are about sculpture, referencing hues from fleeting, everyday moments like crumbling sidewalks, dusk, bruised fruit, or flushed cheeks. I see these inspirations of color as events and I am invested in how color and texture can activate emotion, connecting to both our inward and outward experience, and creating meaning in our existence. My sculptures evoke tension, awkwardness, anxiety, loss, and pleasure.

亚历克西斯·格兰威尔（Alexis Granwell，1981年出生，纽约）是一位艺术家，她研究了用纸浆记录亲密关系的创造潜力，探索了建筑和自然环境下的心理和身体特征。她在国内外广泛展出了她的雕塑和作品。

Alexis Granwell (b. 1981, New York) is an artist who investigates the potential of pulp to record touch and create intimacy, exploring the psychological and bodily characteristics of our built and natural environments. She has exhibited her sculptures and works on paper widely both nationally and internationally. 

格兰威尔于2007年获得宾夕法尼亚大学硕士学位。2003年，她在波士顿大学获得绘画学士学位（优等），辅修艺术史。这位艺术家曾参加华盛顿特区卡岑艺术中心美国大学美术馆的展览；德国柏林Schau Fenster；BravinLee，纽约州纽约市；纽约州纽约市Underdonk；实地项目，纽约州纽约市；Ortega y Gasset，纽约州纽约市；弗莱舍/奥尔曼画廊，宾夕法尼亚州费城；宾夕法尼亚州费城宾夕法尼亚美术学院博物馆；峡湾画廊，宾夕法尼亚州费城；Mana Contemporary，伊利诺伊州芝加哥；老虎撞击小行星LA，加利福尼亚州洛杉矶；布莱恩·米勒画廊，德克萨斯州休斯顿；Mono Practice，马里兰州巴尔的摩；亨菲尔画廊，华盛顿特区；宾夕法尼亚州卡莱尔迪金森学院；托森大学，巴尔的摩，医学博士；和立陶宛维尔纽斯欧洲公园博物馆。她即将在墨西哥城和丹麦吉列耶举办展览。

Granwell earned her MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. She received her BFA (Magna cum laude) in Painting with a minor in Art History from Boston University in 2003. The artist has participated in exhibitions at The American University Art Museum at The Katzen Art Center, Washington DC; Schau Fenster, Berlin, Germany; BravinLee, New York, NY; Underdonk, New York, NY; Field Projects, New York, NY; Ortega y Gasset, New York, NY; Fleisher/ Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA; Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL; Tiger Strikes Asteroid LA, Los Angeles, CA; Bryan Miller Gallery, Houston, TX; Mono Practice, Baltimore, MD; Hemphill Gallery, Washington DC; Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA; Towson University, Baltimore, MD; and Europos Parkas Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania. She has upcoming exhibitions in Mexico City and Gilleleje, Denmark.

2015年，格兰维尔获得独立基金会美术奖学金。通过这笔拨款，她参加了纽约Dieu Donné的实习，这是一个致力于纸浆和当代艺术制作交叉的一流实验实验室。她曾获得I-Park基金会、AS220、Ragdale和Jentel的居留权。她的作品曾在《超级变态反应》、《雕塑杂志》、《华盛顿邮报》、《赫芬顿邮报》、“环球邮报”、《两层油漆》、《Maake杂志》、“标题杂志”、《费城问询者》和《艺术F城》上发表评论。

In 2015, Granwell was awarded The Independence Foundation Fine Arts Fellowship Grant. Through this grant, she attended a residency at Dieu Donné in New York, NY a premier experimental lab dedicated to the intersection of paper pulp and contemporary art making. She has been awarded residencies at I-Park Foundation, AS220, Ragdale, and Jentel. Her work has been reviewed in Hyperallergic, Sculpture Magazine, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, The Globe and Mail, Two Coats of Paint, Maake Magazine, Title Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Art F City.

格兰威尔是雕塑、绘画系研究生导师。她目前在宾夕法尼亚大学和i宾夕法尼亚美术学院任教。从2014-2019年起，她担任《虎扑小行星费城》的联合导演；自2009年成立以来，她一直是该组织的成员。她在宾夕法尼亚州费城生活和工作。

Granwell is a Professor of Sculpture, Drawing, and Graduate Studies. She currently teaches at The University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. From 2014-2019, she was co-director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia; she has been a member since its founding in 2009. She lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.