EDUCATION
2016 BFA Photography, Parsons, The New School, NY
SOLO PERFORMANCES + EXHIBITIONS
2022 Herramientas del Poder II (Restrained), Bronx Museum of Arts, NY
2021 Herramientas del Poder, Bronx Museum of Arts, Bronx, NY
2020 untitled(Spiral), De Por Vida, Company Gallery, Manhattan, NY
2019 Close-Lines, BrooklynMuseum, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Pajaro Falling, Marble House Project, Dorset, VT
Añoranza, Museo Municipal de Placetas, Cuba
Añoranza, Galleria Menjunje, Santa Clara, Cuba
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Bronx Calling: The Fifth AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum of Arts, Bronx, NY
Chosen, Leslie Lohman Museum, Manhattan, NY
2020 POR LOS OJOS DE MI GENETE, Baxter St CCNY, Manhattan, NY
2019 VAVA VOOM ’19, Silent Auction, Visual Aids, NY
Sunday Service: Yanira Castro Presents…, Knock Down Center, NY
2018 00Bienal De La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
EnFoco Fellowship Exhibition, Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, NY
Daybreak: New Affirmations in Queer Photography, Leslie Lohman Museum, NY
2017 Alexis Ruiseco: Reinas, MDC Kendal Art Gallery, Miami, FL
2016 Senior Thesis Exhibition, Milk Gallery, NY
Parsons Festival, Kellen and Aronson Gallery, NY
Labors Of Love, Skybridge, Eugene Lang, The New School, NY
2015 In/Uninvited, Gallery 3, The New School, NY
2013 League for Innovation, North Gallery, Miami, FL
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
2022 FCA Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NY
2021 FCA Emergency Grant COVID-19, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NY
2019 AIM 39 Fellowship, Bronx, NY
Tu Cuba Ambassador, Miami, FL
2018 EnFoco Photography Fellowship, NY
NY Times Portfolio Review, NY
2016 CubaOne Foundation, Fellowship, Miami, FL
NY Times Portfolio Review, NY
LECTURES, RESIDENCIES, AND VISITING ARTIST
2019 Secret Journey: Stop Calling Them Dangerous, Movement Research, LaMaMA, NY
2018 The Marble House Project, Artist in Residence, Dorset, VT
2017 Miami Dade College, Visiting Artist Lecturer, Kendal Campus, Miami, Florida
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2021 Vogue, “Inside the Intimate New York Photography Exhibition Celebrating Queer Chosen Families”
Wallpaper Magazine, “Queer photographers challenge social norms in family-making”
2019 VICE, “These Portraits Capture the Stunning Diversity of Queer Cubans”
2018 W Mag, “Pride” Online Gallery
huck magazine, “Meet The New Generation of LGBTQ Photographers”
Nueva Luz, EnFoco Photography Fellowship
Wallpaper Magazine, “Daybreak: New Affirmations in Queer Photography”
2017 Teeth Magazine, “Somebody Up There Likes Me: An Interview with Photographer Alexis Ruiseco”
NEWSPAPER VOL V NO. 2
2016 VICE, “Gorgeous Photos from Inside the Cuban American Queer Scene”