2024 Wind Challenge Artist
Alexis Granwell earned a BFA in Painting from Boston University and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been awarded residencies at I-Park Foundation, AS220, Ragdale, and Jentel. Her work has been reviewed in Hyperallergic, Sculpture Magazine, Studio International, 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. A professor of sculpture, drawing, and graduate studies, Granwell has taught at The University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. From 2013 to 2018, she co-directed Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia, a collective of which she has been a member since its founding in 2009.
