Cherish Marquez

2020-2022 Resident Alumni

Cherish Marquez is from a very small town called Sierra Blanca, TX, a place that has been a significant inspiration to the artist's work. As a third-generation native of Sierra Blanca, Texas, the artist's body has been exposed to several personal and political atrocities.

Sierra Blanca is located 16 miles from the Mexico border, which means she came into constant contact with border agents for most of her life. She was held under a government power structure that had the control to search your car, your body, and land.

She started my artistic journey with a BA in Fine Art, with a focus on photography, which she felt brought her closer to the world. She took a break to work in non-profits and then found herself immersed in the art world again.

She started to create digital landscapes and her practice has evolved into avant-garde games. She uses her practice as social activism.

She experiments primarily with video games and interactive media that exist in similar spaces within her alternate universe. Her art would not exist without the accompaniment of human contact.

She has shown in galleries in the past, such as RedLine Contemporary Art Center and Leon Gallery. She completed her MFA in Emergent Digital Practices at the University of Denver.