Alejandro Moreno Jashés, born in 1975 in Santiago, Chile, is a playwright and video artist.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in art from the Universidad de Chile, a Master’s Degree in Advanced Specialization in Hispanic Philology from the Instituto de la Lengua Española in Madrid, and a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from New York University. He is presently pursuing a PhD. in Spanish Language and Literature at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at New York University.

He has been an international playwright-in-residence at the Royal Court Theatre in London and Casa de América in Madrid.

He is the author of more than fifteen theatrical works, among them La amante fascista (The fascist lover), Norte (North), Johnny deep (Juanito profundo), La vagina de Laura Ingalls (The Vagina of Laura Ingalls), La mujer gallina (The hen woman), Berlín no es tuyo (Berlin is not yours) and others.

His works have been translated into English, Mapundungú, German, Italian, French and Portuguese.

As a video artist he is the author of La cura (The cure), Meritoria, Homemade, El sacrificio (The sacrifice), Leila a un milímetro de mí (Leila, a millimeter away from me), Laura, Johnny Deep, Las troyanas (The Trojan women), La Chata, and others. All have been exhibited at various galleries and museums.

He lives and works in New York.