KAREN ALEXANDER

Education

2023 Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts - Ceramics, Sydney Institute of TAFE, Gymea, (partial completion)

2023 Diploma of Ceramics, Ceramic Design Studio, Gymea, Sydney

2013 Emerging Sculptor Scholarship, mentored by Jim Croke, Erskineville, Sydney

2006 Group Public Sculpture Program led by Tom Bass AM, Erskineville, Sydney

2003-2006 Life Studies under Tom Bass AM, Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School, Erskineville, Sydney

Artist Educator

2019-to present Teacher, Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School, Erskineville, Sydney

2019 Soapstone Carving Workshops, Karen Alexander Sculpture Studio, Southern Highlands NSW

2016-2018 Sculpture in a Day Workshops, Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School, Erskineville, Sydney

Finalist

2025 Finalist, Angels in Our Town Art Prize, Centennial Vineyards, Bowral NSW

2020 Finalist, Wollombi Sculpture in the Vineyards, Hunter Valley NSW

2020 Finalist, Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery NSW

2020 Finalist, Bowral Sculpture Prize, Bowral District Arts Society, Southern Highlands NSW

2019 Finalist, Sculptures at Killalea, South Coast NSW

2019 Finalist, Sculpture in the Vineyards at Wollombi Festival, Hunter Valley NSW

Solo Exhibitions

2025 ‘Earthwatch’ Southern Highlands Arts Trail, Karen Alexander Sculpture Studio, Southern Highlands NSW

2025 ‘Earthwatch’ ACOS The Australian Ceramics Open Studios, Karen Alexander Sculpture Studio, Southern Highlands NSW

2023 ‘Forest Walk’ ACOS The Australian Ceramics Open Studios, KLA Sculpture Studio, Southern Highlands NSW

2023 ‘Forest Walk’ Southern Highlands Arts Trail, KLA Sculpture Studio, Southern Highlands NSW

2019 ‘Embrace’ Southern Highlands Arts Festival (SHAF), KLA Sculpture Studio, Southern Highlands NSW

2019 ‘Embrace’, Clara St Gallery, Erskineville, Sydney

2017 ‘Embody’, Southern Highlands Arts Festival (SHAF), KLA Sculpture Studio, Southern Highlands NSW

Group Exhibitions

2025 Sydney Ceramics Market, Gallery Exhibition, Carriageworks, Sydney

2025 ‘Flow: Fluidity of Expression’, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Gymea, Sydney

2023 The Pop-Up Project, KLA Studio, Southern Highlands NSW

2022 ‘Murmuration’ The Muse, Ultimo TAFE, Sydney

2009 B&S Exhibition, TES - Tom Bass Sculpture Studio, Erskineville, Sydney

Grants

2019 Quick Response Grant, Regional Arts NSW

Residencies

2019 Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, Medalta, Medicine Hat, Canada

Public Commissions

2026 Unveil - Maria Lock (Locke) & Robert Lock (Locke), Bronze Figures, M7/M12 Integration Project, Elizabeth Hills, Western Sydney

2025 Father Joseph Monnier, Bronze Bust, St Patrick’s Church Hill, The Rocks, Sydney

2022 ‘Spirit Girl’, Bronze Figure, St Patrick’s College, 180 Years of Education, Campbelltown, Sydney

2016 Celtic Cross, Brushed Aluminium, Holy Cross College, Open Learning Centre, Ryde, Sydney

2011 Celtic Cross, Cast Aluminium - Holy Cross College, Classrooms, Ryde, Sydney

2008 John (Jack) Blackham, Bronze Bust, Cricket Captain’s Walk, Jubilee Park, Cootamundra NSW

2006 Bill Brown, Bronze Bust, Cricket Captain’s Walk, Jubilee Park, Cootamundra NSW

2006 ‘Rainbow Serpent’, Reconstituted Stone, Erskineville Public School Community Project, Sydney

Professional Memberships

The Sculptors Society

The Australian Ceramics Association

National Association of Visual Artists