My materials-led sculptural practice focuses on ideas of motion, animation and flux; the sculptures are a physical manifestation of suspended animation, a transitory fragment in time, a fleeting moment. While not actually kinetic, I create spatial and dynamic configurations to capture and render motion, constructing complex sculptural forms from multiple elements, generating an openness of form.
Working predominantly with wood, ceramic and more recently, bronze, the constructed sculptures have an energetic interplay between the parts and with rhythmic qualities of motion. I’m interested in embodying a sense of unease and tension, in making pieces that teeter on the edge of stability.
'Game of All' is on now in 'Personal Relations'
After a meaningful journey and exchange, the London Group is excited to host the third and final exhibition of Personal Relations at the Project Space gallery in Peckham, London, in September 2026.
Project Space
192 Bellenden Road
SE15 4BW London
Opening event: Saturday 26 September, 5-8pm
Exhibition open: Sunday 27 September – Sunday 4 October 2026
Monday to Friday: 2-7pm
Saturday and Sunday: 12-6pm
Sunday 4 October, 11-3pm
Artist meet and greet: Sunday 27, 11-1pm (for participating artists)
Personal Relations features a collection of newly created miniature portrait works —each the size of a mobile phone—produced by artist members of three international art collectives:
What Art Can Do, Amsterdam – The Netherlands
La Medusa, Centro di Cultura, Este – Italy
The London Group, London – United Kingdom
You are welcome to see the new TSM show 'Rebalancing the Abstract' at Margate School of Art.
We are delighted that artist, writer and curator John Bunker will chair our public discussion Saturday 17 October, 1.30-4pm.
The Margate School of Art
31-33 High Street
Margate, CT9 1DX
www.mast.art
Private View Thursday 8 October 2026, 5-8pm
Exhibition open Thursday 8 – Sunday 18 October 2026
Tuesday - Sunday, 10-4pm
Free public discussion with the artists, chaired by artist and writer John Bunker
Talking Sculpture Making (TSM) is a collective of abstract sculptors, Gillian Brent, Alexandra Harley and Sheila Vollmer, who came together in 2019 to open out discussions about contemporary abstract sculpture and to champion women's practices across generations. The discussion for Rebalancing the Abstract will be offering an exchange of ideas around the languages of abstract art and the evolving nature of women’s art practices.
This time we're joined by the brilliant Melanie Ahmed, whose paintings and deconstructed painted objects build a bridge between abstract painting and the sculptural world of form, colour, material and surface.
The London Group was set up in 1913 by thirty two artists including Walter Sickert, Jacob Epstein, Wyndham Lewis, David Bomberg, and Henri Gaudier Brzeska. Today, it is a thriving democratic artists’ collective, practicing in all disciplines, with an exciting international programme of events and exhibitions.
Since her election in 2018, Harley has been an active member of the society and participated in various London exhibitions.
The Brancaster Chronicles are a series of recorded discussions made on the occasion of exhibitions of abstract painting and sculpture. Harley was a founding member of the project in 2013.
Each Chronicle is organised, transcribed and filmed by the relevant participating artists, and shown with photographs of the work to recreate the environment in which it was initially discussed.
The Royal Society of Sculptors was founded over 100 years ago in 1905 to champion contemporary sculpture. It remains an artist-led organisation that supports and connects sculptors throughout their careers.
Alexandra Harley has been an active member since her election in 2000. She served a term on the Board of Trustees 2017-2020 and has been selected for several member-only exhibitions.
Free Painters and Sculptors was established in 1952 and played a significant role in the establishment of London's abstract art scene in the 1950’s and 60’s, originally in association with the Institute of Contemporary Arts. This revolutionary ethos continues today among its diverse artistic membership.
Harley is a regular participant in FPS' biannual exhibitions at renowned central London galleries.
Talking Sculpture Making
TSM was formed in 2019 to share the experiences of the artists Alexandra Harley, Gillian Brent and Sheila Vollmer, providing and generating support and shared networks. All the artists have been working and exhibiting nationally and internationally, since the 1980s.
Their exhibitions and public discussions showcase abstract sculpture and consider its importance and relevance today. They invite artists from their networks and beyond, across generations and locations to show with them, opening up dialogues about abstract practices. They are working to provide opportunities to have a broader dialogue with audiences, including artists, curators, students, art historians, academics and gallery visitors regarding the history and future generations of women working in this discipline.