Biography

Alexandra Harley is a British sculptor best known for her immersive engagement with materials.

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Harley studied sculpture at Wimbledon School of Art under Glyn Williams and Robin Greenwood, followed by the Advanced Course at St. Martins School of Art under Tim Scott. Since leaving college, she has maintained a continuous studio practise alongside a career teaching sculpture in central London. 

Harley won the Ashurst Emerging Artist Sculpture Prize in 2021. She has been awarded prestigious fellowships in Japan and the USA, won the the Brian Mercer Fellowship in 2016, spending 3 months in the Mariani Bronze Foundry in Italy. Juried exhibitions for which she has been selected include the ING Discerning Eye, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, Creekside Open, Cork Street Open and the London Group Open. She has also had public sculptures commissioned in the Caribbean, Europe and the USA.

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Harley currently splits her time between her studios in Stratford, London and Framlingham, Suffolk.

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