Sculptor Alex Kosmas completed a Bachelor of Arts at the Canberra School of Arts. His bronze and stainless steel works range from abstraction to surrealistic representations of trees in emptied landscapes. Kosmas was involved in establishing the Meridian Foundry, a casting and metal artist workshop in Melbourne in 1987. He has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. He was awarded the National Ceramics award in 1986. He completed a major commission for Crown Casino, Melbourne in 2002. His work is held by the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery and the University of Canberra.

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1981-85 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), Canberra School of Art, Canberra

1987-03 Meridian Foundry, Melbourne – specialist in casting, patinating, polishing, welding, etc. metal sculptures for galleries, artists and private clients throughout Australia and Asia Pacific SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 ‘ Recent Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne ‘Recent Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney

2008 ‘ Now and Then’, Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Melbourne ‘From Reality to Illusion, Part Two’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney

2007 ‘ rom Reality to Illusion’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne 2005 ‘New Sculpture’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney ‘New Sculpture’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne

2002 ‘Recent Sculpture’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney ‘Recent Sculpture’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne

2000 ‘Recent Sculpture’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney

1998 ‘Alex Kosmas: Recent Bronzes’, Nolan Gallery, Canberra ‘Recent Work’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne ‘Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney

1997 ‘Recent Bronzes’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2013 ‘But mostly Air,’ Canberra School of Art Gallery

2013 ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Aarhus, Denmark ‘Australian Galleries at Gallows Gallery’, Gallows Gallery, Perth

2011 ‘large exhibition of small works’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney ‘large exhibition of small works’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne ‘Zoo Air’, Newcastle University Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW ‘Summer Exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney

2010 ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Cottesloe, Perth

2009-10 ‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Bondi, Sydney ‘A Sculpture by...’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne ‘A Sculpture by...’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney ‘Lorne Sculpture Exhibition’ (Peoples choice winner), Lorne, VIC

2008 ‘Group Exhibition’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Bondi, Sydney ‘Stock Exhibition’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney

2007 ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Bondi, Sydney ‘Small Pleasures’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne

2006 ‘Summery’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney 50th Anniversary Exhibition’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne

2005 ‘ End of Year Group Exhibition’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney

2004 ‘Group Exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne

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2002 Central Goldfields Sculpture Prize and Exhibition’, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, QLD Sculpture Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne Opening Exhibition’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne

2001 ‘ Australian Painting and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney

2000 ‘Fine Paintings, Sculpture and Tapestry’, Australian Galleries, Sydney 1998 ‘ Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney ‘Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair’, Melbourne

1996 ‘ Meridian Bronzes’, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Wellington, VIC 1994 ‘Neophytes III - After Taste’, Gallery 101, Melbourne ‘Group Exhibition’, Meridian Gallery, Melbourne

1993 ‘Artworkz 5’, Gallery 101, Melbourne ‘Director’s Choice’, Gallery 101, Melbourne

1992 ‘Christmas Exhibition’, Meridian Gallery, Melbourne

1989 ‘St Kilda Council Acquisitions Exhibition’, Linden Gallery, Melbourne 1987 ‘Antipodes Exhibition’, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne ‘From Texture to Sculpture’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

1986 ‘National Ceramics Award’, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra ‘Graduate Exhibition’, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra ‘Walker Ceramics Award’, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne AWARDS & COMMISSIONS 2011 Artist in residence, Taronga Zoo, Sydney 2009 Winner of the people’s choice award at the Lorne Sculpture Exhibition, VIC

2007 Art Gallery Society of New South Wales Taskforce Site Specific Prize, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney

2002 Crown Casino, Melbourne

1986 National Ceramics Award, Canberra

1985 Walker Ceramics Award, Melbourne

 

COLLECTIONS

 

Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, Canberra Crown Casino, Melbourne University of Canberra, Canberra

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Haynes, Peter; “Alex Kosmas: Sculpture”, Catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 1998 Haynes, Peter; “Alex Kosmas: Recent Bronzes”, Catalogue essay, Nolan Gallery, Canberra, 1998 Review, Canberra Times, 1998 World Sculpture News, 2004

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