Alex Linden is a re-emerging artist living and working on the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. She received an Advanced Diploma in Applied and Visual Arts with a ceramics major in 1999 (North Adelaide School of Art) followed by an Honours Degree in Fine and Visual Arts majoring in drawing and painting (University of South Australia, 2002), then went on to study education, working as a secondary school teacher and subsequently as a communications manager in the wine industry. 2021 was a year that brought challenge, change and clarity to Alex as she found herself irrevocably drawn back to the studio to explore and create, a space where she feels innately herself.
Her works emanate a quiet maturity and an obsession with honing her craft, often resulting in immense and voluminous forms representative of her connection with the feminine. Evident in her work is a sense of play with texture, balance, strength & fragility, and a detailed, curious nature.
She creates and teaches in her home-based studio, selling work direct through her website and social media, and creates bodies of sculptural and function wares for retail in Adelaide’s Jam Factory and local gallery, The Fleurieu Arthouse. Her piece ‘Mother of Pearl’ won first prize in indoor category of the 2024 Brighton Jetty Sculpture Competition, and she continues to work toward creating a body of work to exhibit.
Established in 2021, the National Emerging Art Prize was created to provide an annual, highly visible national platform to identify, promote and support the most promising emerging visual and ceramic artists in Australia.