Elena Murgia
Elena Murgia has been teaching at Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School since 2024, she teaches the Monday EVE and Tuesday AM Stone Carving Workshops and she is also the curator of Clara Street Gallery.
Born in Sardinia Italy, Elena Murgia graduated at Florence University in Fashion, majoring in Fabric Design. After an intense period in that industry she undertook ceramic studies in London at Hampstead School of Art and her sculpting journey started in 2017 at Tom Bass Sculpture School in Sydney. In 2019 she furthered her study of sculpture and stone carving under the guidance of Usama Alnassar, a renowned Syrian/Italian sculptor who continues to mentor her. She is dedicated to her practice in her Sydney studio and her teaching at Tom Bass Sculpture School.
Regularly participating in National prizes and group exhibitions she had her first solo exhibition in December 2023 at the Clara Street Gallery, which showcased works in marble, alabaster, bronze and porcelain.
Finalist: Sculptures in the Vineyards, 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020.
Finalist: Le Petit Salon de Sculpture, 2023, 2022.
Finalist: Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 20th Anniversary, 2021.
Solo exhibition: Clara Street Gallery, November 2023.
Group exhibition: Process and Practice – A Sculptor’s eye, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, May 2024.
Group exhibition: Art Alchemy, Byron Bay, December 2023.
Group exhibition: Darlings, Curatorial & Co, December 2021.