Karen Alexander has been teaching at Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School since 2015. Karen teaches the Saturday AM Workshop.
Karen began sculpture at the original Broadway Studio with Tom Bass, which provided a rich learning environment and where she was drawn to the wonderful shapes and forms of the life figure. Whilst looking after and bringing up her young family, Karen attended many workshops and Life Studies with Tom Bass at Broadway and then from 2003 at the Erskineville Studio, where she began exploring public sculpture.
During this immersive sculpture period for Karen, a number of commissions were produced. These commissions included, working as one of a group of sculptors led by Tom Bass, to create a public sculpture ‘The Rainbow Serpent’ for Erskineville Public School. Following this was another group commission with Cootamundra Council, Australian Cricket Captains Walk (Jubilee Park, Cootamundra). Karen completed two busts of Australian Test Cricket Captains – Jack Blackham and Bill Brown. These busts were sculpted using historical references and researching reference materials to capture their period features.
In 2011, Karen completed a commission for Holy Cross College Ryde, a small Celtic Cross, which was cast, multiplied and then displayed in each of the school’s new class rooms. In 2015 Karen was then commissioned to scale the Celtic Cross to 1.4 m for the new Learning Centre at Holy Cross College Ryde.
Karen was accepted in the 2012 TBSSS Emerging Sculptor Program. This was an intensive and immersive year of studio work, mentoring and producing work for an end of year group exhibition.
Karen continues to make sculpture from her home studio and also teaches workshops at TBSSS.
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