| | | 1957 | Born Melbourne, Australia | | 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, 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 | ‘From Reality to Illusion’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
| | 2005 | ‘New Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘New Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2002 | ‘Recent Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Recent Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2000 | ‘Recent Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, 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 | | | 2011 | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 'Zoo Air', Newcastle University Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
| | ‘Summer Exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | 2010 | ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Cottesloe, Perth
| | 2009 | ‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne 2009 ‘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, Melbourne
| | 2005 | ‘End of Year Group Exhibition’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
| | 2004 | ‘Group Exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2002 | ‘2002 Central Goldfields Sculpture Prize and Exhibition’, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, QLD
| | ‘Sculpture 2002’, Australian Galleries,painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
| | ‘2002 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, 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
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BibliographyHaynes, 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 Worls Sculpture News, 2004 Awards| 2011 | Artist in residence, Taronga Zoo, Sydney | | 2009 | Winner of the Peoples 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 | | 1986 | National Ceramics Award, Canberra | | 1985 | Walker Ceramics Award, Melbourne |
CollectionsCanberra Museum and Art Gallery, Canberra Crown Casino, Melbourne Commissions| 2002 | Crown Casino, Melbourne |
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