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Alex Kosmas

SELECTED WORKS

 Alex Kosmas
1957Born Melbourne Victoria
1981–1985Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), Canberra School of Art, Canberra
1987–2003
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

2008'From reality to illusion, part two', Australian Galleries, Sydney
'Now and Then', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2007'From Reality to Illusion', Australian Galleries, 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

Group Exhibitions

2009'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2007'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, New South Wales
2006'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Summery', Australian Galleries, Sydney
'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2005'End of Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries Painting and Sculpture, Sydney
2004‘Group exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2002‘2002 Central Goldfields Sculpture Prize and Exhibition’, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough
‘Sculpture 2002’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘2002 Opening Exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2001‘Australian Painting and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, 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
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, Fitzroy
1989‘St.Kilda Council Acquisitions Exhibition’, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1987‘Antipodes Exhibition’, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
‘From Texture to Sculpture’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Richmond
1986‘National Ceramics Award’, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra
‘Graduate Exhibition’, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra
‘Walker Ceramics Award’, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne

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

Awards

2009
Winner of the People's Choice Award at the Lorne Sculpture Exhibition 2009
2002

Crown Casino, Melbourne (commission)
1986National Ceramics Award, Canberra
1985Walker Ceramics Award, Melbourne

Collections

Canberra Museum and Art Gallery
Crown Casino

Selected Reviews

New Year Group Exhibition | The Sunday Age, Preview | 6 Jan 2005