About
Drawer • Sculptor • Painter • Educator
Alexandra Carus Bowker is a British fine artist, designer, and creative educator based between London and her home county of Lancashire.
She is studying for her MA in Fine Art at City and Guilds of London Art School, having previously studied postgraduate sculpture and drawing at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and the Royal Drawing School on their Drawing Development Year, she is also a qualified teacher of Design from Goldsmiths College, London.
Rooted in observation, my practice explores the expressive possibilities of drawing, painting, and sculpture within a representational framework. I am committed to traditional techniques as a means of investigating materiality, form, and the interplay of light and space. Drawing provides the foundation of my work, allowing me to explore composition and structure while remaining responsive to the nuances of my subject.
In examining our evolving relationship with the land, my practice considers habitat as both a cultivated necessity and a repository of personal and collective memory. I am captivated by the spaces which emerge between humans and their environments, where fleeting moments of presence leave an imprint. Drawing on historical contexts, my work reflects the tension between human form and natural rhythms, weaving observation, recollection, and imagination to craft both intentional and unintentional narratives which shift between clarity and ambiguity.
Through careful observation, tonal sensitivity, and layered mark-making, I explore the structure and fluidity of form. My practice is an ongoing enquiry into the balance between precision and expression, where drawing, painting, and sculpture serve as vehicles for understanding and reinterpreting the world around me.
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City & Guilds of London Art School | MA Fine Art
The Heatherley School of Fine Art | Post Diploma in Figurative Sculpture & Lifedrawing
The Royal Drawing School | The Drawing Development Year
Goldsmiths College | PGCE Design
Lancaster University - ELIHE | BA Hons Fine Art Integrated Media
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2025
UPCOMING
MA Interim Show | City and Guilds of London Art School, March
2024
Verrocchio Figurative Sculpture Residency | Laura Postle Masterclass, Casole d’Elsa Tuscany, August
Diploma Graduates' Exhibition | The Heatherley School of Fine Art, July
Interim Show: Sculpture | The Heatherley School of Fine Art, April - May
Drawing Beyond | Royal Drawing School at Breakers Gallery, Notting Dale, London, March
Interim Show: Painting | The Heatherley School of Fine Art, December - March
SELECTED PREVIOUS
Fragments of Life | Brompton Chapel Gallery, London
Verrocchio Figurative Sculpture Residency | Laura Postle Masterclass, Casole d’Elsa Tuscany
Gyllian Foster Prize for Drawing
Diploma Graduates' Exhibition | The Heatherley School of Fine Art
Capture the Castle | Clitheroe Contemporary - Highly Commended
Clitheroe Contemporary | Holmes Mill, Clitheroe
Art Open | Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery
60 Years of Wildness! | Lancashire Wildlife Trust
Enrichment Placement | V&A Museum of Childhood
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CURRENT
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Blackburn — Artsmark Platinum Award, Arts Council England | Teacher of Fine Art & Design Technology; Gold Arts Award Advisor: Head of House
SELECTED PREVIOUS
City & Guilds of London Art School | Skillshare Workshop Artist
Victoria & Albert Museum | V&A Innovate Project Development Team
Drawing Studio 23 — Royal Drawing School Graduate Collective | Design, Promotion and Curatorial Teams
Draw Clitheroe | Freelance Artist
Manchester Art Gallery | Workshop Artist and Learning Invigilator
The Couture Collective — Manchester Art Gallery | Discussion Leader
Lost Gardens of Manchester – National Trust at Manchester Art Gallery | Exhibition Gardener and Invigilator
Children’s University – Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, The Whitaker, Rossendale Museum & Art Gallery and Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum | Workshop Artist
Spring into Action - Spring into Art, Oswaldtwistle | SEN Youth Workshop Artist
Action Factory Community Arts Blackburn, Lancashire | Workshop Artist, including for: 'Landgate Create' Turnpike Gallery; Blackburn Festival; Community Arts Facilitator; STUN Roadshow
NOISEFestival: NOISELab, Manchester | Exhibition and Event Assistant
Art in Unusual Spaces – Leeds Corn Exchange Drawing Extravaganza | Event Assistant
Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery | Workshop Artist; Arts Assistant