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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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