Alex Sanson

Born Perth, Australia, 1970.Now living 100km out of Melbourne in a secluded and tranquil bush setting.A sculptor and designer working most commonly with steel. Loves to create large scale immersive and interactive installations. An ongoing passion is making kinetic and playful works, very much designed to be touched and manipulated, though sometimes mechanical or wind actuated. Much of his work utilizes the strength and versatility of steel and other metals to derive forms that are slender and elegant and evoke a living force in a way not often associated with such materials.

Design and Sculpture Exhibitions:Toorak Sculpture Show, 2005 The Motor Show, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, 2004Yering Station Sculpture Competition, 2004. Peoples Choice AwardMelbourne Environmental Arts Festival, 2004aRtRECYCLE, Incinerator, Moonee Ponds, 2004 Metaforms The Foundry, , 2004 Yering Station Sculpture Competition, 2003Fringe Furniture, 2002 Fringe Furniture, 2001Various works and commissions:Wabi Sabi Garden St Kilda, 2007Merri Creek Primary School, 2006.Brunswick South Primary School, 2006.SCOPE Chelsea Day Center, 2005/2006.Jeff and Judi Hill Rose Garden 2005Wabi Sabi Salon Collingwood, 2004Brunswick South West Primary School, 2002Merri Creek Primary School, 2001Merri Creek Primary School, 2000Merri Creek Primary School, 1997Sculpture installations at the following urban arts and music festivals:Melbourne Fringe Festival, Small Revolutions Federation Square, Melbourne, 2007.Melbourne Fringe Festival, Material World Federation Square, MelbourneFringe Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne, 2003Melbourne Fringe Festival, Docklands, Melbourne, 2003WOMAD, Adelaide, 2003Earthdance, Sydney, 2002Earthdance, Melbourne, 2001Earthdance, Sydney, 2004 Selected sculpture installations at the following regional music and arts festiva...

• Yering Station Sculpture Competition, Finalist, February, 2022
• Interior Small Sculpture Exhibition, Yarra Valley Arts, February, 2022
• Arnold Bloch Leibler Exhibtion, Melbourne, February, 2022
• Every Artist Ever, group show at Stockroom gallery in, Kyneton, July 2021
• Spring Sculpture Prize, group show at Lot 19 gallery, Castlemaine, October 2019. Co-recipient of the Anstey Award and co-recipient of The Mill Award
• Arts Open, group show at Taradale Hall and Ash Tree Studio, Taradale, March 2018
• Spring Sculpture Prize, group show at Lot 19 gallery, Castlemaine, October 2017. Recipient of the Anstey Award
• Momentum, group show at Backspace Gallery, Ballarat, May 2017
• Multitude, solo show at The Lost Ones Gallery for White Night, Ballarat, February 2017
• Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition, Yarra Glen, October 2016
• Spherophyte exhibition, solo show at Lot 19 Artspace, Castlemaine, June 2016
• Exploration16, group show at Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, May 2016
• Altered Elements, group show at Living Arts Space, Bendigo, November 2015
• Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition, Recipient of the Yering Station Sculpture Award, Yarra Glen, October 2015
• Spring Sculpture Prize, group show at Lot 19 gallery, Castlemaine, Oc...