Alex Morante (b.1994, USA; currently based in London) holds a BA (Hons) in Ceramic Design from Central Saint Martins (2025).

Through figurative ceramic sculpture she explores bodily and psychological vulnerability. Her work portrays distorted beasts and beings dredged from her subconscious and from dark imagery within myth, lore, and iconography. Rooted in a morbid curiosity, she is influenced by the aesthetics of the grotesque and the abject, examining uneasy dualities such as growth and decay, empathy and fear, and the familiar and the unknown.

Following a diagnosis of chronic illness, instability and adaptation have become central in her making. Using oxides layered with crystalline and crater glazes, she develops complex surfaces reflective of those found in nature and artifacts such as mold, lichen, rust, and verdigris. With kiln and chemistry as collaborators, she invites the unpredictable nature of ceramic material processes to suggest the internal experience of transformation, deterioration, and endurance, manifest directly on the sculpted form.

Recent awards include the Mawddach Residency Graduate Award (2026) and The Jenny Walton Masters Award (2023).