Alex Morante (b.1994, USA) is a London-based artist currently in residence at the Tracey Emin Foundation Victoria House in Margate. Working in figurative ceramic sculpture, she depicts distorted beasts and bodies drawn from her subconscious and the dark imagery found in mythology, science fiction, and religious iconography. She explores the familiar discomforts of anxiety, vulnerability, and monstrosity, with the grotesque and the abject serving as central references.

A diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis has further shaped her practice, creating a hyper-awareness of instability within both internal and external worlds, while influencing the forms she creates and methods of making. She builds complex surfaces using oxides layered with crystalline and crater glazes, evoking mould, lichen, rust, and verdigris. Kiln and chemistry function as collaborators; the unpredictable nature of ceramic processes becomes a way of directly manifesting psychological and physical states on the form, embedding experiences of deterioration, transformation, and endurance within the material.

Alex holds a BA (Hons) in Ceramic Design from Central Saint Martins (2025). Recent awards include the Mawddach Residency Graduate Award (2026) and the Jenny Walton Masters Award (2023).

Email: contact@alexmorante.com

Instagram: @slipslob

Education
2025 Central Saint Martins — BA (Hons) Ceramic Design (First Class) & Diploma in Professional Studies
2021 Mercer County Community College — Associate in Fine Arts

Residencies & Awards
2026 Victoria House Residency, Tracey Emin Foundation, Margate
2026 Mawddach Graduate Residency Award, Wales
2023 Jenny Walton Masters Award
2020 Mel Leipzig Fine Arts Scholarship

Exhibitions
2026 The Society of Women Artists Graduate and Student Exhibition, London
2025 The Recent Graduates Exhibition, Affordable Art Fair, London
2023 Straight Out the Ground, UAL: Central Saint Martins, London
2022 Design Transforms Borders, NYCxDesign Week, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Mercer County Artists Juried Exhibition, MCCC, West Windsor, NJ
2021 The MCCC: West Windsor Campus Gallery Student Exhibition, West Windsor, NJ
2018 Findlay & Morante: Selected Works, Studio 16 Pop-Up, Trenton, NJ
2017 Deviant Philly Presents: Oracle, Bottle Bar East, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Nobody Likes You When You're 23, Pop-Up Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Collections
2025 UAL Archives and Special Collections Centre, London
2021 MCCC West Windsor Campus Gallery, West Windsor, NJ