ALEXANDRA MILLS
Visual Artist
Alexandra Mills is a visual artist based in Sydney, Australia working in mixed media across the disciplines of drawing and sculpture. Her work is usually research-based and often re-uses materials to evoke the past.
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Art Education
2019-20 Master of Fine Art National Art School, Sydney
2016-18 Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture) National Art School, Sydney
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Solo Exhibitions
2024 Banksia: drawings in many materials May Gibbs Nutcote Kurraba Point NSW
2022 A Coastal Walk Maunsell Wickes Gallery Paddington NSW
2021 In Darlinghurst Maunsell Wickes Gallery Paddington NSW
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Curated and prize finalist exhibitions
2025 Hawkesbury Art Prize NSW
2025 Reimagine Art Prize Hornsby NSW
2025 Still I Rise Pseudonym Gallery Newcastle NSW
2025 Shadow Pseudonym Gallery Newcastle NSW
2024 North Sydney Art Prize Waverton NSW
2024 Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize PLC Sydney
2023 Les Sculptures Refusees Q Station Manly NSW
2022 Sculpture in the Vineyards Wollombi NSW
2022 Le Petit Salon de Sculpture QStation North Head, Manly NSW
2022 Sculpture in the Gaol Trial Bay Gaol, South West Rocks NSW
2022 Reimagine 2022 (runner-up prize) Wallarobba Arts Centre, Hornsby NSW
2021 Little Things Art Prize St Cloche Gallery, Paddington NSW
2021 EMANATE New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) Armidale NSW
2021 6x6 Miniature Sculpture Show Defiance Gallery, Paddington NSW
2019 Northern Beaches Art Prize Creative Space North Curl Curl
2019 Oh me oh my Gaffa Gallery Sydney
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Selected group and joint exhibitions
2025 The other environmental art exhibition Manly NSW
2024 Show Three Paddington NSW
2024 The other environmental art exhibition Manly NSW
2024 Monuments of Nature Red Gallery Fitzroy North VIC
2023 Transplants (with Stefania Riccardi) Blenheim House, Randwick NSW
2022 Looking out Camperdown NSW
2021 Post-Grad 2020 Graduation exhibition National Art School NSW
2020 Orientation: landscape Gaffa Gallery Sydney
2019 Photographic Memories Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC
2018 Released Graduation exhibition National Art School, Sydney
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Residencies and awards
2024 Semi-finalist, Macquarie Group Emerging Art Award
2023-4 Residency, North Sydney Council Ridge St Artist Studios
2023 Residency, Q Station/ Les Sculptures Refusées
2022 Runner-up, Reimagine Art Prize 2022 Hornsby Council NSW
2021-2 Residency, Northern Beaches Council Avalon Creative Workshop
Collections
Drawings and sculpture held in the collection of the National Art School and private collections in Australia, UK and USA.
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