Born in Sardinia Italy, Elena Murgia graduated at Florence University in Fashion, majoring in Fabric Design. After an intense period in that industry she undertook ceramic studies in London at Hampstead School of Art and her sculpting journey started in...
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Born in Sardinia Italy, Elena Murgia graduated at Florence University in Fashion, majoring in Fabric Design. After an intense period in that industry she undertook ceramic studies in London at Hampstead School of Art and her sculpting journey started in 2017 at Tom Bass Sculpture School in Sydney. In 2019 she furthered her study of sculpture and stone carving under the guidance of Usama Alnassar, a renowned Syrian/Italian sculptor. She is dedicated to her practice in her Sydney studio and her recent role teaching stone carving at Tom Bass Sculpture School.
She works with Carrara marble, bronze and ceramic, carving and modelling highly refined figurative forms which express strength, resilience and vulnerability. Interested in the way symbols may become talismans, figurative works enclose or release an inner form in many of her works allowing an intrinsic transformation to the subjects and extending the dialogue to a personal narrative of the feminine and the feminist.
She has featured at group exhibitions and regularly as a finalist at various Australian national prizes and now teaches stone carving at Tom Bass Sculpture School in Sydney.
