Elena Murgia Italian; Australian, b. 1973

Born in Sardinia Italy, Elena Murgia graduated at Florence University in
Fashion, majoring in Fabric Design. After an intense period in the 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.