Alex Morante (b.1994, USA) is an artist based in London working in figurative ceramic sculpture. Her work depicts distorted beasts and figures drawn from her subconscious and from dark imagery in myth, lore, and iconography. The grotesque and the abject are central references; her sculptures hold uneasy dualities in tension: growth and decay, empathy and fear, the familiar and the unknown.

A diagnosis of chronic illness brought instability and adaptation into the centre of her making. She builds complex surfaces using oxides layered with crystalline and crater glazes, evoking mold, lichen, rust, and verdigris. Kiln and chemistry function as collaborators. The unpredictable nature of ceramic processes becomes a way of manifesting transformation, deterioration, and endurance directly on the form.

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