Alexandra Searle Apparatus (i), 2025

Alexandra Searle (b 1992) is a London-based sculptor. After studying Fine Art at Newcastle University graduating in 2015, she went on to complete an MFA in Fine Art Sculpture from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2019. Drawing upon the intersection of medical themes and the human condition from personal experiences with anxiety and hypochondria, Searle manipulates and exploits the behaviour of materials in order to physically depict moments of stress, tension and expectation. Primarily working with mould making and casting, she captures soft or malleable materials put under pressure, just before the point of collapse, as a way of playing upon the delicate and temporal nature of the corporeal existence. Her works expose familiar fragilities and aim to dig into the soft tissue of the materials she uses.