IDrawn to materials that are weathered and worn, Alex Asch reinterprets found objects in the construction of his unique house sculptures.  Discarded materials are favoured in his constructions as they reveal remnants of a past life and are often weathered by the elements of nature as well as altered or marked by tools and fittings.  These characteristics of his media indicate the previous value of his materials as a whole object, now seen as composite elements in an entirely new structure.  Often, found objects and materials are also incorporated into the interiors of his house forms.  Alex is interested in the capabilities of association between object and form, deconstructing elements of nature to a simplified, symbolic form and reinterpreting them with his found materials.

Alex Asch was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and was involved in university art programs in Los Angeles and New York before moving to Australia and studying art at the Australian National University in 1988.  He has provided technical assistance to a number of arts organisations around Canberra, and has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia. In 2008, Alex was awarded the Rosalie Gascoigne Award by the Capital Arts Patrons Organisation (CAPO).  In 2009, Alex was a finalist in Bondi’s Sculpture by the Sea, and was invited to represent Australia in Sculpture by the Sea in Denmark in the same year. Alex’s work is in corporate collections in Australia, USA, UK and Netherlands as well as Artbank, The Wesley Art Foundation and Canberra Museum and Gallery.