Chapel of the Cross Commission

Click here to see the Updated Carving Progression

Ongoing Commisson...

Paris has begun a commission carving the tympanium over the main entryway into the historic Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill. Click here for some details.

Another successful year of workshops!

Paris just finished teaching his 16th annual Stone Carving Workshop

Other classes taught this summer:
Basic Anatomy and Figure Drawing
Sculpting the Figure in Clay
Spectacular Sculpture for Rising 7th-10th graders
Portfolio Prep Class for High School Students

If interested in future classes,
please email: paris@parisalexander.org

Kingsport, Tennessee Sculpture Walk

Paris Alexander's work "Love Bound, with Claws" was awarded an Honorarium for the Kingsport Annual Juried 2010-2011 Sculpture Exhibition.

Juried by Hank Foreman, Director and Chief Curator of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachain State University in Boone, NC

Click here to see a video of Hank Foreman's commentary on Paris' work.

Paris Alexander & the Governor Morehead School of the Blind, Sculpture and Outreach Program

Sculptor Paris Alexander taught an art outreach program at the Governor Morehead School for the Blind as part of their celebration of 150 years of Arts at the school, produced a stone sculpture that is now permanently installed in the campus gardens.

Click here to see a video of Paris' carving progression.

Salisbury Sculpture Show 2010-2011

Paris Alexander's work "The Burning" was awarded an Honorarium for the Salisbury's Annual Juried 2010-2011 Sculpture Exhibition. The work was installed at Rowan Library, Salisbury, NC. Juried by Jeff York, Public Arts Administrator for the Town of Chapel Hill.

“Although somewhat static and heavy as the materials from which the sculpture was carved, I appreciated the craftsmanship and labor required of the artist to free the image from the stone. The rough solidity and verticality of the limestone hand contrasts well with the smooth, horizontal marble slab on which it is placed. There is a story being told by the two sides of the sculpture, but like an ancient monument recently unearthed, its meaning remains enigmatic.”

-Jeff York, Public Arts Administrator for the Town of Chapel Hill.

Check out the latest article in the Raleigh Downtowner about the stone carving workshop.

Workshop Orientation starts May 8th and stone will need to be ordered before hand!

The SPRING STONE CARVING WORKSHOP is open for registration

Paris Alexander is currently accepting registration for a SPRING stone carving workshop in his sculpture studio. The student will learn fundamental stone carving techniques while designing and executing their own work of art.
Stone and tools will be provided. Click here for more details

Paris Alexander's work "Valkyrie" was awarded an Honorarium for the Craven Arts Council's Annual Juried 2009 Sculpture Exhibition in New Bern, NC

Panther Creek High School Commission Completed!

Panther Creek‘s first graduation class of 2009 has commissioned Paris Alexander to carve the school crest in limestone as a senior gift to the school. To be installed early October.

Paris Alexander's work "Orpheus" was awarded an Honorarium for Cary Visual Art's 2009 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Juried by Linda Johnson Dougherty, Chief Curator & Curator of Contemporary Art for the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh

Check out Heather McCuiston's Article on Paris.

"Jacob's Ladder" on The CW show ONE TREE HILL, Season 7

Paris Alexander was contracted by Warner Brothers Studios to supply a sculpture for the set of the upcoming Season 7 of the show One Tree Hill on the CW network.

Outreach Program 2009: Salvation Army

Sculptor Paris Alexander worked with 15 youths (3rd-6th graders) at the Salvation Army on Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC, instructing them in the carving of limestone sculptures, which are assembled into a permanent sculptural installation on the grounds of the Salvation Army.

Paris Alexander's work "Nemesis" was awarded an Honorarium for the Craven Arts Council's Annual Juried 2008 Sculpture Exhibition in New Bern, NC

Juried by Dr. Lawrence Wheeler, Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art

Here are the comments made by Dr. Lawrence Wheeler to the Craven Arts Council on Nemesis:

"Dr. Lawrence Wheeler our show juror mentioned that he’s known your work for quite some time” and that you “always achieve the mark.” Calling it “original” and “expressive,” he had the feeling that “there’s a figure in there, almost mummified, trying to get out, to live and breathe free.” He also mentioned how your carved striations in the limestone have great rhythm, “ saying, he loves “the technical inventiveness” with which you carve."

Paris Alexander's work "Jacob's Ladder" was awarded an Honorarium for Cary Visual Art's 2008 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition

Juried by Hank Foreman, Director and Chief Curator of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachain State University in Boone, NC

"Memento Mori", Merit Award, Artspace's New Works Exhibition

Juror: Xandra Eden, UNCG Weatherspoon Art Museum Curator of Exhibitions

Raleigh Fine Arts Society

"Death Puppet for John Donne"

1st Place: Sculpture and Ceramics

Juried by Dr. Lawrence Wheeler, Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art

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