Anthea Alley (1927–1993) was a British sculptor and artist.
She was born in Malaya in 1927, and lived in Australia and South Africa during the Second World War.[1] In 1944 she moved to London with her family and studied painting at the Regent Street Polytechnic,[2] Chelsea College of Art and the Royal College of Art.[3] From 1957 she concentrated on sculpture art, producing welded pieces alongside assemblage paintings.[1] In 1960, Alley held her first one-person show at the Molton Gallery and in 1961 she received a John Moores Painting Prize.[3] [1]
She was married to Ronald Alley, Keeper of the Modern Collection at the Tate Gallery, London.[3]
Examples of her work is in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery, the Arts Council and Birmingham Art Gallery.[2] [1]