Alexa Hainsworth is a Canadian artist who works in fiber-based sculpture, immersive installation, and costume. She received her MFA from the University of Saskatchewan. Hainsworth enjoys playing with textiles and other fibre-based materials, finding ways to manipulate and stretch them to behave in new and unexpected ways. The larger-than-life characters in their menagerie each take on their own personality. Often inspired by nature, both plant and animal forms, Hainsworth plays with colour, pattern, and scale, animating her sculptures and installations with a unique life force. Alexa Hainsworth has exhibited her work locally, nationally, and internationally, including Saskatoon, Regina, Toronto, Halifax, and Croatia. She has participated in numerous residencies locally and abroad and is a 2-time Best-inShow winner at the Sask Fashion Wearable Art Gala. Her award-winning work was recently acquired by the Saskatchewan Arts Board and can also be found in private collections throughout Canada.
Outside her artistic practice, Hainsworth works as the Member Services Coordinator for the Saskatchewan Craft Council and is a member of the artist collective, Bridges Art Movement. She currently serves on the board of the Emma International Collaboration and was previously Board Chair of AKA Artist-Run Centre.
2026
Lugo Frequencies, Immersive installation - Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Sk
Coming Soon May 9th - MEADOWS Colour Stories from the Land. Curated by Melanie Monique Rose
2025
Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
Bone House, Bridges Art Movement, Saskatoon, SK
Saskatoon Forestry Farm, Artist in Residence, City of Saskatoon, SK
2024
EMMA International Art Residency, Nesslin Site, Big River, SK
2023
Sense of Place, Wanuskewin Heritage Park, Saskatoon, SK
2022
Community Project Gallery, Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
Sask Wearable Art Gala, Saskatoon, SK
2020
Tissue, BAM Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2018
Came From Was, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Came From Water, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
The Cat’s Meow, BAM Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2016
Immersive Spaces, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2014
SWAG (Group Exhibition), Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon, SK
Mimicry, Frances Morrison Library, Saskatoon, SK
2013
Saskatchewan Wearable Art Runway Show, Vaughn Wyant Automotive, Saskatoon, SK
Fly By Night, Nuit Blanche, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2012
Celtic Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra Collaboration, TCU Place, Saskatoon, SK
Dis–Array, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Swell (MFA Exhibition), Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2011
Construct, MFA Group Exhibition, University of Regina & University of Saskatchewan, 5th Parallel Gallery and Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, SK
Re-Inhabit, Rudele Artist Residency, Croatia
Fray (Group Exhibition), Kenderdine Campus, University of Saskatchewan & Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, SK
LGBT Gala Awards and Auction, The Avenue Community Centre, Radisson Hotel, Saskatoon, SK
2010
Frames, Curatorial Project on the History of the University of Saskatchewan Art Department, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Lily Plain (BFA Exhibition), Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
2009
Carnivale, Artist by Artist, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
AWARDS
Sask Foundation for the Arts - Prairie Folk & Craft 2026
SK Arts Permanent Art Collection - Woodlands, Wearable Art. 2022
Saskatchewan Wearable Art Contest - Peoples Choice 2022
BlackFlash Magazine Halloween Ball, Best Costume, 2016 & 2010
First Annual Saskatchewan Wearable Art Contest, Head-Piece Category, 2014
Masters Thesis Award, Arts And Science 2013
LGBTQIA Gala Awards 1st Place “Most Off the Wall” Wearable Art Show 2011
BIBLIOGRAPHY
K. S. McCutcheon Wearable Art Exhibition reveals a distinct artistic experience
The Sheaf, March 13, 2014.
Alex MacPherson, “The Art of Misdirection” Verb Magazine January 2014
Jenna Mann “Hainsworth brings Snelgrove Gallery to life” The Sheaf Newspaper, November 1, 2012.
Alison Cooley, Memories Explored at Snelgrove, The Sheaf Newspaper, March 25, 2010
Greg Reese, The Completely Massive Spectacle! The Sheaf Newspaper, November 12. 2009