Alex Berry graduated with an MA in Theatre Design from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.  She previously trained at the Royal Northern College of Music and Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag, as a clarinettist, graduating with a first class BMus (Hons) degree.  She was a finalist in the 2015 Linbury Prize, working with Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, and exhibited her design at the National Theatre, London.

Her recent projects include Right Place Wrong Tim for Channel 4, No Sweat (The Pleasance London), The Rape Of Lucretia (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), Spring Awakening (Redgrave Theatre), A Tender Thing (The Theatre, Chipping Norton), Rabbits (Park Theatre), These Trees Are Made of Blood (Arcola Theatre), The Cunning Little Vixen (Royal College of Music), The Lighthouse (Hackney Showroom), Robin Hood (The Old Market, Brighton), Song of Riots (Battersea Arts Centre; The North Wall Arts Centre; Stockholm Fringe Festival – Winner, Audience Choice Award), The Kreutzer Sonata (The Theatre, Chipping Norton), This Much (ZOO, Edinburgh Fringe), O Réjane (Bootleg Theatre, Los Angeles – Best Costume Nominee, Stage Raw Awards), Fast Track (The North Wall), Blue Stockings (The Tobacco Factory), The River (Brewery Theatre), Awake (C Venues, Edinburgh Fringe) and Dead On Her Feet (Arcola Theatre; The North Wall Arts Centre).

As a visual artist, her work has been exhibited at the Royal College of Art, Dulwich Picture Gallery, and Whitworth Art Gallery.