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McGill, Melissa
American; (b. 1969, Quonset Point, RI; lives in Beacon, NY)
1991 BFA (sculpture with honors) Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Melissa McGill’s life-sized cast porcelain sculptures and blown glass droplets explore

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the concept of negative space and seek to give material form to the invisible. McGill’s

Artner, Alan G. “Melissa McGill

freestanding porcelain sculptures represent the space inside of an object. She began

[Skestos Gabrielle Gallery

creating these biomorphic forms in 1995 after experimenting with casting the insides

Review].” Chicago Tribune,
March 3, 2006. http://articles.

of figurines that she found at flea markets. Residencies at the John Michael Kohler

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Arts Center’s Arts/Industry program at the Kohler Co. factory in Kohler, Wisconsin

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(2002, 2004), helped the artist perfect her casting process and interdisciplinary praxis
of combining sculpture and drawing. In addition to a Sylvie Leslie Young Herman

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Heartney, Eleanor. “Melissa
McGill at CRG.” Art in

Scholarship (1990) and an Ox-Bow Fellowship through the Art Institute of Chicago

America, September 1, 1999.

(1990), McGill has held artist residencies at the Fundación Valparaíso (The Valparaiso

“Melissa McGill.“ CRG Gallery.

Foundation), Almeria, Spain (2003) and the WheatonArts Glass Studio, Wheaton Village,

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New Jersey (2004). McGill’s exploration of space through ceramic sculpture has recently

2013. http://crggallery.com/
artists/melissa-mcgill/bio/

evolved into a public art project called “Constellation,” a large-scale sculptural installation
that illuminates an abandoned island between the shores of the Hudson River.

Mitchell, Claire. “Inside Job.”
NYLON Magazine, April 1, 2003.

MELISSA MCGILL WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION

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