Elizabeth Miller Mccue

I was born in Bethlehem, PA, USA

I live and work in Yardley (Bucks County) PA, USA. 40 minutes north of Philadelphia, 75 minutes southwest of New York, NY.

I work in sculpture and works on paper. Each enriches the other, resonating back and forth in a dialogue of shared imagery, structure and thought. Sculpture and works on paper bring forth the primacy of touch in a world overflowing with machine-made objects.

In sculpture I work primarily in unique bronze castings ranging in scale from gallery works to installations and public commissions. I also fabricate in steel, aluminum and mixed media.

Most recently my small scale gallery works have been concerned with variations on the sphere and the image of the house. This work is personal and defined by its relation to the hand.

My public work, though, is different in intent and scale. It is to be understood and accessible to a wide audience, and perhaps populist in feeling. It is defined by its relationship to the body - you are able to move in, out and around the space it occupies - it is real physical space.

Works on paper are predominately in charcoal and oil sticks, media similar to the sculptural materials of clay and wax. The s...

Studies of Southeast Asian art, in particular the Hindu-Buddhist reliefs and sculptures of Indonesia and Cambodia, were pursued at Vassar College and on the graduate level at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies.

Following graduate school, drawing, painting and sculpture were studied intensively at the Arts Students League and the New York Studio School with Sidney Simon, Sidney Geist, Nicholas Carone, Gabriel Laderman, William Tucker, Clement Meadmore and Peter Agostini.

I have sought with my background to develop a personal vision through perception, examination and experience.

I have been awarded 12 public commissions; six grants for sculpture, most recently in 2004 by the DC Commission for Arts and Humanities for the Capitol Hill Sculpture Project; and, have had six solo exhibitions. In December 2006, I was selected as one of the finalists for the RiverWalk Project, an international public art competition in Wisconsin, USA.

In addition I have also exhibited in over 50 national, regional and international sculpture and works on paper exhibitions. Distinguished curators and jurors, Charlotta Kotik, Holland Cotter and Ivan Karp have selected my work for exhibitions and ...