Josiah McElheny

Josiah McElheny (born in 1966, United States) is an artist and sculptor, primarily known for his work with glass blowing and assemblages of glass and mirrored glassed objects. He is a 2006 recipient of the MacArthur Fellows Program "genius grant". He currently lives and works in New York City.

EDUCATION

McElheny received his B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1988. As part of that program, in 1987 he trained under Master Glassblower Ronald Wilkins in London, England, and also studied at Rome, Italy in the Rhode Island School of Design European Honors Program.

After graduating, he was an apprentice to Master Glassblower Jan-Erik Ritzman and Sven-Ake Caarlson (in Transjö, Sweden) from 1989–1991; and an apprentice to Master Glassblower Lino Tagliapietra (various locations: Seattle, Washington, New York, New York, Switzerland) from 1992-1997.

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2004-2010 - Yale University School of Art - Senior Critic

2003 - Dia Center (Chelsea, Manhattan) - Artists on Artists Lecture Series featured speaker on Donald Judd.

2001-2003- Yale University School of Art - visiting critic

2000 - University of Nevada, Las Vegas - artist-in-residence and visiting faculty

1998 - The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts - artist-in-residence