Alex Schechter

Assistant Professor of Art, Sculpture

Contact
Department of Art
Office: 2-140 Lee Hall
Email: jaschec@clemson.edu

Education
M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art (2016); B.A., Grinnell College (2010)

J. Alex Schechter (b. 1988, Moose, WY) is a sculptor based out of Greenville, SC. Alex holds a BA in Religious studies from Grinnell College and an MFA in Sculpture from The Maryland Institute College of Art. His work focuses on on tensions between secular myth making and environmental realities, engaging in a slippage between technology, magic, ritual, myth and story. He has shown both Nationally and Internationally, including solo and two person shows at Flux Factory (New York, NY), Peep Projects (Philadelphia, PA), Terrault Contemporary (Baltimore, MD) and Millersville University (Millersville, PA), and group shows with Vox Populi (Philadelphia, PA), Good Children Gallery (New Orleans, LA), Dodomu Gallery (New York, NY), The Sculptors Alliance (New York, NY), and the Baltimore Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD). He has created installations for the City of Las Vegas, The Atlanta Beltline (Atlanta, GA), and Mildred’s Lane (Narrowsburg, NY) and has given talks and performances at Bowdoin College, Auburn University, the Walters Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the University of Pennsylvania. Schechter has curated a number of exhibitions through Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Greenville, SC), Little Berlin(Philadelphia, PA), Stoveworks (Chattanooga, TN) The Front (New Orleans, LA). Schechter has been an artist in Residence at the Jentel Foundation, KHN Center, Sculpture Space , The Hambidge Center and a Fellow at Mildred’s Lane (Narrowsburg, NY), and has been the recipient of a Wyoming Arts Fellowship grant for Art Education.

Professional/Research Links
www.alexschechter.com