Alex Schechter

Assistant Professor of Art, Sculpture

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

Education
M.F.A., The Maryland Institute College of Art; B.A. in Religious Studies, Grinnell College

Alex Schechter is a sculptor based out of Philadelphia, PA. Alex holds a BA in Religious studies from Grinnell College and an MFA in Sculpture from The Maryland Institute College of Art. He has shown both Nationally and Internationally, including solo and two person shows at Flux Factory (New York, NY) Ghost Gallery (Omaha, NB), Terrault Contemporary (Baltimore, MD) and Millersville University (Millersville, PA), and group shows with Dodomu Gallery (New York, NY), The Sculptors Alliance (New York, NY), Vox Populi (Philadelphia, PA), Good Children Gallery (New Orleans, LA), and the Baltimore Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD). He has created installations for The National Museum of Wildlife Art (Jackson, WY), 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 Little Berlin, in Philadelphia, as well as at The Front (New Orleans, NY), and at Enriched Bread Collective (Ottowa). Schechter has been an artist in Residence at Sculpture Space (Utica, NY), The Hambidge Center (Rabun Gap, GA) and a Fellow at Mildred’s Lane (Narrowsburg, NY), and has been the recipient of a Wyoming Arts Fellowship grant for Art Education.