Artist's Statement

Melissa Pierce Murray uses materials ranging from plasma-cut steel and carved wood to ice, glass, and bubble-wrap. With either handheld objects which reveal an intrigue of abrading and shaping, or large-scale sculptural installations with powerful and dynamic lines, she creates physical metaphors which equally evoke emotional states and forces of immense landscapes. Edgy, alluring, playful, or awkward, her works are not so much to be viewed as to be encountered, inviting a reflective or felt response. Melissa has a BA in English Literature and Physics, and an MA in Fine Art.