Grace Sachi Troxell

Grace Sachi Troxell (b.Illinois, 1991) is a sculptor based in Ithaca and Brooklyn, New York. In her current work, she uses clay and found objects to explore entanglements between organic and inorganic materials, form and deformity, and digestion, as well as her mixed Japanese, Irish and German heritage. She received a BS in Studio Art from Skidmore College, a Post-Graduate certificate in painting from the Glasgow School of Art, and an MFA from Cornell University. She has been artist in residence at MacDowell, Yaddo, Sculpture Space, the Studios at MASSMoCa, Woodstock Byrdcliffe, Willapa Bay AiR, The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China, Dumfries House, Scotland, and The International Textile Art Symposium, Daugavpils Rothko Center, Latvia. She is currently an artist in residence at Sharpe-Walentas. Troxell has had solo exhibitions at Haw Contemporary, Neighbors, The Hartnett Gallery at The University of Rochester, and The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. She currently is a visiting critic at Cornell University.