James Mellick’s career as an artist has been divided between the art market and the university. In 1973 he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a major in painting, a minor in sculpture and extensive work in printmaking. In his first teaching position at Colby Sawyer College in New Hampshire (1973-1978) he turned to wood carving and assemblage which has been his medium of choice for 42 years.
Teaching positions include Houghton College where he started the art program in 1979, head of the sculpture program at Calvin College (1989-91) and he developed the three-dimensional program and designed the facilities at Cedarville University (2008-14). In 2012-2013 he was given the Faculty Award for Scholarship, a rare honor for the fine and performing arts in academe. Mellick’s allegorical wood sculptures are collected internationally and he is in many private collections and as well as museum and academic collections. A recent nominee for the Governor’s Award in Ohio, he is recognized as a “Master Ohio Craftsman”. He has over 180 exhibitions to his credit, including 40 one and two person shows. His images are in national and international publications and three sculpture textbooks. In 2016 James Mellick’s Wounded Warrior Dogs won the international Grand Prize by Popular Vote at Art Prize 8.
Carving Allegories of Redemption.
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About James Mellick
James Mellick’s career as an artist has been divided between the art market and the university. In 1973 he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a major in painting, a minor in sculpture and extensive work in printmaking.
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