Grace Sachi Troxell

Grace Sachi Troxell is an artist 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. She received a B.S. in Studio Art from Skidmore College, a post-graduate certificate in painting from the Glasgow School of Art, and her M.F.A. 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 (Jingdezhen, China), Dumfries House (Scotland), and The International Textile Art Symposium (Daugavpils Rothko Center, Latvia). In 2021, she was the recipient of the John Hartell Graduate Award from Cornell University and the Warren Mackenzie Advancement Award from the Northern Clay Center. She is a 2022–2023 artist-in-residence at Sharpe-Walentas in Brooklyn, New York.

Academic Research/Specialty Areas

  • Collaborative practice
  • Installation art
  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Ceramics
  • Sewing
  • Food
  • Cooking
  • Planting

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Classes (Selected)

  • ART 3299 Painting: Special Topics

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships (Selected)

  • Artist-in-residence, Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY (2022)
  • Artist-in-residence, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY (2022)
  • Warren Mackenzie Advancement Award, Northern Clay Center, MN (2021)
  • Artist-in-residence, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY (2017)
  • Artist-in-residence, MacDowell, Peterborough, NH (2016)

Exhibitions and Presentations (Selected)

  • Potato Séance, Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (2022)
  • No More Chicken Nuggets, Mommy, Neighbors, Ithaca, NY (2021)
  • Burnt Honey, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (2017)

Selected Work

  • An abstract sculpture with three legs, similar to a small table, sits in a gallery with wooden floors and white walls. The sculpture contains chicken wire, shiny black paint, and rounded forms made of paper maché.

    No More Chicken Nuggets, Mommy (2020), wood fired clay, paper clay, slipcast carrot, steel, fabric, 72" x 35" x 29". image / provided

  • An abstract, rectangular, pink sculpture sits in a gallery with a wooden floor and white walls. The bottom half is a pale pink and fucshia and the top half is peachy pink and light brown,

    My Other's Body (2022), clay, wood, vermiculite, 74" x 19" x 26". image / provided

  • An abstract sculpture sits atop a square transport dolly in a gallery with light wood floors and white walls. The sculpture is mustard, grey, and white, with bulbous, vegetable-shaped forms sticking off of it in all directions.

    Carrot Ginger Elixir (2021), clay, slipcast vegetables, steel, carrot pulp, 76" x 32" x 30". image / provided

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