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1. Stepping Out, 2007, glazed ceramic, 26” x 16” x 16”
2. Balancing, 2007, smoke fired ceramic, 27” x 12” x 14”
3. Listening Inward, 2007, smoke fired ceramic, 26” x 12” x 10”
4. Centered, 2007, smoke fired ceramic, 27” x  12” x 15”
5. Exhale, 2008, glazed ceramic, 23” x 8” x 9”
6. Coupled as One, 2007, ceramic, acrylics, and wax, 19” x 10” x 6”
7. Winged Vessel, 2007, smoke fired ceramic, 18” x 10” x 6”
8. Drifting on the Edge, 2008, glazed and soda / wood fired ceramic,
    13” x 19” x 12”
9. Monkeys in My Boat, 2008, glazed and stained ceramic, 11” x 19” x 11”
 10. Floating Above the Current, 2008, glazed ceramic and mixed media,
        8” x 15” x 6”
11. Ascent, 2008, glazed and stained ceramic, 11” x 11” x 7”
12. It Takes a Village, 2008, glazed and stained ceramic, 10” x 13” x 7”

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13. Fairies, Wood Nymphs, and Sprites 1, 2008, glazed (white) ceramic, 13” x 5” x 7”
14. Fairies, Wood Nymphs, and Sprites 2, 2008, glazed (black) ceramic, 15” x 9” x 9”
15. Fairies, Wood Nymphs, and Sprites 3, 2008, stained (porcelain) ceramic, 14” x 5” x 6”

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Contact Information
1228 Arwyn Lane
Gladwyne , PA 19035
tel: 610-645-0960
e-mail: mseligsmoger@comcast.net
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
My spiritual connectedness to Nature unites my soul with the eternal rhythms of creation. I sense a universal energy, a breath that sculpts all natural forms as mountains, water, plants, animals, and the human body. The only constant that I believe exists is this perpetual energy that we experience through these physical manifestations.

My work is about the gesture, rhythm, and movement of this energy. Some artists think in pictures, I think in form and space. Clay allows me to speak spontaneously and intuitively as my fingers press, pull, and imprint reflections of these forces in the language of a three dimension sculpture.

There is a feminine, figurative quality to my work because the creation emanates so directly from my inner consciousness as I work. I often begin with a narrative and proceed to get immersed in an improvisational conversation with the form and space that evolve.

In this way, my art makes tangible that which is not…to give form to that which is formless…to visualize breath and energy by materializing the physical structures left behind.

Education
2003
Pennsylvania Instructional I Certification, Art K-12

2002
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MA,Ed, Visual Arts

1999
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Certificate, Fine Arts/Sculpture

1977
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Masters of Interior Design

1974
Trinity College, Hartford, CT
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
BA, Cognitive Psychology

Awards and Honors
2007
Honorable Mention, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

2006
3rd Place, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

2000-2002
Graduate Assistantship, 310 Gallery Coordinator, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Fellowship Prize/ Honorable Mention, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Katmandu Prize for Outdoor Sculpture, ASE, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1997
ASE Certificate Flame Welding Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1984
Who's Who of American Women

Professional Affiliations
Philadelphia Sculptors
International Sculpture Center
Philadelphia Guild of Hand Weavers

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2008
Passages: A Journey in Ceramic Sculpture, Bryn Mawr Trust Co, Ardmore, PA

Group

2008
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2008, The State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA

Philadelphia Sculptors, West Chester University,
West Chester, PA

2007
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

Tyme Gallery, Havertown, PA

2006
Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

2004
Celebration of Fiber, Philadelphia Guild of Hand Weavers at Widener University, Chester, PA  
Juried Exhibition

2003
Philadelphia Sculptors, Outdoor Sculpture Installation, Philadelphia, PA

Fiber by Fiber, Philadelphia Guild of Hand Weavers, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

2001-2002
Art Education Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

1998-1999
Certificate Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

1998
Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

1999
Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

1997-1998
Group Show, Beth David Reform Congregation, Gladwyne, PA

1997
Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition