Mike Leckie

Michael Stuart Leckie (born June 30, 1950) is a neo-classical sculptor in Eugene, Oregon.[1][2]

Mike Leckie, 2011

Early life

Leckie grew up in Eastern Oregon on a 500 head cattle ranch 35 miles from Fossil, Oregon.[3] As a country boy, he grew up on a horse, learned to ride bulls and spent time competing in the junior rodeo circuit.[4]

Education
The Reading Girl by Mike Leckie

Leckie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Metalsmithing from Oregon State University in 1973 and has done post graduate study and teach art at Instituto Allende in San Miguel Allende, Mexico; at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; at California State University, Long Beach; at University of California, Los Angeles; and at the University of Oregon.[5] He began carving marble while attending a graduate studies seminar at the University of Oregon, in 1981.[6]

Career

Leckie imports carving stones from Italy, Portugal, China, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Canada, Australia, and Mexico to his open-air studio in the Oregon forest near Eugene.[7]

Leckie was sanctioned to create the Official Art of the 2008, 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials.[8][9]

In 2013 he was commissioned by the Mary LcLeod Bethune Humanitarian Network to create "The First Ladies of Diversity" for a proposed National Monument to Mary McLeod Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt.

In 2009, the city of Albany, Oregon commissioned a marble statue for its library. "The Reading Girl" is five foot tall statue that greets visitors entering the library.[10]

In 2008 he was commissioned by the Sidney Frank Importing Co. to create a Bronze Portrait Head of Sidney Frank as an award to honor "Excellence in Advertising" by the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America.

In 1989 he was commissioned for bas-relief work for the World Champion Masters Track Meet in Eugene, Oregon.

References
  1. "Eugene Weekly : Culture : 01.29.04 | eugeneweekly.com". www.eugeneweekly.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  2. Helfand, Glen. "Male nudes, now". Salon. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  3. "Sculptor finds art in athletics". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  4. "Sculptor finds art in athletics". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  5. "Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  6. "Sculptor finds art in athletics". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  7. "About - MikeLeckie.com". mikeleckie.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  8. "Sculptor finds art in athletics". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  9. "Swiped sculpture finds its way home". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  10. Democrat-Herald, Cathy Ingalls, Albany. "Statue welcomes Albany library patrons". Albany Democrat Herald. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
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