Marc Mellon is one of America's foremost representational sculptors known for his portrait busts, commemorative statues and works in bronze exploring the worlds of dance, sports and family life. His works have been displayed from New York to Los Angeles to Tokyo and are in numerous corporate, private, and public collections worldwide. Mellon has been present to see his works honor the vision and achievements of leaders in the worlds of dance, sport, business, philanthropy, science, medicine, religion, education, and civic affairs.Individuals who have been recognized and honored with Mellon bronzes include Pope John Paul II, President George H. W. Bush, President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan, athletes Michael Jordan, Mickey Mantle, Arthur Ashe, Cal Ripken, Chris Evert, Steph Curry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Venus Williams, dance world legends Agnes de Mille and Cynthia Gregory, Nobel Peace Prize recipients Elie Wiesel, Muhammad Yunus, Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Barack Obama, transformational university leaders Chancellor Herman B. Wells (Indiana University) and Chancellor John Silber (Boston University), and a host of business leaders. Mellon’s works in museum collections include The 2009 Official Barack Obama Inaugural Medal, and bronze busts of George H.W. Bush. His portrait bust of Pope John Paul II resides in the Papal Apartments of the Vatican; his bust of Elie Wiesel is on view at the 92nd Street Y in New York City and the Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University.Mellon has also produced several of America’s best-known bronzes of sports and popular culture, including the NBA MVP Trophy, the WNBA MVP Trophy, the Bobby Clarke Trophy, and the Dave Rimington Trophy. The artist is also known as an accomplished medalist and relief sculptor. His medals have paid tribute to Theodore Roosevelt (commissioned by the Theodore Roosevelt Association), Barack Obama (commissioned by the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee), Walt Whitman (commissioned by the Grolier Club), Nobel Peace Prize recipient Albert Schweitzer, and engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Wallace H. Coulter.Over the last eight years, Mellon has been working collaboratively on a ballet-inspired series of bronzes with some of our most accomplished international ballet artists. Mellon's love of the figure and interest in exploring core human values is evident in all his art.