Iain Machell trained at Portsmouth College of Art in England and Grays School of Art in Scotland, with an MFA in Sculpture from the State University of NY at Albany. His work has been shown at the Drawing Center, Sculpture Center, Artists Space, Center for Book Arts, and Dieu Donne Gallery in New York City, ARC Gallery Raw Space in Chicago, Islip Art Museum on Long Island, and Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture at Chesterwood in Stockbridge, MA. His handmade book Objets Perdus is in the Artist Book Collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2015 he completed a Residency at the Platte Clove Preserve in the Catskill Mountains, NY and recent solo shows were at Cross Contemporary Art in Saugerties NY, and the Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, NY. His works have been featured in The New York Times, Sculpture Magazine, New Art Examiner & Chicago Sun-Times.Machell is Art Professor Emeritus at SUNY Ulster, receiving the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2012. He has been a Visiting Artist to numerous colleges and universities including Parsons School of Art, University of Massachusetts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Ball State University.Machell is Art Professor Emeritus at SUNY Ulster, receiving the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2012. He has been a Visiting Artist to numerous colleges and universities including Parsons School of Art, University of Massachusetts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Ball State University.