ABOUT

 New Orleans based artist H. Grace Boyle’s preferred method of creating is sculpting.  Her work incorporates both handmade and found objects, and materials including recycled and repurposed stone, wood, and metal.  After finishing her first marble carving in 1997, a deep connection was formed.   Natural stone remains her favorite material to use despite its physical demands.  The freedom that comes with inventing and translating ideas through a process-based use of forms and media are central to her practice.  She earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of New Orleans and returned in 2020.  She completed her MFA in 2023.  In 2021, she was awarded the New Roads Scholarship from the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in Vermont.  She has shown work in local and national exhibitions.  Boyle also has four public sculptures, three which are located in Kenner, LA. and one in Metairie, LA.