"When I interact with the repetitive stacking of these current pieces, I am reconstructing not only the way in which they were built but also the moments that are encoded in the actions that created each layer. I think about sedimentary layers found in geology and the way that large and small moments can be recorded but can also be changed over time."
Lydia Musco is an artist from New England whose work has been exhibited in galleries and outdoor spaces across the US. She studied stone carving in Italy and has participated in symposiums and residencies in Norway, South Korea, and China. As a graduate student Musco developed methods of casting concrete in thin, stackable layers, and was awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant for the resulting body of work.
She has been a recipient of a PollockKrasner Foundation Grant, a Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artist grant, and an Edward F. Albee Fellowship, among others. She holds a BA from Bennington College and an MFA from Boston University.
She is a Lecturer in Sculpture at Boston University. Musco lives and works in Royalston, Massachusetts.