Mr. Boggs was born and raised in Eastern Kentucky. His great
grandfather was a blacksmith; both grandfathers and his father
were welders and steelworkers. Continuing a family tradition of
ironwork, he has taken the ironworker’s material and process and
made art.
In 1969, he
earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kentucky.
In 1970, he earned a Master in Fine Arts degree from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since 1970, he has
taught undergraduate and graduate art courses at Converse College
in Spartanburg, SC. In 1994, he was promoted to full professor and
currently is serving as department chairperson for the fourth
term.
Mr. Boggs is
well known for his abstract paintings, steel sculptures, bronze
work, computer graphics and architectural designs. His work is
placed in the presidential libraries of Gerald Ford and Jimmy
Carter. His work is located also internationally in permanent
collections of numerous corporations. In addition, he has received
many sculpture commissions for private residences, one of which is
the home of the author, Lillian Jackson Braun.
The city of
Spartanburg commissioned Mr. Boggs to produce a bronze medallion
to commemorate the city’s sesquicentennial. In 1991, he was
named Honorary Artist of Spartanburg by proclamation of the Mayor
of Spartanburg. In 2000, April 29 was declared "Mayo Mac
Boggs Day" by proclamation of the Mayor of Spartanburg.
He frequently
exhibits his work and serves as a guest speaker for
lecture-demonstrations. He has been the subject of many radio and
TV shows, the most recent being Educational Televisions’ “Impressions"
and "Around Town" with Cheryl Harleston.
He has been
invited to exhibit his World Trade
Center monument proposal at the
Biennale
Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea, Firenze,
Italy
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