Ted Fleming, Fellow - New Orleans, LA
Ted Fleming
“As an artist, I believe that the pursuit of knowledge of the human body is limitless. I’m actually delighted to think that I can study this for the rest of my life, and always have more to learn.”
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Edward Fleming’s career as a sculptor began with studying sculpture as a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. It continued to be a vital interest, even after starting a 5-year BA program at Tulane University’s School of Architecture in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1981 Fleming returned to his hometown of Washington, DC and continued his apprentice work with architectural firms. As a professional architect, he designed and built mostly residential projects, which could be considered sculptures that people live in.
In 1993 he started a program in stone sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art located in Washington DC. His artistic response to stone was so powerful that within a short time he was juggling his full-time architecture practice with what became almost full-time carving. Discovering an intense desire to return to sculpture as art, he dedicated himself to exploration and learning as an artist. In the summer of 1994, he went to Italy to study at the Pietrasanta Marble Carving Studio. His return to the US took him to New Mexico where he devoted most of his time to making stone sculpture and apprenticing. He has since traveled the world to carve in Marble Symposiums, owns a parcel of land in Greece where he frequents. He currently lives in New Orleans, where his family has deep roots; he maintains a carving studio with his wife, Sherry.
In 1993 he started a program in stone sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art located in Washington DC. His artistic response to stone was so powerful that within a short time he was juggling his full-time architecture practice with what became almost full-time carving. Discovering an intense desire to return to sculpture as art, he dedicated himself to exploration and learning as an artist. In the summer of 1994, he went to Italy to study at the Pietrasanta Marble Carving Studio. His return to the US took him to New Mexico where he devoted most of his time to making stone sculpture and apprenticing. He has since traveled the world to carve in Marble Symposiums, owns a parcel of land in Greece where he frequents. He currently lives in New Orleans, where his family has deep roots; he maintains a carving studio with his wife, Sherry.
