Gregg LeFevre

Gregg LeFevre (born 1946) is an American sculptor, public artist, experimental photographer and podcaster best known for creating site-specific bronze relief works that combine text and imagery and are set in the paving in urban environments. Over the course of his career, he has produced more than 200 permanent public artworks across both the United States and internationally.

Early life and education

LeFevre was born in Utica, New York. He studied philosophy and government at Boston University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969.

His mother was a WASP. His first artworks were inspired by flights with his mother and the terrain of Upstate New York as seen from above.

Career

LeFevre often works with bronze reliefs, cast metals, and other architectural materials. His work is frequently integrated into street-scapes, plazas, and buildings, where it combines visual motifs with narrative text to evoke history, literature, or local culture. He often works in collaboration with his business and artistic partner Jennifer Andrews

One of his most notable projects is Library Way (1998–2001), a series of 96 bronze sidewalk plaques installed along East 41st Street in Midtown Manhattan, created in partnership with the New York Public Library and the Grand Central Partnership. The project features illustrated quotations from writers about books and reading.

LeFevre’s work is also installed at a number of other locations in NYC, including Herald Square, Union Square, Foley Square and the Brooklyn Promenade. Elsewhere around the United States he has work in Boston, his Boston Bricks are set in a historic lane and early sculptures are set at Boston University, Philadelphia’s Chinatown, Salt Lake City, and Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, among other locations. His commissions have come from the Federal, State and Municipal governments, cultural organizations, and universities.

In addition to large-scale commissions, LeFevre has produced smaller works, editions, and private commissions. His practice often reflects themes of storytelling, history, and the interplay between text and image.

Style and themes

LeFevre’s art typically merges narrative and visual elements. By embedding words, phrases, and images in durable materials like bronze and granite, he creates works intended to endure in the public realm while prompting viewers to reflect on culture, memory, and place.

Recognition

LeFevre has been awarded from institutions including the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, NYC Arts Commission Excellence in Design Award and the Browne Fund in Boston.

Other work

LeFevre is the creator and host of The Compulsive Storyteller podcast where he tells true stories from his life.He also works as a photographer and creates three-dimensional photographic reliefs.