“I took one welding course and never looked back. There was something magical about being able to transform raw steel into something entirely new.”
– Mary Pat Wager
Mary Pat Wager's work has been featured by PBS, the Times Union, International Sculpture Magazine and Canvas Rebel. Her sculptures – built from salvaged industrial materials – have a visual language that translates immediately on screen and in print.
She is available for interviews, studio visits and editorial features.
PRESS
2025 – PBS, AHA A House for Art; WMHT October 2025,
“Breathing New Life Into Discarded Materials”2024 – Canvas Rebel Magazine
2021 – Times Union: Unwind Section – “Scrap Becomes Stars in Wager’s Hands”
2016 – Olean Times Herald: “Salvage Sculpture Artist at St. Bonaventure University”
2016 – Objects Can Tell Stories Too, The Bonaventure
2016 – International Sculpture Magazine
2014 – Steel and Stone – Produced by Westfield Films (viewable below)
2014 – Albany Center Gallery website:
"Collections: A Retrospective of Mary Pat Wager’s Sculpture”2014 – Get Visual Blog by David Brickman – Collections 2014 “The Art of Mary Pat Wager”
2011 – Times Union Magazine: Life @ Home
“A Natural Woman” The stories behind Mary Pat Wager’s Sculptures
INTERVIEWS
Watch “Steel & Stone.”
Produced by Westfield Films.
Interview with Mary Pat Wager, “Steel and Stone” 2014.
Watch “Breathing New Life into Discarded Materials.”
Produced by PBS, AHA A House for Art.
PBS Interview with Mary Pat Wager, “Breathing New Life Into Discarded Material” 2025.
Watch “The Alchemy of Forgotten Things.”
Produced by Zach Heffner, Christina Michele Rios – the aisthetes.
Legacy Interview: Reflecting on Four Decades of Creating with Mary Pat Wager 2025.
Watch “TOTEMS.”
Produced by Zach Heffner, Christina Michele Rios – the aisthetes.
Freestanding welded steel sculptures that transform discarded cylinders into layered narratives of time, utility and identity.