Medallic Sculptor
United States Mint
Joseph Menna is a classically trained sculptor and artist. Prior to joining the Engraving staff of the United States Mint, he completed numerous public and private commissions while working full time at a local fine art foundry. In addition to his traditional work, Menna is a skilled digital sculptor possessing a command of various cutting edge digital sculpting, rendering and scanning techniques. He lives in the Philadelphia area with his wife, also a professional artist, and two children.
Menna's professional career followed 10 years of fine art training at some of the world’s best schools. He earned his BFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, his MFA from the New York Academy Graduate School of Figurative Art in New York City, and completed two years of post-graduate studies in monumental and architectural sculpture at the Mukhina Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia. During these 10 years, Menna supplemented his primary training with studies at schools such as the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Art Student's League, and the Sculpture Center in Manhattan.
Medallic Sculptor
Joseph Menna joined the United States Mint in 2005, as a medallic sculptor. Mr. Menna was educated in classical art and sculpture but he also brings years of digital arts experience to the United States Mint’s sculptor-engraving department. The medallic sculptor position is a career development position which will help Mr. Menna advance his bas-relief and metal working skills. As a United States Mint medallic sculptor, he will create and submit coinage and medal designs, and work models, hubs and dies. "Mr. Menna is the first of the new engravers," said senior United States Mint sculptor-engraver John Mercanti. He’ll unite classical art and design with twenty-first century digital technology. It’s a marriage that will help keep the United States Mint’s design and sculptor-engraving team among the finest in the world."
Representative Coin Sculpting Credits
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2007 First Spouse Martha Washington obverse (design and sculpt)
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2007 First Spouse Abigail Adams obverse (design and sculpt)
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2007 Utah State Quarter reverse (design and sculpt)
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2007 Presidential $1 George Washington obverse (design and sculpt)
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2007 Presidential $1 Thomas Jefferson obverse (design and sculpt)
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2006 San Francisco Mint Gold obverse (sculpt)
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