Biography

Littleton Alston

Sculptor

Littleton Alston maintains a sculpture studio in Omaha, Nebraska, where he is also Professor of Sculpture at Creighton University. His works have been exhibited nationally and internationally and are included in many public and private collections.  Following a national competition, Littleton was selected to create a sculpture of author Willa Cather to represent Nebraska in the National Statuary Hall Collection of the U.S. Capitol. The statue was dedicated in 2023. Littleton has been featured in Nebraska Public Media documentary films, ‘Willa Goes to Washington’ in 2024 and ‘A Sculpted Life’ in 2021, as well as a PBS NewsHour story in 2022. He has completed residencies at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, the Martine Vaugel Studio in France, and the International Centre for the Arts in Italy. Littleton holds an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art’s Rinehart School of Sculpture in Baltimore and a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

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