A native of Birmingham, Alabama, McCurdy received his education at the University of Montevallo in Alabama and the University of South Carolina in Columbia. He has exhibited nationally.

“My sculpture is the result of experimentations with physical forces. It involves the use of gravity, tension, pressure, and compression and structural means. Using common construction materials, I assemble works which deal directly and honestly with the forces that give rise to their form.”

“The work included in the South Carolina State Art Collection is a combination of efforts to build with tension and compression. The compression structures became progressively less complicated until this work presented itself. A concrete block is held against the wall by a metal rod pressed between it and another concrete block on the floor. That’s it. Elementary physics, but there is a power and integrity to this simplicity that were absent in previous work. This structure, concise and direct, exemplifies my sculptural concerns. I consider it one of the most successful to date.”