After his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 1988, McElheney became a traveling apprentice of master glassblowers until 1997. He has shown his work widely since 1994, including at the SITE Santa Fe Biennial (2001) and the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2002); the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (1999); and the Art Institute of Chicago (1998).
A group of works by Judd is on view at Dia:Beacon.