John Isherwood

This month I would like to focus on an artist, instead of a single sculpture. John Isherwood has quite a few  unique sculptures in our park. So I wanted to spotlight him as well as all of his works. I enjoy his use of modern materials mixed with nature.

John Isherwood was born in England in 1960. He has attended and received degrees from Leeds Art School in England, Canterbury College of Art in England as well as receiving his M.F.A. from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.

John Isherwood has contributed to many different collections. He has solo collections all over the world from Hamilton, Oh. to Beijing China. He also has group collections all over the world.

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He has received awards from Pollack Krasner Foundation as well as the Jerome Foundation.





His sculptures bring me back to nature, he uses alot of natural materials and also incorporates steel in his works. The sculptures that are at Pyramid hill are as follows:

Collonade 1990-92

age of stone

Heritage 1993

Strength of Silence 1992

White Face 1993-98 

Remembering 1996-98

Untitled Bench 

Untitled  

Age of Stone 

 Jonas Passage 1997

Jonas passage



I am positive that he has more in here and I am sure to come across them. Pyramid Hill is vast and I discover new things every time I take an Art Cart out. I hope you enjoy his art as much as I do and if you would like to take a day and enjoy nature as well as art Please visit

PYRAMID HILL SCULPTURE PARK 1763 Hamilton Cleves Rd. Hamilton, Oh. 45013



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A statement from his web site: The tension between shape and skin that characterizes Isherwood's work is further reflected in the tensions surrounding his technique and material. His sculptures are the result of a unique process in which the ancient and the modern confront one another: marble, the oldest and most sensual sculptural material, is carved with the help of high-tech methods. This allows Isherwood to attain an uncompromised precision in his treatment of the incised surfaces, which play with and against the swelling, fleshy, soft and yet substantial character of his organic forms.



white face