Curriculum Vitae:
Education
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, University of New York at Plattsburgh, 2003
M.F.A. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1987
B.A. with Honors, Canterbury College of Art, Canterbury, England, 1983
Foundations, Leeds College of Art, Leeds, England, 1979
Textile Design, Leeds College of Art, Leeds, England, 1978
Exhibitions, One Person
2026 Leila Heller Gallery NYC, NY
2023 Hudson Eye, Amtrak/ Columbia courthouse Hudson NY
2022 Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson NY
2021 Broadway Blooms, New york NYC
2018 John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016 John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2013 De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Boston, Mass.
2011 John Davis Gallery Hudson, NY
2009 John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2007 John Davis Gallery, Hudson NY
Brill Gallery, North Adams, Mass
2006 Reeves Contemporary, New York City, NY
2005 C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore MD
2004 John Davis Gallery, New York City, NY
2003 TSL Gallery, Hudson, New York
2001 Clarke Fine Art Southampton, New York
Maiden Lane Exhibition Space, New York City, New Yor
Woods Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
John Davis Gallery, Hudson New York
2000 C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
1999 Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, Hamilton, Ohio
1998 C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C
1997 The Sculpture Court; South Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
1996 C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
1995 Usdan Gallery; Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
1994 Myers Gallery; State University of New York, Plattsburgh, New York
1993 David Beitzel Gallery; New York City
1992 Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
Exhibitions, Group
2026 “Soul in Stone,” The Active Space, Brooklyn, NY
“Per Forza di Levare,” Castelnuova, Italy
Sculpture at The Mount, Stockbridge, MA
2025 Lakeside, Gramolazzo, Italy
MA-NOE-MAC-CHI-NA Mostra, Barga, Italy
“Fiorente,” Altopascio, Italy
2024 Pietra Eterna, Duomo, Barga, Italy
Pamela Salisbury gallery, Hudson, NY
Ritz Carlton hotel, Miami, FL
Urbana sculpture park, Urbana, IL
2023 TECHNI-Lithic, Duomo Barga, Italy
Group Show, Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2022 Rock Opera, Ex Marmi, Pietrasanta, Italy
2021 Il Ladirinto e il Viaggio, Pietrasanta, Italy
The Italian Stone Theatre, Verona, Italy, curator Raffaello Galiotto
2020 Capital One, Mclean, Virginia
Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY
Ex Marmi, Pietrasanta, Italy
2019 le Pietre Splendenti, Castiglione Di Garfagnana, Oxo Curators
The Italian Stone Theatre, curated by Raffaello Galiotto, Verona, Italy
Design week AutoDesk, Milan, Italy
Ping Yao 2nd Sculpture Exhibition, curated by Peng Feng, China
Villa Bertelli, Forte Dei Marmi, Italy
2018 Peace Love and Harmony, Bennington Museum, Vermont
The Stone Theatre, Verona. Italy
“On Form,” Oxford, UK
Villa Bertellini, Forte Dei Marmi, Italy
2017 “Mesh Up,” Oldham Gallery, Oldham UK
“Metamorphic Resonance ex Marmi,” Peitraasanta, Italy
Cass Foundation, Goodwood UK
2016 “Hard Copy,” Lombardi, Pietrasanta, Italy
“Mesh Up,” Manchester University Gallery, Manchester, UK
Peninsula Exhibition Space, Beijing, China
“Digital Here and Now,” Bennington Museum, VT
The Sculptor’s Eye, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Space 50, Shanghai, China
2015 Villa Strozzi, Florence, Italy
MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing China
Museum of Architecture and Sculpture, Peitrasanta, italy
National Museum of Archeology, Florence. Italy
Greenwood Gardens, NJ
2013 Dingli Gallery, Fujian, China
John Davis Gallery, Hudson NY
Rolls Royce Head Quarters London UK
2012 Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT
2011 1st Datong International Biennial, curated by Dr. Peng Feng
Danese Gallery NYC
Sculpture on Governor’s Island, NYC, New York
Tomorrow Gallery, Beijing, China
New Sculpture at Cass Sculpture Foundation UK
2010 McNay Museum San Antonio, TX
Sculpture Invitational, Governors Island. NYC
Tomorrow Gallery, Beijing China
2009 New Drawings Governors Island, NYC Curated by Rachel Leibowitz
Grimaldis Gallery Baltimore MD
Jinse Gallery Chongqing China
2008 Today Museum, Beijing, China
Duolin Museum Shanghai, China
Belgravia square, London, England
McNay Museum San Antonio TX
Grimaldis Gallery Baltimore MD
2007 Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton NJ
Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
2006 University of Western Michigan, MI
City of Clayton, Clayton Arts council, Missouri
Spheris Gallery, Barrows Falls VT
John Davis Gallery, Hudson NY
2005 Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore MD
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2004 John Davis Gallery, New York City, NY
Rockland Center for the Arts, Rockland, NY
Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore MD
2003 Easton Academy, Easton, Maryland
Sculpture Project Bristol Meyers squib Hopewell campus, NJ
Concepts Gallery, London, England
2002 21st Century British Sculpture. Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy
Denver City Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Omi Sculpture Park, Omi, New York
2001 ISC Collection, Woods Street Gallery Chicago Illinois
Pier Walk 2001, Navy Pier Chicago Illinois
Elmhurst Museum of Art, Elmhurst. Illinois
”Drawings and models” Derby City museum and Gallery, Derby, UK
“Drawing and models” Kunsthalle, Manheim, Germany
”PierWalk” Chicago Navy Pier, Chicago Illinois
1999 Plattsburgh State University Museum, Plattsburgh New York
Drawings and Models Exhibition at Noorbrandants Museum, Hertogenbosch, Holland
“Working in the Third Dimension” Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1998 98/2008 Sculpture at Goodwood, England
1997 “International Stone Exhibition,” Hualien County Cultural Center; Taiwan
1996 “6 Sculptors”, C.Grimaldis Gallery; Baltimore, Maryland
Socrates Sculpture Park, 10th Anniversary; Long Island City, New York
1995 “Sculptors” Gallery One Ten Green Street, New York City
Exhibition; Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Awards
2025 Honorary Community Award, Bank of Garfagnana, Italy
2017 Honorary Citizenship, Minucciano, Italy
2016 Certificate of Recognition, Public Art, Americans for the Arts
2003 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, University of New York at Plattsburgh
2001 FSP/ Jerome Foundation Fellowship, Minnesota
1993 Pollock Krasner Foundation; New York City, New York
Collections, Public
“Pavilions” Omi, Chatham NY
Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
Urbana Sculpture park, Illinois
1000 M, Chicago, Illinois
US Consulate, Chiang Mai, Thailand
University of Cincinnati, Ohio
Ritz Carlton Yacht collection
US Embassy, Oslo, Norway
Capital One, Mclean, Virginia
Department of Health, Trenton, New Jersey
Muskoko Day, Toronto, Canada
City of San Antonio, Texas
National Museum of China, Beijing, China
Mac Nay Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Fidelity international London UK
S.C. Collection II. Washington D.C.
Datong museum of sculpture, Datong China
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, Hamilton, Ohio
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
Evening Star Building, Washington, D.C.
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
Krasl Art Center, Saint Joseph, Michigan
State University of New York, Plattsburgh, New York
University of Staten Island, Staten Island, New York
Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York
Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York
Schweinfurth Museum, Auburn, New York
Schine Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Minnesota Public Art St Paul Minnesota
Museum of Outdoors, Englewood, Colorado
Omi Sculpture park Ghent, NY
New York Universities, New York
Philip & Muriel Berman Museum, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Lehigh Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Mendel Public Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Publications
2018/21 Reflections on Dan Graham’s Rock My Religion, CAFA Beijing, China
2017 ‘The Artist Boss,’ Essay, Wunderkammer Press.
2014 Anthony Caro, ‘Red Splash,’ Phiadon Press.
“Looking for the Wreck: The work of John Umphlett,” Sculpture Magazine
2013 “Edge is Important: In Dialogue with Anthony Caro,” Sculpture Magazine
Selected Bibliography
2026 “Autobiography of a Skyscraper”, 1000 M Chicago, Rebecca Paley & Francis Greenburger
2025 “New sculptures Join the Urbana parks permanent collection”, Oishii Basu, JPM newsroom. University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
“Provocations in Contemporary Carving”, Pygmalion, Michael Paraskos
“Greenburger collection”, 1000 M Chicago, IL
2024 “Ritz Carlton collection”, RC publication, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2023 “The Artful Mind”, Harryet Candee
2021 “Broadway Blooms” A 93 block exhibition for the everyday passerby, brings sculpture art to the city Hana Gallagher Columbia Spectator.
“Jon Isherwood’s marble sculptures usher feeling of community on New York’s most famous street”, Daniel Cassady, The Art Newspaper
“Jon Isherwood on Broadway”, Lily Wei, Arts Management Magazine.
“Long Delay by the Pandemic, a public art installation is now blooming on Broadway”, Artnet Gallery network
“Sculpture Bloom on Broadway”, Roger Clark, NY1 news
“Broadway Mall Association Unveils ‘Broadway blooms’” by Jon Isherwood
“On Broadway”, Gotham News, NYC
“Massive Flower sculptures are taking over the Upper West Side”, William Gleason, Time Out NYC
“Pandemic-Delayed Public art display finally blooms along Broadway”, Dave Carlin, CBS NYC
“Delayed by the pandemic, Broadway Blooms brings outdoor sculpture back to Broadway malls”, Carol Tannenhauser, Westside Rag
“Flower Sculptures on Broadway on the Upper West Side”, Gus Saltontall, Pitch NY
“Broadway Blooms, Jon isherwood on Broadway”, Mike Mishkin, I Love The Upper West Side NYC
2019 Carving in the 21st Century, Susan Clarke, Natural Stone Magazine
Marmo+mac, The Italian Stone Theatre Publication, Verona, Italy
Marmusculum Exhibtion catalogue, Villa Bertelli, Forte Di Marmi, Italy
2018 On Form, London Times magazine June 2018
Carbo Nato di Calcio, Exhibition catalog, Villa Bertelli Italy
2017 Metamorphic Resonance, Exhibition Catalog, Pietrasanta, Italy
2016 Hard Copy, Exhibition Catalog, Pietrasanta, Italy, July 2016
2015 Yale Radio, New Haven, CT, November
2014 Greenwood Gardens Exhibition Catalog, Karen Wilkin, September
2013 Dingli Museum Exhibition Catalog, Tang Yau, November
2012 Hudson Review, In the Galleries, Karen Wilkin, Fall
2010 Sculpture magazine, review of Governors Island, Karen Gover, October
2009 Baltimore Sun, Arts review of Grimaldis Gallery show, June
2008 Digital Stone Exhibition catalog essays, Donald Kuspsit, Robert Morgan
William Ganis, Tang Yao, Weng Jian Qing, October
The Culture show BBC television, March
2007 New York Times Arts review, Benjamin Genocchio, December 16
The Princeton Times Arts review, Janet Purcell, October 6
WAMC Public Radio, The Round Table, July 8th
2006 Baltimore Sun critics corner, Glen McNatt June
2005 Art in America review, Karen Wilkin, June
Modern British Sculpture Book by Guy Portelli, Shiffer press
Art News National Review Locks Gallery, PA, November
Goodwood Publications 1998 to 2005
2004 New York Sun review, David Cohen October
Sculpture Magazine, Interview with Eric Gelber, September
2003 Washington Post Museum review, Michael O’Sullivan, March
Artcritical.com, interview with Eric Gelber, November
2002 Thinking Big, Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Catalog
2001 Sculpture Magazine National Review, Alistar Noble, October
2000 Art News, “Jon Isherwood at the Grimaldis Gallery,” October
Sculpture Magazine, Sarah Tanguy
1999 Les Cahiers de la Sculpture Valerie Vivamlos, London and Paris,
Sixty Minutes, Tim Marlow, Sculpture at Goodwood, July
“Jon Isherwood, Sculptor.” Channel 6 News. CBS. Albany, New York.
1998 Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati, Ohio. July
Sarah Tanguy, Exhibition Catalog, Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore,
Maryland, June
1997 Socrates Sculpture Park, 10th Anniversary, Exhibition Catalog, Long
Island City, New York
Lectures
2026 University of Cincinnati, Ohio
2025 Trans cultural exchange, Cambridge, Mass
2023 Harvard school of Architecture and Design Boston, Mass
2020 Marham Public Art Forum, Toronto, Canada
Time Equities, Online conversation with curator Tessa Feyerros
2019 AutoDesk MakerSpace, Boston, Massachusetts
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2018 Keynote Speaker, Tristate Sculptors’ Conference, Greensboro, NC
Villa Bertelli, Forte Dei Marmi, Italy
Chicago Arts Club, Chicago, IL
Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
2017 William Patterson University, NJ
AutoDesk Maker Space, Boston, MA
Harvard University, Boston, MA
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
2016 DeCordova Museum, Boston, MA
Academy of Fine Art, Guilin, China
Space 50, Shanghai, China
2015 Villa Strozzi, Florence, Italy
2014 ISC Conference, New Orleans
2013 Architecture Department, Yale University, CT
2012 Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Studio School, NYC, New York
2011 New York Institute of Technology, NYC
2010 University of Maryland College Park, MD
2009 MICA, Baltimore, MD
Public Art and Site-Specific Installations
2025 US Consulate, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Art Omi Pavilions, Chatham, NY
2024 Rock of Truth Cincinnati University Ohio
Ritz Carlton yacht collection.
2023 1000M Chicago. IL
2022 Columbia county courthouse, Hudson NY
Amtrak Hudson NY
2021 Broadway NYC Broadway Malls Association.
Italian stone theatre, Verona, Italy
2020 Department of health New Jersey Public art program
Capital one Investments Mclean, Virginia
2019 Design week Milan Italy AutoDesk sponsorship
2018 Muskoka Bay, Canada three sculptures commissioned
The stone theatre Verona Italy commission
Century campus Art project, Parsippany NJ. Purchased Time Equities.
2017 Peninsula Hotel, Beijing China
2015/16 Amtrak Hudson, long term installation.
2014/17 Art in Embassies program. Commission site-specific sculpture for US Embassy, Oslo. Norway.
2013 Commission for the city of San Antonio Texas
2012 Two sculptures for the Cordova museum and sculpture park, Boston Mass
Two sculptures for Red Hill campus for Fidelity Investment London UK
Sculpture for the campus of Rhode island college, Providence RI
2011 1st Datong international biennial curated by Dr Peng Feng
Sculpture on Governor’s Island NYC
New Sculpture at Cass Sculpture foundation UK
2010 Mc Nay Museum San Antonio, TX
Sculpture invitational, (loan) Governors Island. NYC
2009 selected for a commission by Fidelity investments UK
Purchase National Museum of Art, Beijing, China
2007/08 five granite commissioned sculptures for AutoDesk USA
Granite Sculpture (loan) for western Michigan University at Kalamozoo, MI
Granite Sculpture (loan) for the City of Clayton, Clayton Arts council. Ohio.
2005 Granite Sculpture purchase for the Hopewell campus of Bristol, Myers Squibb NJ
2004 Granite Sculpture commission private residence Baltimore MD
2003 Awarded outdoor Granite Sculpture commission for the bureau of criminal Apprehension, St Paul, Minnesota ($ 200.000.00 Minnesota state Art Board)
2002 Granite Sculpture commission for Blythe industries, Greenwich, Connecticut.
2001 Pier Walk 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 outdoor sculpture exhibition Chicago Nave Pier, Chicago Illinois.
Granite Sculpture commission ''Greenburger memorial'' placed at Omi Sculpture Park Omi New York.
Sculpture in Public Places 333 third Ave NYC and 125 Maiden Lane NYC
Jerome Foundation grant to aid Site specific granite Sculpture installation at Franconia Sculpture Park. Shafer. Minnesota (grant period 2001- 2002)
2000 ‘‘Portals'' Short term loan to Tech World Center Washington DC
Site specific Granite Sculpture commission for Jon Rogers Private residence, Baltimore, Maryland
Site Specific Granite sculpture Commission for Mr, Mrs. Bunting Easton Shore, Maryland
1999 Granite Sculpture Commission for the Mr. ,Mrs. Barry Smith residence AZ
1998 Site specific sculpture Installation Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, Hamilton Ohio) Completed spring of 1999.
Sculpture Commission Goodwood Sculpture Park, Goodwood, England.
Sculpture commission for Mr., Mrs. AC Hubbard residence Baltimore MD
1996 Commissioned Memorial Sculpture for Jonathan Woodner, Evening Star Building Washington DC
1994 Sculpture Commissioned for State University of New York at Plattsburgh, New York.
1993 Sculpture commission of three Sculptures placed on University and College campus's throughout Pennsylvania.
1987 Commissioned Collaboration with frank Gehry Architect and Anthony Caro Sculptor to create experimental abstract village.