John Sisko (May 22, 1958 – May 19, 2016
) was an American realist sculptor
who lived and worked in
Seattle in
Washington State.
Life
John Sisko spent his early years in
Montana. At age 6, he was first exposed to great
sculpture at the
1964 New York World's Fair
The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair was a world's fair that held over 140 pavilions and 110 restaurants, representing 80 nations (hosted by 37), 24 US states, and over 45 corporations with the goal and the final result of building exhibits or ...
where Michelangelo's
Pietà was exhibited outside of Italy for the first time. Sisko moved to suburban Seattle at age 13, where he resided through high school. At the age of 20, he began study in the Fine Arts at
Western Washington University where he met Tom Sherwood. Beginning in 1979, Sisko studied studio practices under Sherwood for the next eight years. During this time, Sisko also attended the
University of Washington, graduating with a B.A. in philosophy in 1987.
John Sisko was a Fellow of the
National Sculpture Society and served on the editorial board of
Sculpture Review magazine. John Sisko has taught at
Seattle University
Seattle University (SeattleU) is a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington. Seattle University is the largest independent university in the Northwestern United States, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate prog ...
, Gage Academy in Seattle, and
Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina.
Work
John Sisko was a contemporary American realist sculptor. He has made over 110 limited-edition bronzes, 16 commissioned projects, and has participated in over 45 exhibitions across the United States. His sculpture is characterized by a distinctive plainer or facetted modeling of the forms and intentionally distorting proportion characteristics (particularly hands and feet). In making his sculpture, Sisko works with themes of intellectual, spiritual, and philosophical depth.
Public collections
*
Archbishop Murphy High School
Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School is a co-educational private Roman Catholic Church, Catholic college-preparatory high school located in Everett, Washington, United States. Founded as Holy Cross High School in 1988 at the old site of Our Lad ...
, Seattle, Washington
* Bellevue Athletic Club,
Bellevue, Washington
* Brookgreen Gardens,
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
*
Genzyme Corporation
Genzyme was an American biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since its acquisition in 2011, Genzyme (also known as Genzyme Transgenics Corp or GTC Biotherapeutics) has been a fully owned subsidiary of Sanofi. In 2010, Genzyme ...
,
Boston, Massachusetts
* Hedges Cellars,
Issaquah, Washington
* Island County Courthouse,
Coupeville, Washington
* KMS Inc., Seattle, Washington
*
King County Library System, Issaquah, Washington
* Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
Trillium Corporation Bellingham, Washington
*
University of Washington Medical Center
The University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) is a hospital in the University District of Seattle, Washington. It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine.And is located in the War ...
(Hospital), Seattle, Washington
* Woodland Park Zoo
Zoomazium Seattle Washington
Citations
* Fine Art Connoisseur. July/August 2009. Volume 6, Issue 4. ''Artists Making Their Mark''
* ''Made Men: Sculptors who revisit the classic male form in stone and bronze''. John O’Hern. American Art Collector Magazine.
* ''Hexagon''. Sculpture Review, Second Quarter.
* ''It is Good''. Documentary by James Hupf.
* ''A Look at the 2008 Coker Master Sculptors''. Brookgreen Journal. June 2008.
References
External links
Sisko Galley
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1958 births
20th-century American sculptors
Western Washington University alumni
2016 deaths
Artists from Montana
21st-century American sculptors