Jon Barlow Hudson has been creating large-scale sculpture projects for public and other environments around the world since 1976: 27 different countries, including the Irish isle: 24 throughout China alone. He works on any scale, in a wide range of materials, in various motifs and types of installation.

My work may be seen as iconic for the most part, or symbolic, very often referencing a center, whether actual or spatial. It often works with balance, space in contrast with form, implied space, ambiguity if incorporating mirror surfaces, light and darkness, a continuum implied or actual, movement and flow such as a vortex, interior and exterior, natural/organic with man-made-?a balance of yin and yang aspects.

Sculptures by jon barlow hudson

Credentials

Biography

My first % for Art commission was with MiamiDade in 1979, POLARIS, for the Homestead Public Library. Since then I have created dozens of such projects throughout the States and in over 25 different countries around the world. The largest project to date is the 100 foot high PARADIGM, one of two major works (MORNING STAR II, # 1 is in Cleveland, OH, 7` dia.) which I was commissioned to create for World Expo 88 in Brisbane, Australia. I work on any scale, in a wide range of materials and in various motifs and types of installation. I have worked in all the metals and have a particular fondness for stone.
My projects tend to be abstract, often geometric in one way or another, sometimes including glass (ETERNAL CYCLE:GLASS ROAD), water (CADUCEUS) or light (ARK OF MOON and SUN and CADUCEUS). The stone works tend to be a balance of natural aspects with human interventions. Certain projects might have more literal or figurative aspects, such as the KOKANEE/EN-TEE-TEUK, TREE OF KNOWLEDGE or CONTEMPORARY CORNUCOPIA. I have been working with an actual figurative motif inspired by a unique ancient Etruscan bronze votive figurine in the museum at Fiesole: the 3 meter version is in Hui`An, China. The life-size version was recently installed at Andres Inst. of Art Sculpture Trails in Brookline, NH.

Public Works

ARCHITECTURAL SCALE SCULPTURE COMMISSIONS and PROJECTS:
2022 Flight College, MianYang City, Beichuan Co., Sichuan, China:EIDOLON:CENTER OF LEARNING II
2020 H.Q.B. Memorial Library, Central State Univ.,Wilberforce, OH.EIDOLON.CENTER OF LEARNING
2019 Minqin Intl. Desert Sculpture Park, Gansu, China: SYNCHRONICITY:GOBI DESERT
2019 City Entrance Park, Nashua, NH: CLOUD HANDS IV:NASHUA
2018 Franklin Conservancy Botanical Gardens, Columbus, OH: GARDEN STONES/MUDFLAT
2017 Cooper Park, Riordan Commission, Cooper Park, Dayton, OH: THE COMMON GOOD
2017 River Parks, ChangChun, Jilin, China: 4 WALNUTS
2017 Liu Kaiqu Sculpture Park, WuHu, Anhui, China: EIDOLON OBLIQUO: WUHU
2016 Cui Zhen Kuan Art Museum, Xian, Shaanxi, China: CLOUD HANDS II: XIAN
2015 Arawak Interpretation Park, Isle of Anguilla : LOVE SEAT : ARAWAK
2015 Yanghu Wetlands Sculpture Park, Changsha, Hunan, China : EIDOLON : PIETA
2015 Changbai Riverside Sculpture Park, Changbai, China: SYNCHRONICITY CHANGBAI
2015 Fuzhou Sculpture Exhibit, Fuzhou, Fujian, China : BLUE SILK VORTEX I
2014 Zhongdong Group, Changchun, China: EIDOLON : OAK LEAVES
2014 Te Kupenga, New Plymouth, New Zealand: SYNCHRONICITY and CONTINUUM
2014 Overland Park Arboretum Sculpture Park, Bucyrus, KS: TS’UNG TUBE:ORGANIC SOLIDARITY
2013 Pflaum Publishing, Patterson Ave.&5th St., OH: FLUID DYNAMICS
2013 White Rock Hills Library, Dallas, TX : FENESTRAE AETERNITATIS : WHITE ROCK
2012 Chistie Prudi Sculpture Park, Penza, Russia: EIDOLON : ATOM
2012 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan: CONTINUUM UNCARVED BLOCK: KAZAK
2011 Liu Kaiqu Sculpture Park, Wu Hu, China: SUBLIME PORTAL II
2011 Andres Institute of Art, Brookline, NH: ETRUSCAN MAENAD : MOTHER BEAR
2011 Hancock City Hall, Hancock, ME: SUBLIME PORTAL : WHISPERING STONES
2011 Wu Hu, Anhui Prov., China: SUBLIME PORTAL II
2011 Wu Xi Tai Lake Garden, Jiangsu Prov., China: MEANDERING VORTEX
2011 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China: SYNCHRONICITY XI
2010 Miami Valley Firefighter/EMS Memorial, Stubbs Park, Centerville, OH: FIREWALL
2010 Abu Dhabi Muni./Zayed Univ., Abu Dhabi, UAE : EIDOLON ELLIPTICAL SPHERE
2010 China-US Peace and Friendship Program, Xuanwu dist. Beijing, China: CLOUD and RAIN
2010 Peace and Friendship Park, Ordos, Inner Mongolia: ORDOS BALBAL
2009 Urumqi Civic Center Park, Urumqi, Xinjiang Prov., China : NANOTOWER I
2008 Beijing Olympic Park, China: WIND DRAGON
2008 Zhangjiang High Tech Park HQ, Pudong, Shanghai, China: CUBO OBLIQUO II
2008 Louth County Council % Art, Lisdoo Estates, Dundalk, Ireland: LONGA FAOI SHEOL
2008 Wright State University, Diggs Life Science Lab, OH : DOUBLE HELIX
2008 Cedarville Univ., Biblical Studies Bldg., Cedarville, OH : SYNCHRONICITY X :
I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
2007 1st Intl. Steel Sculpture Festival, Baoshan Dist., China: 0 to INFINITY
2007 Granite Museum of Stanstead, Quebec, Canada : UNCARVED BLOCK XL
2007 National Museum, Manamah, Bahrain : SYNCHRONICITY VII : OCTAGON
2007 EMAAR Properties, Dubai, UAE: CONTINUUM II : MAKAN
2006 City Hall Plaza, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Prov., P.R.China: EIDOLON : SPHERE
2006 Wu Zi Xiong Glass Art Gallery, P.R.China :
ETERNAL CYCLE : GLASS ROADS
2006 Hui`An City, Public Park, Fujian Prov., P.R.China : ETRUSCAN MAENAD XIX : HUI`AN
2006 Sinclair Community College, Moore Technology Center, OH, OAC % for Art:
PARADIGM SHIFT
2005 Songkhla, Thailand, Samila Beach Park : PRINCESS MAHA CHAKRI SIRINDHORN
ORCHID
2005 Milwaukee, WI, % for Art/Brady St. Bridge Project: 3 SENTINELS and COMPASS
2004 Vilnoja, Suderve, Vilniaus dist., Lithuania: UNCARVED BLOCK : SPHERE WITHIN
2004 Cerisy la Foret, Normandie, France: MEMORIAL TO 2 DIV. and 29 DIV. and TS`UNG TUBE:
CERICY
2004 EMAAR Properties, Burj al Dubai, UAE : MERCURIUS/JALAL
2003 S.A.S. Institute, Cary, NC: FENESTRAE AETERNITATIS I
2003 Ichinomiya History Museum, Ichinomiya-cho, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan : SHIPS OF
ANCIENT TIME ; in collaboration with Mitsui, Kiyoharu
2003 Icheon City, Pedestrian Street, South Korea : TS`UNG TUBE BENCH and LOVE SEAT
2003 Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, P.R.China : CONTINUUM VIII and SYNCHRONICITY V
2003 LanaArt Sculpture Trail, Lana, Trentino/Alto Adige, Ital : SANTUARIO
2003 Tultepec, Mexico: VORTEX X : QUETZALCOATLE
2002 Penticton Creek, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada: KOKANEE / EN`-TEE-TUEK
2002 School Employee`s Retirement System, OH : ARK OF THE SUN and
THE MOON
2002 Mason Sculpture Park, Kettering/Dayton, OH : SYNCHRONICITY III
2002 6th of October City, Egypt: SYNCHRONICITY IV : ABAAD and THRONE
2001 Consorcio Escuela del Marmol de Fines, Almeria, Spain : TS`UNG TUBE : MEMORIAL TO
WTC, 9/11/01
2001 International Sculpture Park, Rachana, North Lebanon : UNCARVED BLOCK XXV :
SISYPHUS
2001 Aswan International Sculpture Park, Aswan, Egyp t: TS`UNG TUBES XLVII, XLVIII,
XLIX, XLX : ABAAD
2000 Ville du Pradet, Var, France : ETOILE DE MER ET SPHERE
2000 Executive Jet, Ohio : UNCARVED BLOCK XIX : JET
2000 Civic Center Plaza, Omaha, NE (formerly at Eppley Field Airport) : FIRE IN THE HOLE !
1999 Staufenburg Klinik Sculpture Park, Durbach, Germany : UNCARVED BLOCK XVIII
1998 Medical College of Ohio, Collier Bldg., Toledo, OH ; % for Art O.A.C :
CADUCEUS FOUNTAIN and WATER CURTAIN.

Teaching Experience
University of Georgia Study Abroad/Cortona, Italy The Carving Studio, Proctor, VT: Visiting Sculptor Antioch University, Yellow Springs, OH: Assistant Professor Winter Wright State University, Dayton, OH: Adjunct Instructor Stephens College, Columbia, MO: Assistant Professor Wright State University, OH: Adjunct Instructor Royal Drift Gold Mine, Magalia, CA: Supervisor&Equipment Fabricator California Institute of Arts, Valencia, CA: Graduate Teaching Assistant Ralph M. Parsons Co., USAID, Dakar, Senegal: Field Supervisor
Public Acquisitions
Acquisitions Taizhou City Art Museum, Zhejiang Prov., P.R.China: EIDOLON: SPHERE Stone Sculpture Museum, Hualien, Taiwan: UNCARVED BLOCK II-c American Embassy, Cairo, Egypt -- UNCARVED BLOCK XXI:DIORITE Sculpture Park Museum, Aswan, Egypt: -- UNCARVED BLOCK XX&XXXIII, TT XLVXIV Villa Haiss Museum fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Zell a. H., Germany -- TS’UNG TUBE XXXL Staufenburg Klinik HQ, Durbach, Germany -- UNCARVED BLOCK X Powell Industries, Inc., Houston, TX -- HORNS OF KNOSSOS S A S Institute, Cary, NC -- FENESTRAE AETERNITATIS I 2003 Committee, Ivonette Wright Miller Award, Dayton, OH -- FLIGHT Hobart School Welding Technology Sculpture Park, Troy, OH -- LINEAR TRISKELION St. Charles Boromeo Church, Kettering, OH -- PASCAL CANDLE HOLDER&OTHERS Museum of Modern Art, Dunaujvaros, Hungary -- TS’UNG TUBE XXIII:CAST IRON The City of Dunaujvaros, Hungary -- UNCARVED BLOCK VIII The City of Brisbane, Australia -- MORNING STAR II Miller/Valentine Group, OH -- IMMENDURING:EIDOLA I Hazco, OH -- HIDDEN:ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Advest Corp., Cincinnati, OH -- CHI CONTINUUM The Ohio Company, Columbus, OH -- SYNCHRONICITY I &SVARA Distribution Centers, OH -- WHALE bronze edition Standard Oil Co./BP Inc., Cleveland, OH -- STILL POINT OF THE TURNING WORLD Mead Data Central, OH -- TAI CHI CONTINUUM General Electric Corp., Fairfield, CT -- VINCULUM AMORIS Museum of Art, Anchorage, AK -- CONTINUUM II Petro/Lewis Corp., Denver, CO -- THUNDERBIRD II Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York, NY -- THE HIDDEN Mead Corp. World HQ, OH -- TAI CHI CONTINUUM Norm Thompson Inc., Portland, OR -- HORNS CHI CONTINUUM Grange Mutual Insurance Co., OH -- VORTEX II Copper&Brass Sales Inc., OH -- LOS&ENITHARMON Urbana College Library, Urbana, OH -- OBTUSE PERSPECTIVE Hobart School Welding Technology, OH -- CIRCULAR INTERPLAY
Symposiums
Jon Barlow Hudson`s Symposiums: Minqin Intl. Sculpture Park, Gansu Prov., China 2019 Changchun Intl. Sculpture Symposium, Changchun, China 2017 Liu Kaiqu Sculpture Park, wuHu, Anhui, China 2016 Changchun 15th Intl. Sculpture Symposium, China 2016 Te Kupenga, New Plymouth, New Zealand 2014 Penza 5th Intl. Sculpture Symposium, Penza, Russia 2012 2nd Intl. Sculpture Symposium, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan 2012 Andres Inst. of Art Intl. Sculpture Symposium, Brookline, NH 2011 Schoodic Intl. Sculpture Symposium, Prospect Harbor, ME 2011 Abu Dhabi Intl. Sculpture Symposium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 2010 Intl. Urban Sculpture Symposium, Urumqi, Xinjian, China 2009 Symposium Intl. de Sclpture sur Granite, Stanstead, Qbc., Canada 2007 Bahrain 3rd Intl. Sculpture Symposium, Manamah, Bahrain 2007 Dubai 3rd Intl. Sculpture Symposium, Dubai, UAE 2007 4th China Hui`An Intl. Carving Festival, Hui`An, Fujian Prov., P.R. China 2006 Songkhla, Thailand, 1st. Intl. Symposium Monumental Sculpture 2005 Cerisy la Foret Symposium, St. Claire sur l`Elle, Normandy, France 2004 Vilnoja V 2004, Suderve, Vilniaus dist., Lithuania 2004 Dubai 1st. Intl. Sculpture and Painting Symposium, UAE 2004 China Intl. City Sculpture Exhibit and Symposium, Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R.China 2003 Icheon 6th Intl. Sculpture Symposium, Icheon, South Korea 2003 Nishiharima 16th Sculpture Symposium, Ichinomiya, Shiso, Hyogo Pref., Japan 2003 LanaArt, South Tyrol Sculpture Path, Lana, Alto Adige, Italy 2003 Tultepec, XII Simposio Intl. de Escultura en Acero Inoxidable, Mexico 2003 Okanagan-Thompson Intl. Sculpture Symposium I, Penticton, BC, Canada 2002 Aswan Intl. Granite Sculpture Symposium VII, Aswan, Egypt 2002 Simposio de Escultura IV, Escuela del Marmol de Fines, Almeria, Spain 2001 Rachana International Symposium VIII, Rachana/Batroun, North Lebanon 2001 Aswan Intl. Granite Sculpture Symposium VI, Egypt 2001 Le Monde Sous-Marin, Ville du Pradet, Var, France 2000 Kunst Am Weg V, Durbach, Germany 1999 Lapidea Naturstein V, Mayen, Germany 1997 Benburb Heritage Park, County Armagh, Northern Ireland 1995 Europos Parkas Intl. Sculpture Symposium II, Vilniaus raj., Lithuania 1994 Dunaferr Steel Sculpture Symposion X, Dunaujvaros, Hungary 1993.

Categories

This artists work is found in the following categories on site:
Abstract Contemporary Modern Outdoor Outside Garden / Yard Sculptures Statues statuary Abstract Contemporary Modern Large Monumental Public Art sculpture statues statuary Abstract Interior Indoor Sculpture Statuee Abstract Modern Contemporary statues sculpture statuary Big Outdoor Sculpture statue Carved Abstract Contemporary Modern sculpture statue carving Geometric Sculpture Stone Garden Yard sculpture or statue Symmetric sculptures/statues/statuettes/ statuary Abstract Arch sculpture Statues Abstract Contemporary Modern Civic Urban sculpture statue statuary Angular Jagged Abstract Modern Contemporary sculpture statuary Assemblages Sculptures, Made from a Variety of Pieces or Bits collected together Carefree Exuberant Soaring Joyful Hopeful Sculpture Statues Dance Sculptures and Ballet sculptures Fabricated or Forged Metal Abstract sculpture Industrially and Mechanically Inspired Contemporary sculpture statue Mild Steel sculptures statues statuesses Mixed Media Sculptures, Statues Garden Ornaments Modern Abstract Contemporary Avant Garde Sculptures or Statues or statuettes or statuary Monumental Contemporary Abstract Modern sculptures Monumental Sculptures Recycled Materials / Objets trouvees or Upcycle sculpture Statues statuettes Abstract Dance/Dancer sculptures Architectural Sculptures Buildings, Structures and Parts Statues or Sculptures Conceptual Art Sculptures statues often Large or Monumental Abstract Art Construction Abstract Sculpture Statues Contemporary Abstract / Stylised / Minimalist Bird Sculptures Installation Sculpture Interactive Sculpture statues Kinetic or Mobile Sculpture or Statue Land Art Sculpture Primitive Naive sculpture statue carving casting sculptures/statues Square Rectangular Cube shaped Abstract sculpture statue Wire Bent and Worked on scuplture statue Bronze Garden sculpture Cast From Original Carved or Found Wood or Stone sculpture statue Commission and Custom and Bespoke sculpture Statues Grotesque sculptures/statues /figurines to order Commission Custom Bespoke sculptures Maquette For Larger Monumental Massive Big or Large statue or sculpture Small /Little Abstract Contemporary sculptures/statues Carved or Carving sculpture Carved Stone, Marble, Alabaster, Soap Stone Granite Lime stone Sculpture Indoor Inside Interior Abstract Contemporary Modern Sculptures Indoors Interior sculptures Inside Sculpture Interior Indoors Inside Sculpture Outsize, Very Big, Extra Large and Massive Sculptures Primitive or Naive style Sculpture or Statuary Tabletop Desktop Small Indoor Statuettes Figurines Sculptures Focal Point Abstract Contemporary Modern sculpture statue Marble Sculpture Stainless Steel Abstract Contemporary Modern Sculpture Stainless Steel Sculpture Corporate Sculptures Garden Or Yard / Outside and Outdoor Sculptures Crucifiction Christian Cross Alter Piece sculpture Statues carvings Statues statuettes sculpture depicting the crucfiction Public Art Sculpture Realistic Representational Lifelike Animal sculpture statue Religious Sculpture Repetitive Form/Shape Abstract sculptures/statues Shiny Gleaming Polished Sculptures Statues Statuettes Spiritual sculpture