JOHN SIMS Sculptor
Born 1952, Canterbury,
Kent, England
Studied Graphic Design
and illustration, Folkestone School of Art.
Worked as an Art
Director and illustrator , children’s book
publishers and advertising agencies in London,
Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Tunbridge wells, Kent, UK
Began stone carving in
2000 and in 2002 – 2006 studied BA Sculpture at
Canterbury Christ Church University.
Comments by the artist: “ My work is derived from
the human figure, landscape and increasingly
mythology. Ovid’s Metamorphosis and the use of these
myths throughout art history. For a long time I have
been fascinated by and inspired by Cycladic
figurines and archaic Greek and Egyptian sculpture.
Since arriving in Cyprus the chalcolithic figurines
discovered in Lempa and Kissonerga have become a
strong influence upon both my carving and drawing. I
am working with the same limestones and similar
green and grey metamorphic stone that were used by
the ancient Neolithic and Chalcolithic peoples of
Cyprus. My aim is to try and capture the essence of
a moment that is quiet and still, to capture time
perhaps. It is often internationally sensual, I like
people to touch as well as look at and think about
my carving.
I have exhibited in
numerous locations in England including Canterbury
Cathedral.”
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