Jonathan Shapiro

Through my sculpture, I am drawn to explore the expressive potential of materials as they interact with each other. No matter the material — it could be wood, stone, steel, or concrete — my actions lead the form to evolve in a way that fulfills my vision, emotions and what that form itself seemingly needs to express.  It is an expression that is birthed from the form itself. It is via my process of making art that I gain a better understanding of myself and the world I live in.

I am constantly searching for things that are real in a society where I believe so much to be artificial. This process and the relationship that I forge each time I create a new piece of art is, for me, as real as it gets.