Jon Seeman

Born in 1951, Jon Seeman grew up in Laguna Beach, California. Seemingly always involved in inventive and artistic projects, he incredibly built his first welded steel sculpture at the age of fifteen. His talents were encouraged by his father who was an engineer and brother who is an artist. In the seventies, during a summer break from college, he toured the galleries of Manhattan. He was drawn to the diversity of art and unbounded creativity. Taking residence in a New York apartment, he apprenticed with several artisans. After two years of assimilating the necessary skills, he relocated back to Laguna Beach to continue his art studies and establish his own studio. Seeman went to work transforming his conceptual design sketches into reality. He has become an architect of his own visual mind by creating dynamic compositions he connects us to a conscious feeling of balanced motion and the subconscious sense of energy suspended in space. To pursue the scale of art that he wanted to attempt, Seeman found steel to be the only viable medium structurally capable of supporting the suspended and cantilevering forms of his pieces. To set his standard for size, his first sculpture was ten feet in height. His challenging designs required inventiveness in his approach to construction. Seeman devised a special steel cutting method so individual forms could be precisely cut and welded together. Internal struts, as used in aircraft wings, were utilized for reinforcement. Then, using a chain hoist, the forms were arranged into their composition and welded together. He generated sculpture with a dynamic interplay of forms capturing the essence of motion, tension, and balance. His first exhibition was an unqualified success, which led to commissions from Hollywood’s entertainment industry and subsequent orders from across the country.Over the course of thirty-five years, Seeman has designed and constructed more than thirty-seven public sculptures for a variety of cities, parks, businesses, and university campuses. Today, Jon Seeman’s highly acclaimed art can be found in private collections worldwide. His art can be viewed in galleries, museum exhibitions, as well as corporate and public sites across the nation.