Thomas Walsh

Thomas Walsh (American, b. 1937) is a Chicago-born sculptor whose abstract metal works explore themes of transformation, life, and spirituality. Working primarily in bronze, he draws inspiration from architecture and symbolic forms. A recipient of the Rome Prize in sculpture, Walsh led the graduate sculpture program at Southern Illinois University. His work is represented in more than sixty public collections.

"My choice of cast metal, especially bronze, as a medium, is crucial. The enormous flexibility, the permanence, the carrying-power, and the transformation implications are essential to the type of statement…both universal and personal…I wish to make. Bronze is, also, and affirmation of the past, and a conscious attempt to synthesize with it. Conversely, my love of cast aluminum lies in the fact that it is a contemporary metal and carries no art historical baggage." 
- Thomas Walsh