JOCK HILDEBRAND is known internationally primarily for his stone and bronze sculptures in public places including Vietnam, China, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, and the Okanagan Valley (Canada) where he currently has his studio, gallery and foundry.
Jock has lived in the Okanagan Valley for a good portion of his life, with some time away in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Denman Island on the coast of British Columbia. He completed his education, launching a 30+ year career, through the Emily Carr School of Art and Design in Vancouver, which included a minor in non-western art history. Jock’s extensive knowledge of African art and Asian history informs and inspires many of his works.
Jock has been active in the community through the formation of the Okanagan Thompson International Sculpture Symposium of which he was the founder and lead organizer. It brought over 100 sculptors into the Okanagan Valley and left a legacy of monumental art in 8 communities totalling over 1.8 million dollars. He was also the founder of the Angel Awards (now known as the Okanagan Arts Awards) and started the first Arts Council in West Kelowna. In 2009 he was the recipient of the Central Okanagan Visual Arts Award.
Although Jock spent a few years of his career as a painter, having produced works of all sizes in oil, acrylic and water color, sculpture has always been his primary passion and he continues to create pieces of all sizes in various media.
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RECENT COMMISSIONS
Portrait – Siemens |
City of Altona, Manitoba Museum |
Heron’s Landing & Heron’s Court |
Centuria Urban Village – Kelowna, Canada
– Lake Placid Developments |
Shinran |
Kelowna Buddhist Temple, Canada |
Vientos del Sur |
City of Puntarenas, Costa Rica |
Thoughts |
Peoples Government of Vietnam |
Water |
Peoples Government of Vietnam |
Dancing Pedestrians |
Bank of Montreal |
Children of Peace |
OTISS |
Tortoise |
District of Lake Country, Canada |
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Hradec Kralove, (Horice Sculpture Symposium), Czech Republic, 2007 |
1st Central American Stone Carving Symposium: Puntarenas, Costa Rica 2006 |
Chou Doc International Sculpture Symposium: Vietnam 2005 |
4th International Sculpture Symposium - Vietnam: commissioned sculptor 2003 |
Changchun International Sculpture Museum: China 2003 |
Okanagan Thompson International Sculpture Symposium,
British Columbia, Canada: commissioned sculptor 2002 |
“Kelowna Sculptors” Group Show:
Art Ark Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, 2002 |
“Hildebrand” Solo Show: Rasa Gallery Westbank, Canada 2001 |
Edinburgh International Arts Festival: Scotland 1999 |
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
From Sculptors Vision to a Symposium Mega Event,
Sculptural Pursuits, Sculpture Magazine, 2003 |
| Reviews, Sculpture Magazine, March 2003 |
| Rock my World, Airlines Magazine, Sept 2002 |
| Ways and Means, [A-N] for Artists (British), November 2002 |
| OTISS, Espace Magazine, Fall 2002 |
| New Directions, by Dr. Edward Gibson, Curatorial Notes |
| Cult of the Mountain, by Dr. Edward Gibson, Curatorial Notes |
| Islander, The Times Colonist, June 3, 1999 |
| Hot to Rock, The Capital News, March 1999 |
AWARDS
| Okanagan Arts Awards – Visual Artist of the Year - 2009 |
| Canadian Cultural Personality - Cultural Exchange Program, Gov’t of Canada, 2003 |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) 2003 |
| President’s Award - Chamber of Commerce, 2002 |
| Tourism Excellence - Chamber of Commerce |
| Helen Pitt Scholarship - Visual Arts |
EDUCATION
| 2 year Fine Arts Diploma, Okanagan University College |
| 4 year Fine Arts Degree (Studio) Emily Carr College of Art and Design |
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
| Changchun China 2nd International Sculpture Conference |
(Presentation of paper “Revolution – Sculpture in the Digital Age”
published in “Sculpturing Brilliance – Vol. 2) 2008 |
| Federal Department of Culture and Heritage 2002 |
| Federation of Canadian Artists 2002 |
| University Women’s Club 2001 |
| Okanagan University College, 1998 |
| Emily Carr School of Art and Design, 1997 |
PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
| Founder and Editor-In-Chief: Sculptures Pacific Magazine |
Canadian group delegation leader:
Changchun International Sculpture Conference 2003 and 2008 |
| Founder and President: Arts and Business Council Westside 2003 |
Founder and President: Okanagan/Thompson International Sculpture Symposium
(OTISS) 2000-2002 |
| President: Kelowna and District Arts Council 1999 & 2000 |
| Founding Member: Denman Island Bronze Casting Co-Op. |
| Founding Director: Denman Island Public Art Gallery, Denman Island, BC |
Co-founding Director: Studio 111 North,
A non-profit workshop school of Fine Arts, Denman Island, BC |
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