Joseph Goto

Joseph Goto was an American sculptor, best known for his abstract-expressionist welded steel sculptures. He was born in Hilo, Hawaii, and learned welding in the United [States Army] during the Second [World War]. In the late 1940s, Goto studied sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago. He taught at Brandeis University, Carnegie Mellon University, the Rhode [Island School of Design], and the University of Michigan.
Goto's sculptures range from table-top size to large scale public works. No. 24 in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art is typical of his small-scale works. The Art Institute of Chicago, the Butler Institute of American Art, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Kresge Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Rhode Island School of Design are among the public collections holding works by Joseph Goto.