John Boxtel

John Boxtel
The annual obstacle course race at Royal Military College of Canada is memorialized by a sculpture by John Boxtel, "To Overcome", which was a gift of the class of 1991
Born	21 June 1930 Goirle, Netherlands
Nationality	Canadian
Education	Technical School in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Known for	sculptor

John Boxtel (21 June 1930) is a Dutch sculptor and art teacher. His works include sculpture, woodcarving, architectural drafting, design and building.

Born in Goirle the Netherlands, Boxtel studied architecture at the Technical School in Tilburg, Netherlands.

After emigrating to Canada in 1954, he studied at the University of Toronto, Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Ontario and the Artists' Workshop in London, Ontario. In 1967, he became an art teacher.

He has had gallery exhibitions in Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal, Kingston, Boston and the Netherlands. His public commissioned works for monuments were done in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada and United States.

His works include:

Boxtel is also the author of five books: Go Fly a Kite: The Kite-Builder's Manual; Under the Wing of an Angel; Thousand Island Pioneers; Beware of Black Widows and Spiders; and Studio: Sculptures of John Boxtel.