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Isamu Noguchi (イサム・ノグチ, November 17, 1904 - December 30, 1988) was a notable 20th century artist.

Isamu Noguchi was born in Los Angeles to an American writer, Leonie Gilmour, and a Japanese poet, Yonejiro Noguchi, on November 17, 1904. In 1906 he moved with his mother to join his father in Japan, where he spent the rest of his childhood.

In 1918 he was sent to the United States for schooling. He graduated from La Porte High School in La Porte, Indiana in 1922.

In 1924 Noguchi dropped out of Columbia UniversityColumbia University officially known as Columbia University in the City of New York is a private institution of higher education. It is one of the world's foremost research universities and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1754 under a royal charter to pursue sculptureSculptor redirects here. You may also be looking for Sculptor (constellation). Greece Sculpture is any three-dimensional form created as an artistic expression. Sculpting is the art of assembling or shaping an object. It may be of any size and of any suit full-time. In the ensuing years he gained in prominence and acclaim, leaving his large-scale works in many of the world's major cities. Such works include:

• a bridge in HiroshimaFor the town that was formerly named Hiroshima in Hokkaido, see Kitahiroshima. Hiroshima City (; -shi) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Japan. It is best known throughout the world as the first's Peace ParkAugust 6, 2004 Hiroshima Peace Memorial called Genbaku Dome , the Atomic Bomb Dome or the A-Bomb Dome by the Japanese is a UNESCO world heritage site located in Hiroshima, Japan. The memorial was once the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall.
• sculpture for First National City Bank Building in Fort WorthFort Worth is the sixth-largest city in the state of Texas, located about 30 miles west of Dallas, Texas and forming part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 534,694. It is the county seat of Tarra, TexasTexas joined the United States of America as its 28th member state in 1845. It has the postal abbreviation TX . The state name derives from a word in a Caddoan language of the Hasinai, tejas meaning friends or allies Spanish explorers mistakenly applied t
• Sunken Garden for Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript LibraryAcademic libraries Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library was a 1963 gift of the Beinecke family. The building, designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft, of the firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, is the largest building in the world at Yale UniversityYale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third oldest American collegiate institution (or fourth, if St. John's College, Annapolis is included) and one of the most prestigious in the world. The Univer in New Haven, Connecticut
• Billy Rose Sculpture Garden, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
• Sunken Garden for Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza in New York, New York
• Gardens for the IBM headquarters in Armonk, New York
• Kodomo no Kuni, a children's playground in Tokyo, Japan
• Dodge Fountain and Philip A. Hart Plaza in Detroit, Michigan (created in collaboration with Shoji Sadao )

His works were not limited to sculptures and gardens. He designed stage sets for various Martha Graham productions; he designed some mass-produced objects such as lamps and furniture some of which are still manufactured and sold today. His work lives on around the world and at the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in New York City.

His final project was the design of a 400 acre (1.6 km²) park for Sapporo, Japan. Designed in 1988 shortly before his death, Moerenuma Park is almost completed and already open to the public as of 2004.