Christopher Luper
Csluper@asu.edu
(630) 863-4938
Tempe, AZ 85281
Resume/ C.V.
Education
2022
MFA Studio Art, Sculpture/Painting, Specialization Foundry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2018
BFA Studio Art, Oil Painting Specialization. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
2014
ABA Business Art, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
2005
High School Diploma, Bartlett High School, Bartlett, IL
Exhibitions
2025
“DSP Lakeside exhibition”, Lago De Gramolazzo, Italy
“Mano e Macchina: From Virtual Volume to Tangible Form” Barga, Italy
“NCCCIAP 2025 Biennial Exhibition for the National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron art & Practices”. Sloss Furnaces Birmingham, AL
2024
“Beyond Bronze” Shemer Art Center, Phoenix AZ
“Digital Stone: ASU innovation and Italian tradition” Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
“Full Circle” Western Cast iron Juried exhibition, Hyde Art Gallery, El Cajon, California
“Cactus Collective” Scottsdale Fashion square” Scottsdale Public arts
2023
“Metro-Dimensional” Park Plaza, ASU group sculpture show, Phoenix, AZ
2022
“Noted Gesture” MFA Thesis Exhibition, ASU Step Gallery, Grant Street Studios. Phoenix, AZ (solo show)
“ICCCIA” International Conference for Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Speculative object, Berlin Germany
“Emerge” festival for Mesa Arts center Mesa, AZ
“Western Cast Iron Art Conference”, Juried exhibition, Vermilion South Dakota
“Rock Opera” Pietrasante, Italy
“Melting Point” Bollinger Atelier Artisan show, Vision Gallery, Mesa, AZ
“Galbut Prize Exhibition” ASU Grant, ASU Harry Wood Gallery
2021
“The Usual Suspects” ASU, Gallery 100 Mirabella
“TAG Group Show” The Art Grads, ASU Grant Steet Studios, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
“ASU Sculpture Club” ASU, Gallery 100 Mirabella
“Nathan Cummings” ASU Travel Grant, ASU Harry Wood Gallery
“Galbut Exhibition” ASU Grant, ASU Harry Wood Gallery
2020
“Quarantine Show” ASU Graduate Program, ASU Harry Wood Gallery,
Tempe, AZ
“ASU Art Detour Exhibition”, ASU Grant Street Studios, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
“Galbut Exhibition” ASU Graduate Program, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe Az
2019
“Sculpture Show” ASU Sculpture Club, Gallery 100, Tempe, AZ
“Graduate College” ASU College Exhibition, Tempe AZ
“Everybody” Graduate Student Exhibition, ASU Grant Street Studios, Step Gallery
“New Graduate Exhibition” ASU graduate program, ASU Harry Wood Gallery, Sept. 16-Oct. 4th
Applegate IDHE long-term art exhibit, Illinois Department of Higher Education Headquarters, Springfield, IL (State Universities Juried)
“Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award” SIU School of art and Design, Surplus Gallery, April 1-6th Carbondale, IL.
2018
“Fall 2018 Senior Exhibition”, BFA Thesis exhibit, SIU school of A&D
Surplus Gallery Dec 12-14, Carbondale, IL
“Warped Perspectives”, BFA Thesis exhibit, SIU School of A&D, Vergette Gallery Nov 26-30, Carbondale, IL (solo show)
“Thesis Planning” SIU School of Art and Design, Vergette Gallery, April 1-7 Carbondale, IL, (solo show)
“Love at the Glove” SIU C-4 Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL
2017
SIU School of Art and Design, Vergette Gallery, Nov 27-Dec 1 Carbondale, IL
Chu Awardee, Southeastern Illinois College, Nov. Harrisburg, IL
Locality, 304 Art space, July-August, Carbondale, IL
SIU School of Art and Design, Vergette Gallery, May. Carbondale, IL
2016
Mixed Media Exhibition, Art Alley, Jan. Carbondale, IL
Work History
2025
ASU Faculty Associate (Foundry) Instructor of Record
Bollinger Atelier: Pour Captain
2021-2024
ASU Faculty Associate (Foundry) 2024
Bollinger Atelier: Pour Captain
Foundry F/A Instructor of record Summer Session A
2023
Foundry F/A Spring 2023
Foundry T/A -Spring & Fall 2022
Foundry assistant/ Prof. Mary Neubauer
Arizona State University
2020-2021
Bollinger Atelier, Tempe AZ
Arizona State University
Foundry T/A Spring 2021
ART 111 Foundation Drawing
Instructor of Record
Sculpture Shop Tech Monitor
2019-2020
Arizona State University
ART 113 Color Theory
Instructor of Record
ARA 460/ARA 560 Gallery Exhibitions
Teaching Assistant
2011-2018
Chicago C-Arms, mobile X-ray Service and Refurb Tech
Elgin, IL 60123
2005-2012
Bartlett Park District, Aquatics Manager/Lifeguard
Professional Experience
2025
Digital Stone Residency, Gramolazzo, Tuscona Italy
NCCCIAP Sloss Furnaces National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices, Birmingham Alabama, Waste oil furnace Presentation and demonstration
Scottsdale Fashion Square Brass Cactus private collection Commission
2024
Western Cast iron conference, El Cajon California, Waste oil furnace demonstration
Investment Casting Institute “what’s brewing” Waste oil furnace presentation
Shemer art Center, DSP/ASU (2-year install) & Beyond Bronze (2-year install)
Tempe City Arts, Daley Park public sculpture install (3-year install)
2023
Anne Sipos Barret Honors Thesis Committee (sculpture/foundry)
Alex Young; Thesis Faculty advisor BFA Studio art (Blacksmith/ foundry)
Koji Iron Pour: Scottsdale Community College iron pour, Nov
“Cycle The Arts”, Scottsdale Public Arts, AZ
“Iron Peep: ASU Iron Pour” Arizona State University, April, Tempe AZ
“Iron Tribe” New Mexico Highlands University, las vegas, NM
2022
INFLUX Scottsdale arts commission, Scottsdale AZ (2 Year installment)
Digital Stone Project Residency, Gramolazzo, Tuscany Italy
Desert Symposium Iron Pour, Arizona State University, April, Tempe, AZ
Koji Iron Pour, ASU, Nov, Scottsdale Community College
2021
Koji Iron Pour, ASU, Nov, Scottsdale AZ
Desert Iron Pour, Arizona State University, April, Tempe, AZ
2020
(accepted residency) Iron Pour, Les Ateliers du Péroux, Biziat, France
2019
Koji Iron Pour, Arizona State University, Nov, Scottsdale, AZ
2018
Kemboo-Reticulation and Hollow form casting Work Shop, Visiting Artist Aimee Howard, Southern Illinois University March 23,24
2018
Iron Pour, Southern Illinois University, Nov, Carbondale, IL
2017
Iron Pour, Southern Illinois University, Feb. Carbondale, IL
2017
Stained Glass Work Shop, Visiting Artist Safaa Abd EL-Salam
Awards & Honors
2022 Outstanding Graduate Award, ASU MFA, Herberger institute, Tempe, AZ
2021 FEF H.H. Harris Research Grant, Foundry Educational Foundation, ASU
Special Talent Award, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2020 B. Wong Fie Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Gerry Grout Visual Arts Scholarship, Arizona
Ethel Larson Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Herbert Larson Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Ridgeway Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2019 Special Talent Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Rickert-Ziebold Trust Foundation awardee, SIU, Carbondale, IL
2018 Dean’s List, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2017 Dean’s List, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2017 Cline A. Chu Scholarship, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2016 Dean’s List, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2007 Citizen Life-Saving Award, Bartlett Illinois Fire Dept, Bartlett, IL
Skills
French Flemish Oil Painting, Mixed Media Painting, Woodworking, Metal fabrication, Welding, Stained Glass.
Foundry: Lost Wax, Direct Burn Out, resin bonded sand/ petrabond/ green sand in Bronze/Iron/Tombasil/Aluminum/Brass/ Tin/ pewter metals, Wax working, gating, dressing, Devesting, De-gating, Metal chasing, iron/AL/Bronze Patina/Polish, Large Scale Bronze Public works
Resin Bonded Sand, Ceramic Shell, Plaster, and Silicone molding
Wood Block/Screen Printing, Bondo/fiberglass fabrication, Ceramics, Installation.
Digital experience; 3-d Scanning, 3-d Printing, Photoshop, Sculptris, Meshmixer, Z-Brush, Excel,