Anne Sipos
I make art to understand more about God and to have a vessel to help others understand more about God and how He is a part of everyday life.
The process of creating cast metal art reveals profound truth about how God sees people, and what it is like to live life in obedience to what He has in store for the lives of people.
Something I love about the pouring part of the cast metal process is the chance to greater understand and reflect on the analogy in Scripture that we are tested, refined, and purified by fire in a furnace, just like metal.
When the metal is melting in the fiery furnace, all the impurities float to the top, and are removed by the artist. This is like God with people.
When the metal is at the proper temperature to be cast, the top of the pot is reflective enough that if you could safely get close enough, the artist could see their face in the reflection of the pure metal. This is like God with people.
Once the metal is poured into the mold the artist made, the metal is molded into something new, something even more beautiful. The artist is unbelievably excited to break the mold open to see the intended result. This is like God with people.
Each pour, I learn something new that makes this metaphor even richer, and it is truly one of my favorite aspects of being a sculptor.
God is the ultimate Creator, and He loved creating so much that He lets us take part in the joy of creating too. To reflect this, I make it my goal to invite others into creating and into vulnerable conversation through the community that is required in iron casting. As you look at my work, may you have a space to contemplate and seek Truth in the presence of the community that art and metal casting creates.
BIOGRAPHY + EDUCATION
2019 – 2023
BFA Sculpture + Film and Media Production | Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts + Barrett The Honors College, Arizona State University
2022 Semester Study of Fine Art | Florence University of the Arts
2001 Born in Columbus, Ohio
solo exhibitions
2023 Here i raise my ebenezer | cholla field | mesa, az
GROUP EXHIBITIONS + PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
2024 Modern Makers and Materials Juried Exhibition | Shemer Art Center | Phoenix, AZ
2023 Emotional Thread | Gallery 100 | Tempe, AZ
2023 23rd Annual ArtLink Juried Exhibition | Found:re | Phoenix, AZ
2023 Metrodimensional | Park Central | Phoenix, AZ
2023 Multidimensional | Gallery 100 | Tempe, AZ
2022 - 2023 BFA Winter Juried Show | Harry Wood Gallery | Tempe, AZ
2022 Carne Diem | Gallery 100 | Tempe, AZ
2022 DBR Lab Performance | ASU | Tempe, AZ
2022 The Table Universe collaborative installation | Mesa Arts Center | Mesa, AZ
2022 heArts and Souls | Corridoio Florentino | Florence, Italy
2021 The Usual Suspects | Gallery 100 | Tempe, AZ
2021 ABBA’s Greatest Hits | Harry Wood Gallery | Tempe, AZ [honorable mention]
2018 Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition | James A. Rhodes State Office Tower | Columbus, OH
2017 Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition | James A. Rhodes State Office Tower | Columbus, OH
professional + related experience
2024 Technician for Bruce Ward’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute foundry workshop
2024 – present Assistant Artist for Mary Neubauer
2023 – present Metal Chaser and Media Assistant | Bollinger Atelier | Tempe, AZ
2023 Assisting Stephen Coles and Christopher Luper in building a sustainable soybean melt furnace
2023 Teacher’s Assistant | Arizona State University Foundry Class
2023 President | Fahrenheit 2150, Arizona State University’s foundry club
2023 videographer + photographer | frontiers | uttar pradesh, india
GRANTS, PUBLICATIONS + HONORS
2023 Sophia Braccio’s “Art at 2,800 Degrees” | The Arizona State Press | November 16
2023 Foundry Educational Foundation H.H. Harris Scholarship
2023 Katherine K. Herberger Scholarship
2022 Sidney Poitier New American Film School Vision and Voice Grant
2021 ASU Global Sports Institute publication
2020 Zelma Basha Salmeri Honors Art Grant
2019 Scholastic Art Awards silver medalist
God and His Word.
This can be a hard topic for people, but it is where I believe the source of life comes from. Conversations around God and beliefs are a driving force for Sipos's work.
People.
There are so many stories to be told, and I love taking any chance to help tell the stories of those around me who I care for dearly.
Personal experiences.
Life happens and it's hard and beautiful. And sometimes the only way for me to make sense of the emotions is through creating.
