James Shoop - Open Studio

Visit award winning sculptor James Shoop at Shoop Sculptural Design during the Earth Arts Spring Art Tour. Special guest artist Mary Sicora-fabric artist.

JAMES SHOOP has been a professional sculptor since 1983. He first started sculpting at his family’s foundry, Shoop’s American Bronze Casting. At the foundry, he was involved in producing sculptures for the awards and incentives market. For ten years he refined his skills at production molds, casting and finishing. In 1993, James moved to New York where he studied sculpture at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design, and the New York Academy of Art. During this period, he concentrated on the study of the figure, and he broadened his commercial range by producing sculpture for the gift and toy markets. Today, James continues to work in the commercial toy market while expanding his portfolio of figurative fine art sculptures. For the past six years, James has been teaching figurative, portrait and anatomical acoche sculpture classes at the Atelier in Minneapolis, MN.