About Us

3 Generations. Over 25 Years in Business. Proudly Made in the USA.

Who We Are

Statues.com is a family business managed by the Karpos family. We have been in the classical statue and manufacturing business for over 40 years, beginning with Vasili’s parents in Athens, Greece.

Statues.com was the first custom sculpting studio to offer commissioned marble and bronze art sculpture services online. Over the years our business has evolved to include clients from all over the globe.

Meet The Team

Our professionalism, passion, experience and technical skill come together in a team that brings all of our combined wisdom to your unique project.

Vasilios Karpos, President

Vasili is the lead Executive Operations Manager, mold maker, raw material supervisor, new design and product developer. He brings over 25 years experience to the company and operations. Vasili’s precision, attention to detail and leadership have become a hallmark of Statues.com

Victoria Karpos, Vice President

Victoria is your lead custom project coordinator. She oversees all new incoming projects, manages the retail and wholesale departments and acts as liaison between client and production process. With over 25 years experience, her passion is helping clients navigate the artistry, creativity and details that go into creating their own custom sculpture.

Monica Arjona, Operations Director

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, she studied advertising basics and graduated as a business developer. She has served as commercial manager, director of fairs and exports, and head of industrial processes: she has carried out programs for the implementation of ISO Standards and standardization of processes for certifications of Business.

She has been working with the Marblecast team since January 2020

Since 2019, Monica brings a professional and an organizational skill set focused on excellence and pride in the work created at MARBLECAST.

Paraskevi Evi Karpos, Project Coordinator

Evi Karpos is the project coordinator for the SculptHER™ Collection, Shaping Her Story Through Sculpture” project by Statues.com.

Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, Evi is a young professional and graduate student with extensive project management experience within academia, customer service, and oil and gas realms.

Her passion for sharing women’s history and celebrating women of the past whose accomplishments have been overshadowed helped build SculptHER™.

Her goal for this project is to amplify the achievements of phenomenal women in marble sculptures to serve as visual inspiration for all people.

Elaine Bell, Lead Sculptor

Elaine’s work follows a classical form and carries a significant degree of symbolism. Personal dignity is a dominating theme in many of her sculptures. “I use symbolism and the experiences of life to increase my awareness and to affect my sculpture. Bronze and marble, my chosen mediums, not only grant a permanency to my work, but seek to perpetuate these truths and ideas which heighten our sensibilities and encourage a more civilized society: these enduring qualities which soften, as well as educate mankind.”

Elaine has been Master Sculptor for Statues.com since 1997 providing clients custom sculptures to help them realize their personal artistic visions. Her specialty is classical portrait likeness. Monumental size and life-size figures, as well many life-size busts, have been created with the same attention to detail that the smaller figures, busts and reliefs were sculpted.

Mark DeGraffenried, Vice Lead Sculptor

Mark’s knowledge of the sculpting process is extensive, from the creation in clay and wax casting process, to the final bronze and patina work. DeGraffenried strives to create interest and emotion within each sculpture. “My greatest challenge as a sculptor is to capture the integrity of the human spirit, to convey the experiences of life and all aspects of emotion.”

Mark specializes in large scale bronze commissions. One of his largest projects to-date entailed an edition of four life-size bronzes of an emigrant family, The Crossing, that were placed in prominent locations in England and Salt Lake City.

His work for Statues.com includes limited edition sculptures, portrait busts, medallions and other figurative work.

Shannan Varner, Second Vice Lead Sculptor

Shannan was raised in Southern California and moved to Utah to attend the University of Utah where she studied Art and Political Science. She has been a professional sculptor for twenty five years, with an emphasis on the human form and portraiture. Capturing the personality and emotion in her sculpture has been her specialty and driving force.

What Sets Us Apart?

We combine detail oriented project coordinators and the latest technology with highly skilled artisans and sculptors – all coming together to bring your vision to life before your eyes.

With over 25 years in the industry, we offer a personalized experience, white glove service and a team that prides itself in creating a true work of art.

Our sculptural creations are never mass produced overseas, but rather handcrafted entirely by our team of artisans.

We exclusively offer a patented White Bonded Marble process to our customers that delivers the beauty of marble at a cost that is less than stone.

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PROUDLY MADE IN UTAH

Statues.com is a certified “Made in the USA” producer. Our team, production studio, sculptors, bronze casting techs are all located right here in the United States. We also source 100% of our materials from American suppliers and businesses.

Our Mission

To give every customer a team of highly skilled artisans and technology that provides the personalized and customized service of sculpting, molding and replica statue making with the customer’s goals in mind by taking their image or memory and making it into something they can touch, feel and look at forever.

Our goal is to be the most distinguished provider and manufacturer of customized sculptures to buyers worldwide.

Community Engagement

We believe that a corporation’s duty to the community involves cooperation, respect and participation. We are active participants with communities and organizations and offer customized solutions to their unique situations and goals.

OPERATION NEVER FORGET

STATUES.Com has been honored over the years to be the production facility for OPERATION NEVER FORGET, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to building life-size portraiture memorial busts for the families of the brave servicemen and servicewomen of the United States Armed Services whose lives were cut short defending freedom in Afghanistan and Iraq while fighting the war on terror.