Raised on a farm near Pocahontas, IL, Patrick Luber received a BA degree from Greenville College in Greenville, IL, and MA and MFA degrees in sculpture from the University of New Mexico. Mr. Luber’s work is included in the permanent collection of the North Dakota Museum of Art, the University of North Dakota, the Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, IA, Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, TX, the Ina Mae Rue Entrepreneurial Center Art Collection, Grand Forks, ND, the Henry Luce III Center for Art & Religion, Washington, DC and numerous private collections. With over 40 solo and 150 group exhibitions, his work has been exhibited on the local, regional, national, and international levels and has received numerous awards in juried exhibitions. In 2005 Mr. Luber received the North Dakota Humanities Council’s Larry Remele Fellowship and in 2016 Mr. Luber served as an artist-in-residence at the Henry Luce III Center for Art & Religion in Washington DC. In 2023, his work received the “Best of Show Award” at the XXXVII Greater Des Moines Juried Exhibition. In addition to his artwork, Mr. Luber has presented numerous lectures on the intersection of art, religion, and American culture at regional and national conferences. Mr. Luber taught sculpture at the University of North Dakota from 1990-2022 and now resides in West Des Moines, IA.