Ares Demertzis / Sculptor
Ares Demertzis was born in Greece, raised in Africa and educated in the United States.
He is a graduate of New York University 'School of the Arts.'
His sculptures can be found in the permanent collections of museums, sculpture parks, and institutional and private collections.
(All dimensions in meters) -National Museum of Masks, “Vendedora de Mas Caras” -Museum of Art, “Pieta” “En Acero la Virgen” “Mascaras, Mentiras y “Amantes” “Conquista del Joyel del Viento” -Centro Cultural Mexiquense, “Pegaso del Poder” “Sueños de Troya” “Sidero Maja” “Amantes en Eden” “MamaPapa” “Joseph’s Dream” -L`Estriade, “The Games People Play” Exhibitions: -Festival de las Artes, San Jose, Costa Rica; Museo del Carmen, Mexico City; Casa Cultural del Municipio de Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil; Festival Cultural Coyoacan, Mexico City; The Atheneum, La Joya, San Diego, California, USA.; Primer Salón de la Plástica, Embajada de Cuba, Mexico City; Embajada de Grecia, Mexico City; Feria del Libro (1997-1998-1999), Guadalajara, Mexico; Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, San Jose, Costa Rica; L`Estriade, Place de la Gare, Granby, Quebec, Canada; Casa de la Cultura Víctor Urban Velasco, Tultepec, Mexico; Casa de la Cultura Reyes Heroles, Coyoacan, Mexico City; Teatro Silvia Pinal, Mexico City; Foro Cultural Coyoacanense Víctor Argüelles, Mexico City; Glorieta Metro Insurgentes, Mexico City; Explanada Hospital 20de Noviembre, Mexico City; Galería Siglo XXI, Mexico, City; Jardín Hidalgo, Mexico City; Plaza del Carmen, San Luis Potosí,Mexico; Explanada Hospital 20 de Noviembre, Mexico City; III Muestra Heleno-Mexicana, Mexico City. Bibliography:
Sculptures in Museums
and Institutional Collections:
San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
(2.50 x 1.50 x1.20).
Querétaro, Mexico.
(3.25 x1.65 x 1.65).
-Mirador Museum,
El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico.
(3.25 x 2.00 x 1.35).
-Museum of Mexican Art,
Toluca, State of Mexico.
la Eterna Verdad”
(1.73 x .70 x .95).
-Prefeitura Municipal de
Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil.
(3.00 x 3.00 x 1.22).
-Municipality of Ecatepec,
State of Mexico, Mexico.
(11.20 x 3.08 x 1.22).
Toluca, State of Mexico.
(3.55 x 1.39 x 1.25).
-Tecnológico de Monterrey,
Campus State of Mexico.
(3.80 x 2.45 x 1.90).
-Consejo Nacional de
las Artes Plásticas,
La Habana, Cuba.
(3.02 x 1.23 x .63).
-Oficina del Historiador,
La Habana, Cuba.
(2.02 x .7 1x .81).
-Jardín Escultórico,
Parque Metropolitano
La Sabana, San Jose,
Costa Rica.
(3.00 x 3.05 x 1.60).
-Gani Art Garden,
Scripps Ranch,
San Diego, California.
(3.00 x 1.50 x 1.22).
Place de la Gare,
Granby, Quebec, Canada.
(3.00 x 3.00 x 1.22).
-Canada: La Voix de l'Est (Quebec).
-Costa Rica: Costa Rica Times, La Nacion, La Republica (San Jose).
-France: International Artist's Catalogue FIAA '99 (Paris).
-Mexico: Reforma, Excelsior, El Publicista, Directorio de las Artes Plasticas (Mexico City). La Jornada, Excelsior, El Sol (San Luis Potosi). La Voz Informativa, Cuestion Nacional(Estado de Mexico). Revista de Cultura y Analisis'Amanecer' (Sinaloa).
Portrait of the Artist by Edgar Zuniga.
Wood Carving.
Excerpt from a speech by the Artist to the conference 'For A Creative Synthesis' at the Centro Cultural Ixtapalapa, Mexico City:
"I create hieroglyphs for my own satisfaction and personal
pleasure, with which I sustain an intimate conversation...
It also gives me a certain satisfaction to share my scribblings with those who make the effort to interpret the symbols and participate in my conversation...I am interested in creating visual communication...with themes that are passionate for me. I want to create work that provokes questions, not answers, and that produces ambiguity in order that the
search continues."