Ares Demertzis / Sculptor

Biography:







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.
 
 
 
  


 

 

 


Sculptures in
Museums
and Institutional Collections:

 

(All dimensions in meters)

 

-National Museum of Masks,
San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

“Vendedora de Mas Caras”
(2.50 x 1.50 x1.20).

   

-Museum of Art,
Querétaro, Mexico.

“Pieta”
(3.25 x1.65 x 1.65).


-Mirador Museum,
El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico.

“En Acero la Virgen”
(3.25 x 2.00 x 1.35).


-Museum of Mexican Art,
Toluca, State of  Mexico.

“Mascaras, Mentiras y
la Eterna Verdad”
(1.73 x .70 x .95).


-Prefeitura Municipal de
Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil.

“Amantes”
(3.00 x 3.00 x 1.22).


-Municipality of Ecatepec,
State of Mexico, Mexico.

“Conquista del Joyel del Viento”
(11.20 x 3.08 x 1.22).

-Centro Cultural Mexiquense,
Toluca, State of Mexico.

“Pegaso del Poder”
(3.55 x 1.39 x 1.25).


-Tecnológico de Monterrey,
Campus State of Mexico.

“Sueños de Troya”
(3.80 x 2.45 x 1.90).


-Consejo Nacional de
las Artes Plásticas,
La Habana, Cuba.

“Sidero Maja”
(3.02 x 1.23 x .63).


-Oficina del Historiador,
La Habana, Cuba.

“Amantes en Eden”
(2.02 x .7 1x .81).


-Jardín Escultórico,
Parque Metropolitano
La Sabana, San Jose,
Costa Rica.

“MamaPapa”
(3.00 x 3.05 x 1.60).


-Gani Art Garden,
Scripps Ranch,
San Diego, California.

“Joseph’s Dream”
(3.00 x 1.50 x 1.22).

-L`Estriade, 
Place de la Gare,
Granby, Quebec, Canada.

“The Games People Play”
(3.00 x 3.00 x 1.22).

 

 

 

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:

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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."