Aron Demetz
Aron Demetz (born in 1972 in Val Gardena, Italy) lives and works in South Tyrol.
He focuses his research on the transformation of organic and non-organic matter throughout time and how it interacts with human action. Moving from a strong background in traditional woodcarving techniques, a distinctive feature of his homeland in South Tyrol, Demetz reworks the tradition exploring matters such as wood, plaster, and bronze. Interested in sculpture as an epistemological tool, the artist investigates our world through a parallel sculptural universe inhabited by fictional creatures and mysterious shapes.
In his practice, the process leading to the creation of a work plays a central role. By stressing and studying matter throughout combustion, oxidation, and fungal growth, Demetz proceeds by trial and error in an open process whose results are unpredictable, following and not guiding the mutations of matter.
SELECTED WORKS
untitled
2024
wood and acrylic
46 × 48 × 30 cm
untitled
2024
wood and acrylic
22 × 16 × 16 cm
Richtungswechsel(changing directions)
2025
wood and acrylic
63 × 19 × 3 cm
selected exhibitions
| 2025 | “Du sollst Dir ein Bild machen, Zeitgenössische Kunst und religiöses Erleben“, Künstlerhaus Wien (Museum), Wien (Austria) -Group show |
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| 2024 | “Aron Demetz Cityadvent Münster”, Liebfrauen – Überwasserkirche, Dom, Apostelkirche, St. Lamberti, Kirchenfoyer and Zentralfriedhof, Munster (Germany) -Solo show |
| 2023 | “Dove una volta c’era il mare”, Cermodern, Ankara(Turkey) -Group show |
| 2022 | “The dreams of a story”, Biennale di Venezia, Pavilion of the Cóte d´Ivoire, Magazzini del sale, Venezia (Italy) |
| 2020 | “104GALERIE Collection”, 104GALERIE, Tokyo (Japan) -Group show |
| 2018 | “Autarchy”, National Archaelogical Museum of Napoli, Napoli (Italy) -Solo show |
| 2014 | “I AM”, Arp Museum, Roland Scheck (Germany) -Solo show |
| 2011 | 54.esima Biennale di Venezia, “L Arte non è cosa nostra”, Venezia (Italy) |
| 2009 | 53.esima Biennale di Venezia, “Collaudi”, Venezia (Italy) |
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