Peter Demetz, born in Bolzano, IT, 1969
He lives and works in Ortisei, IT
Education:
1983-84
Art school in Ortisei
1984-90
Apprenticeship at Heinrich Demetz’s workshop.
1993
Achievement of the diploma „maestro scultore“
Professional artist sins 1993
1993-2009 Participation at collective exhibitions in Ortisei (UNIKA), Milan, Vail/Colorado, Leipzig, Lichtenstein/Germany, Gent, Vienna, Florence, Lecce, Bolzano,Istanbul, Palma de Mallorca and Roma. Orders in Italy, Austria, Germany, USA and Iceland.
1995-2002 Teacher at the vocational school in Ortisei and Selva Gardena. Subjects: drawing, history of art und sculpture.
1997-2000 Chairman of the association „Artigianato Artistico Gardenese“ and of the UNIKA group.
1999-2002Courses in pedagogy, didactics, educational and developmental psychology.
since 2001
Lectures and seminars on wood sculpture as well as courses on working with wood and clay, drawing, design and anatomy; among others, for the design centre of the company Swarovski in Wattens (A), the LKJ-Sachsen in Leipzig, the Daetz-Centrum in Lichtenstein (Ger) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara
2002-2006
Leading teacher of the course on wood sculpture of the Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau , Department of Applied Arts Schneeberg, at the Daetz-Centrum in Lichtenstein ( Germany ).
Awards:
2007 _Honour award for the sculpture “dialogo” (dialogue) at the competition “Nova” held in the province of Bolzano
2007 _1st prize at the competition for the 60th anniversary of the Bolzano fair for the work “padiglione 1” (hall 1)
2008 _Honour award at the „Premio Arte“ of magazine “Arte”- Giorgio Mondadori, work: „the mirror“ 60 cm x 50 cm, 2008
2009 _ Honour award at the art competition “eroism – inier, ncuei, duman” held in the province of Bolzano, work: “… hero …”, 70 cm x 60 cm, 2009
2010 _Winner at the art competition “III Trienala Ladina” on the Museum Ladin in San Martino in Badia (Italy)
2010 _1st prize at the art prize “Premio Arciere” of Sant’ Antioco in Sardegna (Italy) for the work: “L’analfabeta”, 45 x 37 cm, (catalogue)
2010 _1st prize at the international artprize “XXXVII Premio Sulmona “, in Sulmona (AQ), for the work: “Remember”, 60 x 49 cm, (catalogue)
2014 _1st prize “Premio Pio Alferano” at the art prize “Murat è vivo” in Castellabate (SA), for the work: “nelle strade di Pizzo”, 85 x 100 cm, (catalogue)
Exhibitions
2024 _Berlin, “Sommerblühten 2”, groupshow at the gallery Martin Mertens. _Santo Domingo (RD), “Enlazando Mundos” at the Museo de Arte Moderno, as part of FIACI (first international contemporary art fair in the Dominican Republic). _Karlsruhe (D), Art Karlsruhe, with the Martin Mertens gallery. _Miami, Art Wynwood, with the gallery Liquid Art System. _Palm Beach, modern + contemporary Art Fair, with the gallery Liquid Art System.
2023 _Miami, Art Miami and Context Art Miami, with the gallery Liquid Art System. _Madrid, “society of fragments”, exhibition at the gallery Lucia Mendoza. _Dublin, Gormleys at Charlemont square, “international art exhibition”, Gormleys Gallery. _Roma, Arte in Nuvola, gallery AF Gallery. _Madrid, Estampa Madrid, gallery Lucia Mendoza. _Kopenhagen, Enter Art Fair, gallery Lucia Mendoza. _Lucerne (CH),”the silence of Time[lessness]”, soloshow at the Impulse Gallery. _Miami, Art Wynwood, with the gallery Liquid Art System. _Palm Beach, modern + contemporary Art Fair, with the gallery Liquid Art System.
2022 _Miami, Art Miami and Context Art Miami, with the gallery Liquid Art System. _Roma, Giornata Nazionale Giovani e Memoria, in the parc of the Acquario Romano, work “il trionfo della memoria”. Presidenza del consiglio dei Ministri, Fondazione Falcone, curated by Alessandro De Lisi. _Amsterdam, PAN Art Fair, with the gallery Martin Mertens. _Guangdong (China), “Gazing Of Tranquility – Italian Contemporary Sculptures”, at the Guangdong Museum of Art , curated by Shu Wenjing. (catalogue). _Kopenhagen, Enter Art Fair, gallery Lucia Mendoza. _Selva Val Gardena (I),”Chiec”, soloshow at the cultural centre Tubla da Nives, presented by Eva Gratl. _Karlsruhe (D), Art Karlsruhe, with the Martin Mertens gallery. _Palermo, Chiesa S. Maria dello Spasimo, for the 30th commemoration of the Mafia-massacres in Palermo and part of the project “Spazi Capaci”, curated by Alessandro De Lisi for the Fondazione Falcone, work “il trionfo della memoria”. (video). _Palm Beach modern + contemporary Art Fair, with the gallery Liquid Art System. _Hangzhou (China), “Gazing Of Tranquility – Italian Contemporary Sculptures”, at the Zhejiang Art Museum, chief curator Ying Jinfei, co-curator Shu Wenjing. (catalogue)
2021 _Miami, Context ART MIAMI, with the gallery Liquid Art System and ART MIAMI, with the Adelson Galleries. _Munich, “Peter Demetz and Hans Kotter”, soloshow at the gallery Benjamin Eck Projects. _Amsterdam, PAN Art Fair, gallery Martin Mertens. _Brabant (NL), Biennale Brabant, gallery Van Loon. _Berlin, Positions Art Fair, gallery Martin Mertens. _Torino, “one for eleven” at the MUSA, gallery Arionte. _Kopenhagen, Enter Art Fair, gallery Lucia Mendoza. _Positano, “Peter Demetz” soloshow at the Hotel Villa Treville, gallery Liquid Art System. _Palermo , “Spazi Capaci”, a project of Alessandro De Lisi for the Fondazione Falcone, work “attesa” next to “albero Falcone” (video). _Berlin, “Arte Figurativa”, gallery Martin Mertens. _Madrid, Fiera Estampa, gallery Lucia Mendoza. _Madrid, “Algoquedecir”, gallery Lucia Mendoza.
2020 _Miami, ART MIAMI, special online Edition on ARTSY, with Adelson Galleries. _Miami, Context Art Miami, special online Edition on ARTSY, with the gallery Liquid Art System. _Madrid, “Un momento que trasciende”, soloshow at the gallery Lucia Mendoza (catalogue). _Utrecht, Speelklok Museum, soloshow in the projekt “Straatbeelt” (catalogue). _Copenhagen, Enter Art Fair, with the gallery Lucia Mendoza. _London, Art London, with the gallery Liquid Art System.
2019 _Palm Beach (Florida), “Peter Demetz”, Adelson Cavalier Galleries. _Miami, ART MIAMI, with Adelson Galleries. _Miami, Context Art Miami, with the gallery Liquid Art System. _Milano, Grandart Milano, gallery Liquid Art System. _Houston: Texas Contemporary, Adelson Galleries. _Madrid, Estampa Madrid, gallery Lucia Mendoza. _Marbella, Art Marbella, gallery Lucia Mendoza. _Vught (NL), Maria Church, Summer Art Exhibition, Van Loon Galleries. _Busan (Corea del Sud), “Variation in Sculpture, Mi-Hei Her/Seon-Tae Hwang/Peter Demetz”, gallery LEE & BAE. _Hong Kong, Art Central with the gallery LEE & BAE. _London, Art London with the gallery Liquid Art System.
2018 _Miami, ART MIAMI, with the gallery Liquid Art System. _Milano, Grandart Milano, with the gallery Artforum Contemporary Bologna. _Madrid, Estampa Madrid, with the gallery Lucia Mendoza. _Verona, Art Verona, with the gallery Artforum Contemporary Bologna. _Seoul, KIAF Art Seoul, with the gallery LEE & BAE. _Istanbul, CI Contemporary Istanbul, with the gallery Liquid Art System. _ Gemona del Friuli,“Fingere lo spazio per fermare il tempo”, Museo Civico Palazzo Elti, solo show during the Festival Maravee Fiction, curated by Sabrina Zannier. _Marbella, Art Marbella, special project with the gallery Lucia Mendoza _Positano, gallery Liquid Art System, “Presences”, solo show. _Milano, Museo della Triennale, “the perception”, solo show, by Marco Izzolino and Angelo Crespi, supported by Liquid art System. _Madrid, gallery Lucia Mendoza, “inside view”, solo show (catalogue). _Bologna, gallery Artforum Contemporary,“Ieratica”, solo show. _London, Art London with the gallery Liquid Art System.
2017 _Miami, Context Art Miami, with the gallery LIQUID ART SYSTEM. _ Seoul (Korea), KIAF 2017 Art Seoul, Peter Demetz solo project by Gallery LEE & BAE. _Busan (Korea), “Contemporary Masters – Takashi Murakami and Peter Demetz”, bipersonale at the LEE & BAE Gallery. _Trento, Galleria Civica,“Legno – Lën – Holz”, a journey through the contemporary sculpture, curated by Gabriele Lorenzoni, organization: MART museum of Trento and Rovereto, (catalogue). _Palermo, Palazzo Sant’Elia, “#essenza” soloshow curated by Giacomo Fanale (catalogue) _Houston/Texas, The Woodlands, “A Thousand Mornings” Peter Demetz & Karel Appel, soloshow at the Glade Gallery, curated by Denise Radulescu (catalogue).
2016 _Miami, Context Art Miami, with the gallery LIQUID ART SYSTEM. _Istanbul (TR), CI Contemporary Istanbul, with the SODA Gallery._Basel (CH), Scope Art Show Basel with the gallery Jörg Heitsch. _New York, Art New York with the gallery LIQUID ART SYSTEM._Caserta, “The Exhibition/Inner Outside”, Peter Demetz and Antonio Sannino at the Reggia di Caserta, bipersonale curated by Marco Izzolino for LIQUID ART SYSTEM. _Istanbul, “Peter Demetz / Without being watched”, SODA Gallery, solo show. _Munich (D), “Masters of Light”, gallery Jörg Heitsch. _Bologna, ARTEFIERA with the gallery ARTFORUM Contemporary.
2015 _Milano, gallery Bianca Maria Rizzi & Matthias Ritter, in collaboration with Artforum Contemporary, “Peter Demetz”, solo show. _Miami, Art Miami Context, gallery LIQUID ART SYSTEM. _Durham NC (USA), 21c Museum Hotel, “Seeing Now“. _Istanbul (TR), CI Contemporary Istanbul 10, gallery LIQUID ART SYSTEM. _Capri (I), Certosa di San Giacomo, “Canone Inverso” curated by Marco Izzolino and Lucia Zappacosta. _Torino, Mastio della Cittadella, “Biennale Italia – Cina”. _Shanghai, SPSI Art Museum, “Visioni contemporanee – Italian Artist in China” curated by Alessandro Demma for IGAV. _Basel (CH), Scope Art Show Basel with the gallery Jörg Heitsch. _EXPO Milano 2015, Padiglione Eataly, “Tesoro d’Italia” by Vittorio Sgarbi. _Verona, Galleria Giorgio Ghelfi, “Peter Demetz“, solo show. _New York, Art Miami New York with the gallery LIQUID ART SYSTEM. _Milano, Spazioborgogno, “Visioni contemporanee Esperienze di confine tra realtà e immaginazione” by Alessandro Demma for IGAV from Torino. _Bologna, galleria ARTFORUM Contemporary, solo exhibition “Traversals”. _Bologna, Artefiera, gallery ARTFORUM Contemporary.
2014 _ Miami (USA), Art Miami Context, special project Hot Spot “the Exhibition”, by Marco Izzolino with the gallery WHITE ROOM, Capri. _Miami, Art Miami Context, gallery WHITE ROOM ART SYSTEM. _Milano, gallery Dream Factory,solo exhibition „Peter Demetz – Reflections“. _Istanbul, CI Contemporary Istanbul, gallery ARTFORUM Contemporary. _Zurigo, Kunst Zürich, gallery Heitsch. _Munich (D), gallery Heitsch, “new masters”. _Capri (NA), Certosa di San Giacomo, “Visoni Contemporanee alla Certosa“, by Alessandro Demma for IGAV from Torino. _Castellabate (SA), Castello dell’Abate, Premio Pio Alferano 2014, artprize “Murat è vivo”, by Vittorio Sgarbi and Santino Carta. _Capri, „l’isola dell’arte“, gallery WHITE ROOM ART SYSTEM. _Knokke (B), Piretti art gallery, “Hyper Realities. _New York, Scope Art Show 2014 with the gallery WHITE ROOM LIQUID ART SYSTEM. _Bologna, Artefiera with the gallery ARTFORUM Contemporary. _Catania, MacS (Museo Arte Contemporanea Sicilia), group exhibition “Ad Imaginem Suam” by Alberto Agazzani.
2013 _Miami, Art Miami Context, Gallery WHITE ROOM ART SYSTEMS. _Istanbul, CI Contemporary Istanbul with the galleries ARTFORUM and White Room Art System. _Verona, Art Verona, Gallery ARTFORUM from Bologna. _Capri, Gallery White Room Capri, “Peter Demetz – looking beyond”, by Marco Izzolino. _Bologna, Artefiera with the gallery ARTFORUM. _Wangen i.A. (D), gallery In der Badstube, “Bildskulpturen/Seelenlandschaften with Peter Demetz and Bruno Raetsch”. _New York, Scope Art Show New York 2013 with the gallery WHITE ROOM ART SYSTEM
2012 _ Miami, Art Miami Context and Scope Miami with the gallery WHITE ROOM ART SYSTEM. _Den Haag (NL), EPO Building, “different similarities – somiglianze differenti”, collective exhibition by Egon Dejori. _Bologna, gallery ARTFORUM, “Peter Demetz – Reflections”, presented by the curator Beatrice Buscaroli. _ORF 2 (local austrian TV), “The artist Peter Demetz”, TV news “Südtirol Heute”. ( view the video )
2011 _Rome: Palazzo Valentini, Sala Egon von Fürstenberg, solo exhibition, invitation by Presidente Nicola Zingaretti. _Trento, Palazzo Trentini, 54th Biennale of Venezia, Italian Pavillon – Regione Trentino-Alto Adige, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi. _Pesaro: solo exhibition at the Hotel Alexander Museum _Dresden (D): teachers exhibition of the international summer accademy of Dresden in the “Motorenhalle”, by Susanne Altmann _Milano: Teatro Dal Verme, Projection of pictures from the works of Peter Demetz during the Festival “La Milanesiana”; curated by Elisabetta Sgarbi. _Egna (BZ): “Peter Demetz”, solo exhibition at the Gallery of “Kunstforum Unterland”. Introduduction: Heinrich Schwazer. _Chiusa (BZ): “Presence”, solo exhibition at the city museum of Chiusa. _Brescia (I): “Peter Demetz – Willy Verginer – Bruno Walpoth”, Galleria dell’Incisione _Bagnacavallo (RA): “temet nosce”, solo exhibition with Robert Bosisio, by Adriana M. Soldini, in the “Chiesa del Pio Suffragio”
2010 _Bologna(I): “Intime Stanze”, solo exhibition by Peter Demetz and Robert Bosisio, Galleria “Artforum” _Sulmona (I): “Premio Sulmona 2010”,Exhibition of the invited artists for the international artprize, catalogue _San Martino in Badia: “mirrored stories”, Winners-exhibition of the art competition “III Trienala Ladina” in the Museum Ladin, by Adam Budak _Salemi (Italy): “Contemplazioni”, five solo exhibitions: Agostino Arrivabene, Nicola Samorì, Peter Demetz, Dino Valls and Grazia Cucco, in the Museo Civico di Salemi (Italy), by Vittorio Sgarbi _Ortisei: “light and space”, solo-exhibiton at the Kreis für Kunst und Kultur in Ortisei (Italy), introduction: Marco Forni _Ortisei (I), “Arte a confronto”, by G. Di Brindisi _Sardegna (Italy): Winners-exhibition of the Artprize “Premio Arciere“ of Sant’Antioco, by Vittorio Sgarbi (catalogue) _Bologna(Italy): “materica”, Exhibition for the new opening of the art gallery artforum (catalogue) _Spoleto (Italy): Personal exhibition in the Palazzo Pianciani at the Spoleto Festival 2010 , by Vittorio Sgarbi (catalogue)
2009 _ Halle: “HolzArt”, collective exhibition by Anke Bachmann _Prissian: Fahlburg,”LanaLive”, UNIKA _ Ortisei: UNIKA 2009, collective exhibition _ Munich ( Germany ): “Wooden Sculptures”, Gallery Andrea s Baumgartl _ Bolzano: Galleria Prisma, exhibition of winners of the art competition “eroism – inier, ncuei, duman” _ Bologna: “legno parlante”, Galleria Artforum, with Bruno Walpoth and Hubert Mussner
2008 _ Roma: Il Mitreo-Arte Contemporanea, “Segni di Confine”, curated by Maurizio Vanni _ Sant’Agostino(FE): Oratorio, “nebenräume-gli spazi dell’io”, personal exhibition _ Cento di Ferrara: Castello della Rocca,“nebenräume-gli spazi dell’io”, personal exhibition (catalogue) _Merseburg: 3th artfair _ Milano: Palazzo della Permanente, exhibition of the art competition finalists “Premio Arte 2008”
2007 _ Lichtenstein/SA(D): Daetz-Centrum, „bodily – erotic impressions“ _ Milano: Spazio Lattuada, italian art biennale, curated by Raffaele De Salvatore _ Wangen im Allgäu (D): Kunstmeile Wangen 01 _ Bolzano: Galleria Civica, „Stanze“, curated by Barbara Bottacin and Ciro Saetti. (catalogue) _ Ortisei: UNIKA 2007, collective exhibition _ Bolzano: exhibition of winners of the art competition “Nova”. (catalogue) _ Palma de Mallorca: Galeria trestemps, “Mallorca”, with Andreas Scholz _ Istanbul(TR): contemporanean art fair, “Segni di Confine” curated by Maurizio Vanni for the Italian Cultural Institud of Istanbul. (catalogue)
2006 _ Firenze: Palagio di Parte Guelfa, “the artist, the Maestro and Margherita, curated by Maurizio Vanni (catalogue) _ Ortisei: UNIKA 2006, collective exhibition _ Padova: Arte Padova, UNIKA _ Lecce: Metropolitan Art Gallery: “Maestri Scultori Italiani”
2005 _ Lichtenstein/SA(D): Daetz-Centrum,„UNIKA-sculptures “Vienna(A): Wiener Staatsoper,“between dream and reality”