Konstantin Dimopoulos
Bio
Colour, line, form and repetition are critical elements of the sculpture of Konstantin Dimopoulos. Using linearity to define space, Dimopoulos's sculptures create an uncluttered simplicity. In 1998, with an established name as a painter, Dimopoulos began to explore movement through the medium of sculpture. In 2001 he created Pacific Grass the first wind sculpture in a series commissioned by the Wellington Sculpture Trust for the City of Wellington, which was awarded the Inaugural Wellington Civic Initiative for Sculpture. Dimopoulos's works have been included in the prestigious Australian Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Awards for 2006-07; Sculpture by the Sea, at Bondi and Cottesloe as invited artist in 2007, and Sculpture On the Gulf, Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
Dimopoulos also creates installations on social and environmental themes including his controversial public artwork, The Blue Trees, about global deforestation. In 2005 he was awarded the Arts Victoria Celebrate Victoria Grant for The Blue Trees installation in Melbourne which was stopped at the last minute by Melbourne city councillors; and was instead created at a private site. The Vancouver Biennale has invited him to create The Blue Trees as part of their performance art program in mid-2010.
In 2009 Dimopoulos was commissioned by Festival Director, Robyn Archer to create a new Installation as part of Light in Winter Festival for 2009 at Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia. Black Parthenon raises the issue of the appropriation and repatriation of cultural objects and religious relics.
Dimopoulos's works are in collections in the United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates and New Zealand. He was born in Egypt in 1954 and now resides in Melbourne, Australia.
Public Sculpture
2010 The Red Forest, Denver, CO (in progress)
Dancers on a Lakefront, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, Australia (in progress)
Voyager, City of Gisborne, New Zealand (in progress)
Sinuous Red, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ripples and Journeys, City of Monash, Melbourne, Australia
Red Echo, Palm Springs, CA (in progress)
2008 Green Black, Auckland International Airport, New Zealand
2007 Pulse, University of the Sunshine Coast, Buderim, Queensland
2007 Colour Field, VicUrban Residential Development, Epping, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Red Centre, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, commissioned by Federation Square and sponsored by Arts Victoria , Australia
2005 Windgrass, Internal kinetic public sculpture commissioned for the New Zealand Pavilion, World Expo, Aichi, Japan
2004 Kete (Treasure Basket) Connells Bay Sculpture Park, New Zealand
2001 Pacific Grass, Wellington, New Zealand, commissioned by Wellington Sculpture Trust, sponsored by Meridian Energy, and gifted to the City of Wellington
Selected Private Commissions
2010 Blue Tree in a Red Landscape, RACV Healesville Country Club, Melbourne, Australia
2008 Red Monarch, Gisborne, New Zealand
2007 Plumes, Wellington, New Zealand
Red Field, Melbourne, Australia
Chapel, Napier, New Zealand
Glass Chapel, Waiheke Island, New Zealand
2006 Yellow Carex, Kerikeri, New Zealand
2005 Firebird, Melbourne, Australia
Grassland, Queenstown, New Zealand
Arrowtown Sculpture Park, New Zealand