Biography note
PORTFOLIOS
GREECE Canada

Algis Kemezys

I am a visual artist with a career that spans three decades.
I have had major photographic exhibitions in New York, Mumbai, Chicago, Montreal, and Toronto.
Forever fascinated with rock and sculpture, I made two film-documentaries about the landscape and mythology of Crete.
Faces of Myth the first one, has been shown in several film festivals, including Thessaloniki, and Ecofilms in Rhodes.
The second Mimetoliths, is currently in post-production, and I hope to premiere it in Chania in the coming year.
In the process of filming, I decorated the island with my own sculptures made of found rocks and objects.
My work turned into a spiritual quest for the Muse, as I traveled to the origins of Crete’s fables and legends and gods, drawing from them truths that underline the human condition to this day.
I divide my time between Montreal and Crete.

JANUARY 2006 / FOTO ART MAGAZINE