Curated by Algis Kemezys

Hampstead, QC, Canada

Algis Kemezys started taking photographs in the early seventies. His fine-art career began in 1979 with the apprenticeship to the doyenne of photography, the late BERENICE ABBOTT, discoverer of EUGENE ATGET and assistant to MAN RAY. He has had his most important retrospective at the Vilnius Art Gallery, Lithuania (1998), and has been awarded three international awards. Currently he has divided his time between Qubec and the U.S., and has traveled to many countries around the globe. Geomancer, Dowser,Rock Sculptor, Gourmet Chef, World Traveller, Cinematographer,Photographer, DirectorAlgis Kemezys started out in the visual arts as a fine art photographer and a photojournalist. He photographed all over the world. His work was published and exhibited internationally (New York; Chicago; Canada; Greece; India). While photographing the island of Crete (Greece) for a book cover in 2002, he became interested in making a documentary on the island. Drawing on his previous experience in working with video (Ryerson University; as well as an ongoing sideline in video-art pieces) he proceeded to shoot (digital), edit (Final Cut Pro), and finish two successive documentary films, the first of which (Faces of Myth) played in several festivals to good notices, and the second of which (Mimetoliths) was finished in October 2005.

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Categories: Digital, Painting