Apprentice and Assistant to the Doyenne of Photography Berenice Abbott 79-83

Assistant to Robert Lyon

Masterclass with Walter Lassally: Docucmentary. Winner of a Platinum Remi 2008 @ the Houston World Fil Festival. … Read More

film and video Shapeshifter 2007. Just finished 29 minute Short.http://mimetoliths.blogspot.com/ MIMETOLITHS: Director-videographer-editor. 2006 60-min. documentary feature.Cyprus International Film Festival 2006 , Asterfest, Macedonia and Ecofilms Festival Rodos May&June 2006 FACES OF MYTH: writer-director-editor. 60-min. documentary feature. Official selection Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (Greece, 2004); Maine International Film Festival (U.S.A., 2004); Ecofilm Festival (Rhodes, 2005); Distributor: Vtape (Toronto). WALL STORIES: Writer-director-videographer. 30-minute video, shown in the Torino International Film Festival, and various video-art events. THE CIVIL SERVANT: Starring role. 30-minute dramatic film. Shown on the CBC, and festivals. LAWN & ORDER: major participant. Gemini-nominated film about gardens. CBC. ALGIS, MON BEAU JARDIN: starring role and subject of 20-minute, prize winning video (First and Second prize at Video-Est). Shown on Radio-Canada, and festivals. Other Art-Videos: TALK KIDS; MARIE ANTOINETTE; IMELDA; CHICHENITZ AH; THE BIG ONE: videographer/director/actor Televised documentaries about Kemezys work: PORTRAIT in STONE (CBC, 1994) about GRAVEN IMAGES. MY MOTHERS RED WIG (CBC, 1995). HOLY COW (CNBC, 1998). Software skills: Final Cut Pro, Live type, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Director, HTML Code, Macintosh Platform, Quicktime, Pagemill2.0 Algis Kemezys is a guy who can photograph anything , and isnt it nice to see a real artist at work...MARY HARDIMAN The New York Times 1999 Kemezys is like a modern day Henri Cartier Bresson, only with multiple levels of perception Popular Photography 1984 Celebrities :http://www.pbase.com/alkeme/root major photographic exhibitions: selected list AMID SUMMERS WILDFLOWERS: colour-digital flower portraits. MACWORLD CREATIVE-PRO EXPO. One of 30 offical images selected for the Gallery. Shown for one year in conventions (New York Javits-Center; San Francisco Moscone-Center), and galleries across the U.S. Published in THE GAZETTE, Montreal (full page, in colour); and PHOTOgraphos Magazine, Athens, Greece (6-page, full-colour spread); YANKEE Magazine, New England (6-page, full-colour spread; and upcoming (Spring 04) in CAMERA ARTS, New Mexico. HOLY COW: b&w portrait of India from the perspective of the sacred cows: O.K.HARRIS (New York) 1995 NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS PIRAMAL GALLERY (Bombay) 1997 Lithuanian Museum of Art LITHUANIAN WORLD CENTER (Chicago) 1998 FUJI FILM GALLERY (Vilnius) 1999, followed by 2-year tour of Lithuania GALERIE MISTRAL (Montral) 1999 GRAVEN IMAGES: b&w images from cemeteries in the North-East of North America: O.K.HARRIS (New York) 1987 IDE (Toronto) 1988 TORONTO PHOTOGRAPHERS WORKSHOP GALLERY (1996) MOUNT ROYAL CEMETERY (Montral) 1997 CBC TV ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DOCUMENTARY FILM 1988 STREET MYSTERIES: b&w images of streets and their mysteries: PHOTOGRAMME (Montral) 1984 IDE (Toronto) 1986 MARCUSE PFEIFFER (New York) 1987 VILNIUS ART GALLERY (Vilnius) 1988 GALLERY 44 (Toronto) 1995 CANADA MEXICO ART EXCHANGE (Mexico) CARTOON SOCIETY: hand-painted Polaroid portraits: NIDA PHOTOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL (Lithuania) 1999 RYERSON GALLERY (Toronto) 1995 COTE ST-LUC Public Library (Montreal) 1999 MOROCCAN MOSAIC: b&w scenes of Morocco, GALERIE DELACROIX in Tangiers. Toured Morroco via the French Cultural Centers SACRED SADHUS: colour portraits of Indias holy people, exhibited on the internet at SULEKHA.COM & Galerie Mistral, Montral ALTERED STATES & MELTDOWN: Arnold Gottleib Gallery (Toronto); Max Mueller Bhavan (Madras); Chiurlonis Gallery (Chicago); Ide Gallery (Toronto); Galerie IsArt (Montral); Stewart Hall Gallery (Montral) Publications: THE GAZETTE (Montral) cover story travel-photography, featuring Greece, Hong Kong, and India (1996-2005). NOW MAGAZINE (Toronto) over 1,000 photographs on wide variety of subjects --celebrities, events, politics, arts-- during ten years on staff (1985-1995). PHOTO LIFE (Toronto) Holy Cow articles in 1991 and 1992. PHOTO DIGEST (Toronto) ALTERED STATES (1993); article (1994). PHOTO SELECTION (Montral) STREET MYSTERIES (1984); SELF PORTRAIT (1985); ALTERED STATES (1994); HOLY COW (1998). DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY (California) ALTERED STATES (1989); with interview and 5 pages of ALTERED STATES (1990). POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY (New York) Rave review of STREET MYSTERIES (1984) Also published in: L.A.TIMES; BOSTON HERALD; PEOPLE; TORONTO STAR; TABLES; NEMANAS; TRAVELERS INDIA; CAMERA CANADA; FACES OF CANADA; LIVRE DOEUF; GLOBE&MAIL; TORONTO LIFE; MACLEANS; HINDUSTANI TIMES; TIMES OF INDIA; INDIA EXPRESS; PHOTOGRAPHERS FORUM; JAZZIZ MAGAZINE; AMERICAN THEATRE MAGAZINE; EAST ANGLIA TIMES; MORNING SENTINEL; KRITI MAGAZINE; RETHEMNIOTIKA NEA. Cover photography for literary books; stills for films, theatrical posters, album covers, photography anthologies, and guide books. Television and Radio: Algis Kemezys has been on several documentaries regarding his work by CNBC & CBC television. He also has done many radio interviews from around the world. Landscape Art & Sculpture Plant Cemetery, Toronto 1995 Multimedia gardens in Montral (1996-98): Stonehenge; Jurassic Park; Easter Island; Atlantis; Christmas-tree Cemetery. Spirit Chain Carvings,Val David 1999 The Stone Pilgrims of Crete, Plakias,Crete 2000/2001 The Golden Rocks in the Laurentian Forest,Val David 2002 Internet Photographic Expert: AskMe.com ZoneZero.com Sulekha.com Photographic Portfolios : 1975/2002 current: Al Grecos Crete Amid Summers Wildflowers Greenwich Village Cartoons Sacred Sadhus Portraits Holy Cow Celebrity Portraits Red Wig Polaroids Altered States & Meltdown Toronto Ghost Photographs Moroccan Mosaic Tell Me Something Portraits Graven Images Street Mysteries NYC Images de Montral Pictures from Around the World 1977 / 2002 , … Read More