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Aristotle Georgiades Professor UW–Madison Department of Art, since 1999 Sculpture 1984 Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1981 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Michigan Recent achievements 2015–18 Commisson, Exchange, from the series Today and Tomorrow, with Actual Size Artworks, New Albany, IN 2015 Aristotle Georgiades and Gail Simpson, two-person show, Sarah M. Hurt and Allen W. Clowes Galleries, Indianapolis Art Center 2015 Armory show, group show, New York 2014 Plenty, outdoor sculpture, with Actual Size Artworks, White River State Park, Indianapolis 2014 Expo Chicago, group show, Chicago 2013 Some Time, solo show, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago 2013 The Pritzker Foundation Endowed Fellowship, Djerassi Program, Woodside, CA 2013 Hear, long-term installation, Djerassi Program, Woodside, CA 2013 Plenty, outdoor sculpture, with Actual Size Artworks, Fermentation Fest, Reedsburg, WI 2012 Rework, solo show, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati 2012 Not Like I Remembered, two-person show, Unsmoke Systems Artspace, Braddock, PA Artist’s statement I am a mixed-media sculptor who works individually and as part of the public art team Actual Size Artworks. The majority of my sculptural objects are made from common materials. Some of the objects use material that has been salvaged from one life and given another. There are also works that use existing objects and repurpose them into expressive sculptural forms. Most of these sculptures make reference to our continuous desire to move through life with purpose. I see these repurposed objects as a metaphor for our human need to adapt and change directions when confronted with obstacles or failures. Work in the show Aris Georgiades (American, b. 1955) Descending a Staircase, n.d. Wooden architectural trim 62 x 23 x 23 in. Drop of a Hat, 2013 Wooden beam, carved yellow cedar 12 x 12 x 44 in. Castle, 2015 Architectural trim, found image 47 ½ x 42 x 5 in. New Old Growth, 2012 Wooden ladder, oak branches 120 x 48 x 4 in. 24 Quadrennial 2016 | Faculty Tower, 2014 Wood beams 96 x 32 x 19 in. Climbers, 2014 Wooden ladders 100 x 53 x 48 in.