He has been engaged with fine arts since 1980, at first he was involved in graphic art then he concentrated on sculpting. Istvan mainly works with wood, marble, stone, bronze and metal. Egon Lovith and Sandor Benczedi the well-known Transylvanian artists are regarded as his artistic influences.
White marble blocks that had been transformed into shapes. The fruit of man’s and nature’s mutual labour. Forms that we have never seen, never heard of before, but felt that they exist for sure, if nowhere else but in our subconscious, in our guts, in our dreams and in our yearnings. Positive and negative curves, swells, sharpness, loosely stretched arches. These and such concepts come to one’s mind seeing these beautiful statues. What makes the effect and quality so unambiguous is the incomparable white Greek marble’s structure and internal light, together with the artist’s ideas and thoughts, his talent and expertise. Istvan Demeter carved his dreams (our dreams?), his desires (our desires?) into white marble.”
Peter Veres’s exhibition opening speech.
Sculptures by istvan demeter
Credentials
Exhibitions
yes
Publications
Benko E., Demeter I., Szekely A., 1997 Medieval Borough in Transylvania, Transylvanian Museums Association, Cluj Napoca, Romania.
Demeter I., Miklos Z., 2005 Ornamental Tiles along the Nyiko, Specific Building Styles in Feher-Nyiko Valley, Haaz Rezso Museum, Szekelyudvarhely, Romania.
Demeter I., 2006 Szekely Courtyards from Nyikomente at the Istvan Molnar Museum in Szekelykeresztur, Isis Transylvanian Hungarian Restorer’s Book, nr. 5, Szekelyudvarhely, Romania.,Benko E., Demeter I., Szekely A., 1997 Medieval Borough in Transylvania, Transylvanian Museums Association, Cluj Napoca, Romania.
Demeter I., Miklos Z., 2005 Ornamental Tiles along the Nyiko, Specific Building Styles in Feher-Nyiko Valley, Haaz Rezso Museum, Szekelyudvarhely, Romania.
Demeter I., 2006 Szekely Courtyards from Nyikomente at the Istvan Molnar Museum in Szekelykeresztur, Isis Transylvanian Hungarian Restorer’s Book, nr. 5, Szekelyudvarhely, Romania.
Istvan Demeter was born on 28th May 1958 in Csekefalva (Transylvania). His ability to form the substance was improved at College in the nearby town called Szekelyudvarhely, where he learnt how to work with metal. Later on, Istvan brought his talent to perfection on a self-taught basis.
He has been engaged with fine arts since 1980, at first he was involved in graphic art then he concentrated on sculpting. Istvan mainly works with wood, marble, stone, bronze and metal. Egon Lovith and Sandor Benczedi the well-known Transylvanian artists are regarded as his artistic influences.
Between 1983-1987 Istvan had participated every year in the artists’ settlement in Gyergyoszarhegy (Transylvania), moreover, in the last seven years he has been a permanent guest at Dunakeszi’s (Hungary) creative camp for artists.
Public Statues
GYERGYÓSZÁRHEGY (Transylvania) : Kőrösi Csoma Sándor (marble)
Spring (marble)
SZÉKELYKERESZTÚR (Transylvania) : Orbán Balázs (bronze)
Berde Mózes (bronze)
Zelyk Domokos (stone)
Classes (limestone)
Love (limestone)
SIMÉNFALVA (Transylvania) : Marosi Gergely (stone)
SZENTÁBRAHÁM (Transylvania) : Benedek Elek (wood)
300 years old School (marble)
GAGY (Transylvania) : Móra Ferenc (wood)
DUNAKESZI (Hungary) : Kölcsey Ferenc (marble)
Trianon (limestone)
1848 Memorial (marble)
CSURGÓ (Hungary) : Liberty (marble)
1956 Memorial (marble)
Kozárd (Hungary) : Trianon (wood)
Mary statue (limestone)
Little Peter (limestone)
PÜSPÖKHATVAN (Hungary) : 1956 Memorial (limestone)
1948 Memorial (limestone)
Artist (limestone)
Composition (sandstone)
Maternity (limestone)
Crucified Christ (limestone)
GALGAHÉVIZ (Hungary) : St Francis (wood)
Maternity (wood)
Free (wood)
COMIN (Belgium) : Brotherhood (wood)
