Jim Demetro

{{Short description|American sculptor}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Jim Demetro | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, in April 2023 - 204.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Demetro at Demetro Galeria, Puerto Vallarta, 2023 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name =  | birth_date =  | birth_place = | baptised =  | death_date =  | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | education = | alma_mater = Milwaukee School of Engineering | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | father = | mother = | relatives = | family = | awards =  | signature = | signature_type = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website =  | module = }} '''Jim Demetro''' is an American sculptor. Forty-seven of his public artworks were displayed internationally, as of 2009.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mexico Inspires Sculptor Jim Demetro |url=http://www.banderasnews.com/0903/art-demetro.htm |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=www.banderasnews.com |archive-date=2021-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824220941/http://www.banderasnews.com/0903/art-demetro.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Early life and education == Demetro was raised in South Chicago. Both of his parents died before he was twenty years old. He graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2017-01-20 |title=Battle Ground artist honored with Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.thereflector.com/stories/battle-ground-artist-honored-with-lifetime-achievement-award,44323 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=The Reflector |language=en}}</ref>

== Career == Demetro is a sculptor. He has a studio in Battle Ground, Washington.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Permanent Collection |url=https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/community/webpage/11298/cityartcollection.pdf |website=Arts Council of Lake Oswego}}</ref>

== Personal life == Demetro spends time in Battle Ground; in 2017, he received the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Clark County Arts Commission at a Clark County Council meeting.<ref name=":2" />

Demetro is married; the couple have twin daughters, including sculptor and collaborator Christina.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-29 |title=Demetros’ create interactive 9/11 memorial |url=https://www.thereflector.com/stories/demetros-create-interactive-911-memorial,48528 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=The Reflector |language=en |archive-date=2021-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104184634/https://www.thereflector.com/stories/demetros-create-interactive-911-memorial,48528 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Works== [[File:Malecón, Puerto Vallarta (2014) - 08.JPG|thumb|''Vallarta Dancers'', Puerto Vallarta]]

* ''Ándale Bernardo'', Puerto Vallarta * ''Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton'' (with Christina Demetro), Puerto Vallarta * ''The Fishermen'', Puerto Vallarta * ''First Footsteps''<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Footsteps in Lake Oswego, OR |url=https://publicartarchive.org/art/First-Footsteps/efc3cc46 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Public Art Archive |language=en}}</ref> * ''Mother's Touch''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-10-22 |title=Open House set for new sculpture at The Natural Health Center |url=https://www.thereflector.com/stories/open-house-set-for-new-sculpture-at-the-natural-health-center,51666 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=The Reflector |language=en}}</ref> * ''Salud''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-06-07 |title=Jim Demetro Donates Bronze Statue to the City of Puerto Vallarta |url=https://banderasnews.com/jim-demetro-donates-bronze-statue-to-the-city-of-puerto-vallarta/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927012233/https://banderasnews.com/jim-demetro-donates-bronze-statue-to-the-city-of-puerto-vallarta/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-03-26 |title=New Bronze Sculpture for Puerto Vallarta's Malecon will bring humor with a margarita-drinking donkey |url=https://www.vallartadaily.com/new-bronze-sculpture-for-puerto-vallartas-malecon-will-bring-humor-with-a-margarita-drinking-donkey/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Vallarta Daily News |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531112820/https://www.vallartadaily.com/new-bronze-sculpture-for-puerto-vallartas-malecon-will-bring-humor-with-a-margarita-drinking-donkey/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Shower of Love''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shower of Love |url=https://racstl.org/public-art/shower-of-love/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204144459/https://racstl.org/public-art/shower-of-love/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Spiraling Salmon'', part of the Salmon Run Bell Tower, Vancouver, Washington * Statue of George Vancouver, Vancouver, Washington * ''Vallarta Dancers'', Puerto Vallarta<ref name=":0" /> * ''The Washer Woman'', Puerto Vallarta<ref name=":0" /> * ''Woman Bathing Child''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-02 |title=Woman in bronze statue missing, but police won’t say she was stolen |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2018/nov/03/woman-bronze-statue-la-center-missing-police-wont-say-stolen/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=The Columbian |language=en-US |archive-date=2018-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104080815/https://www.columbian.com/news/2018/nov/03/woman-bronze-statue-la-center-missing-police-wont-say-stolen/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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==External links== {{Portal|Visual arts}} * {{Commons category-inline| Jim Demetro}}

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