Cremata Gallery is pleased to present at arteamericas Booth # 912

an exhibition of paintings by DEMI, one of the most critically acclaimed Cuban-American artists in the United States.

March 2 -March 5, 2012

arteamericas

Miami Beach Convention Center, Hall A

1901 Convention Center Drive

Miami Beach, Florida

The exhibition is an extensive body of work, executed within the past five years by a painter known for her mastery of color, light, and texture. The exhibition will open on Friday, March 2 at 5p.m. for the private preview by invitation only and will continue until Monday, March 5.

DEMI’s work is highly acclaimed and has been widely exhibited and published.

She has been represented in group and solo exhibitions for more than 25 years, and often uses her work as a forum to raise awareness for children’s rights. Since 1998, the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art has been collecting DEMI’s primary records (correspondence, notebooks, drawings, photographs, catalogues). In 2009, DEMI was personally invited by the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Miguel Diaz, to display one of her works in the U.S. Embassy residence in the Vatican City.

One of her paintings, Two Artists and Their Children of Their Imagination, will be on view for two and a half years as part of the prestigious Art in Embassies program. Established in 1963, the U.S. Department of State’s office of ART in Embassies plays a vital role in our nation’s public diplomacy through a culturally expansive mission, creating temporary exhibitions and permanent collections, artist and cultural exchange programming, and publications.

DEMI’s biography, artist statement and images of her paintings has just been included in the prestigious Feminist Art Base of the Brooklyn Museum Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, together with renowned women artists as Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Pilar AlbarracIn, Sara Charlesworth and Andrea Bowers.

DEMI’s works are featured in many public and private collections worldwide and have been widely exhibited in galleries and museums in Switzerland, France, Panama, Puerto Rico and the United States.

Dates & Hours:

Preview Party, by invitation only, March 2nd: 5 – 11

Saturday March 3rd: 12 – 10

Sunday March 4th: 12 – 9

Monday March 5th: 12 – 5

Admission:

$ 12 at the door; Free from 12 – 2 daily