Demsky started his creative journey getting immersed in the graffiti boom in the early 90s. Since then he has been travelling and spraying throughout more than 50 countries and still feels obsessed with twisting the morphology of his name in multiple, unconventional shapes.
Being self-taught, his artistic influences are rooted in the graffiti movement, the fluor era and his current nostalgia around the late 80s and early 90s, although nowadays these are expanding also towards obtaining a balanced mix between future and nostalgia, radical creativity and exact sciences.
As a kid he used to spend his time playing arcade games and watching Japanese mecha and sci-fi movies in VHS mode.
Now Demsky feels eager to expand his artistic output and develop new concepts in his studio work – a new approach to develop a more conceptual side where he tries to bring new artforms around the interconnected relationship of space and time array with a strong focus on finding the glitch and animating static compositions.
More precisely, it is a glance to the future from those nostalgic times, an ongoing personal therapy exercise based on getting immersed in creating impossible shapes gravitating in multiple dimensions in an organized chaos environment.
Understanding art as a vehicle to stimulate senses and heal the soul, Demsky has collaborated with worldwide galleries and multiple cultural and commercial projects.
He currently spends most of his time shut away in his laboratory breaking the artificial atmosphere.
Check out Demsky's 2024 Big Picture Fest artwork in the Cube37 Gallery.
Click here to view the BPF 2024 Artwork Map.
See more of Demsky's work on Instagram.
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Melbourne’s most well-known and celebrated miniature artist, Liz Sontag, also known as Tinky, is coming to Frankston for the first time as part of the 2024 Big Picture Fest.
Tinky specialises in taking vintage objects and assembling them with figurines and word play to create humorous dioramas. Miniature construction works might gather to fix a broken egg shell, or emergency works may tend to the victim of a giant cigarette butt.
It has been said that Tinky’s miniature dioramas add a sense of surprise and wonder to the streets, with unlikely installations on a pipe or window sill, in a gutter or a hole-in-the-wall.
You can find two of TINKY’s artworks at the Frankston Library and Cube Gallery; or explore the laneways and streets of Frankston’s city centre to find 8 more works created for the festival!
Check out Tinky's work on Instagram
Cube 37 - Cube Gallery
37 Davey Street, Frankston
Tuesday 19 March
Free entry – registrations essential
An opportunity to welcome and celebrate our 2024 Big Picture Fest artists, the Exhibition Party and Artists Welcome is open to all festival fans.
This is a unique opportunity to meet your favourite artists and even purchase some of their work, so make sure to register as spaces are limited.
The winner of the People's Choice Award will be announced by the Mayor on the night.
Limited edition Big Picture Fest t-shirts, designed by the talented Kitt Bennett will be available for purchase on the night also.
Cube 37 - Cube Gallery
37 Davey Street, Frankston
Thursday 29 February – Sunday 24 March
Free entry
Head to the Cube Gallery at Cube 37 for the Big Picture Fest Gallery Takeover.
Explore the ten entries vying to be a featured artist in the 2025 event and cast your vote in the People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Award to help decide the winner.
The winner will be announced at the Exhibition Party and Artists' Welcome on Tuesday 19 March. Open to all festival fans, you can book your spot here.
Take a retrospective look at some of the Big Picture Fest’s artist’s studio work and see how they grow and adapt their style to work across materials and beyond external walls.
Read more about the People’s Choice Award here.
