Konstantin Dimopoulos

Born Egypt 1954.
1963 - 2003 Wellington, New Zealand
2003 - Melbourne, Australia

Line, colour, repetition and movement describe the works of artist, Konstantin Dimopoulos. His distinctive kinetic sculptures move and sway elegantly in the wind and can be found in private and public collections in New Zealand, Australia, Asia and the USA.

In Wellington, New Zealand, his sculpture Pacific Grass has become a well-loved icon of both locals and visitors to the windy city. The swaying sculpture moves gracefully even in gale-force winds, the rods chattering against each other.

“People react to the movement and sound of my sculptures,” says Dimopoulos. “Within one sculpture there are a myriad of movements, it’s a ballet. People pause, watch and listen.”

“I describe my work in terms of a symphony rather than an single instrument or voice. The linear elements, the vertical lines that define the forest in nature and the way that those same lines are repeated and represented in three-dimensional forms in architecture interest me.”

Sacred Grove - The Blue Trees - is an afforestation art action, stating the artist’s concern about the rate of logging native forests, which is contributing to the increase in global warming.

Environmental and social responsibility permeates all of Dimpoulos’s artwork. His outdoor work is always site-specific. His sculpture becomes a part of its surrounding environment, as if it has always existed there.

People are important in both the creation and experiencing of his work. “When you come to a sculpture you bring something of yourself to it. You view it in the mental space you’re in at the moment. The physical part is the artwork. The human element is the viewer and these two together becomes social sculpture.”

Dimopoulos is currently working on a number of sculpture projects for public and private collections as well as creating a multimedia installation for public gallery spaces.