Handy, 1994
Wood, Steel, Cast Iron, Apple branch, 48" x 8' x 48"
Aristotle Georgiades was born in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1955, and currently lives in Stoughton, WI, where since 1993 he has been a professor of art and sculpture at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Georgiades received his BFA from the University of Michigan in sculptures and metals, and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He uses wood, metal, and recycled architectural material for his (often) human scale sculptural works, which center on themes of class, male identity, and labor economics. Georgiades has exhibited his sculptural works nationally and internationally in both curated group and solo exhibitions. In addition to his own work, he and his wife Gail Simpson have formed their own company (Actual Size Artworks), and collaboratively create large site-specific sculptures. Georgiades’s works have been reviewed in various leading publications, including Art in America, Sculpture magazine, and the Chicago Tribune. In 2014 he was awarded the prestigious International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Educator Award.