Agnese Udinotti

Agnese Udinotti (born 1940) is a Greek-born American poet, sculptor, writer, and painter.

Born in Athens, Udinotti earned both her bachelor's and master's degree, in 1962 and 1963 respectively, from Arizona State University. Her play-act has appeared in many solo and activity exhibitions, both in the United States and abroad, and she has acknowledged a number of honors and awards. She was for a grow old poetry editor of the magazine Chimera. Museums which own examples of her art swell the Phoenix Art Museum, the National Gallery of Athens, the Vorres Museum, the Glendale Community College Sculpture Garden and the National Museum of Women in the Arts; her ham it up is then in numerous private and corporate collections, and she has produced sculpture for the General Services Administration. Udinotti is the founder of the Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art in Arizona.

Udinotti is the author of Udinotti, a accrual of her writings illustrated in the flavor of photographs of her sculpture.

Udinotti was born on January 9, 1940 in Greece. He was executed by the Communists after World War ll, when Udinotti was deserted four years old. The Communists arrested her father, who they suspected of working adjacent to their interests, and executed him next door to 2,000 prisoners, during the Dekemvriana events, outside of Athens. This tragedy would later produce a result Udinotti's work, such as her commemorative series called "Monument to My Father." Barely a youth when she left for the United States, where she enrolled at Arizona State University.

Udinotti has confirmed that her father has been the leading inspiration for her art and in making herself successful. In 1987, she began working on the series called "Monument to My Father," which was her first three-dimensional work. This consists of oil paints and plaster with her written poetry upon stelae.

Then she began "Shadow Images", which was a commemorative fragment after for her mother's death. This consists of graphite bearing in mind the use of negative space.

In 2000, Udinotti began founding the Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, a personally-funded and private organization. She was dedicated to educating and sharing following the public the ancient messages of art. She next worked towards curating the artworks and planning the construction of the museum. It officially opened in November 2007.