Jérémy Demester
Artist
Deep within the history of humankind lies a legend, a myth, a fable that has been told for more than 2,000 years and is shared, in one form or another, by nearly every people through their sacred narratives: the story of the Flood—the great storm, the destruction and purification of societies, souls, dreams, and realities.
This is where I would like to begin in Jodhpur, using the psychology of the Flood and of rebirth as a framework for thought, through a series of paintings that together form a sensitive exploration of our transformations, our passages, the bridges we cross, the doors without locks, the turbulent seas, the lost landscapes, and the promise of the earth, which quietly watches over our endless process of learning.
Jeremy Demester is a French-Beninese contemporary artist of Gypsy origin (1988, Digne, France) who lives and works in Ouidah, Benin.
Graduated from les Beaux-Arts, Paris with congratulations of the jury, he received the Prix des Amis des Beaux-Arts in 2015. His work has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions across the world. In 2017, he paid tribute to the artist Raymond Hains as curator of the exhibition You know nothing Raymond at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin. As part of the exhibition Peindre la nuit at the Centre Pompidou Metz, and the Nocturne #2 Sacred Night, he was invited in 2018 to create a scenic work with the CCN - Ballet de Lorraine.
His works are included in the collections of the Zinsou Foundation, Istanbul Modern, the Rennie Museum in Vancouver, the Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain Saint-Etienne Metropole, Patrimoine Hennessy, Nesr Art Foundation and numerous private collections.
He chairs the Atoké on-profit organisation founded in 2019 with his wife Marie-Sophie Eiché Demester, supporting an orphanage of 39 children in Benin. Atoké helps these children grow up with dignity by providing them with love, education, good health, food, and legal assistance for each of them.
