Biography of zenos frudakis

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Zenos Frudakis born July 7, , known as Frudakis , is an American sculptor whose diverse body of work includes monuments, memorials, portrait busts and statues of living and historic individuals, military subjects, sports figures and animal sculpture. Over the past four decades he has sculpted monumental works and over figurative sculptures included within public and private collections throughout the United States and internationally.

Frudakis currently lives and works near Philadelphia , and is best known for his sculpture Freedom , which shows a series of figures breaking free from a wall and is installed in downtown Philadelphia. Embassy in Pretoria , South Africa. Born on July 7, , in San Francisco , Frudakis is the oldest of five children. He was born to Greek-American parents, and was raised primarily in Northwestern Indiana, with the exception of several years in Wheeling, West Virginia.

As a child, Frudakis first began to sculpt under the family's kitchen table with a piece of dough given to him by his mother as she was preparing to bake bread. Growing up in Greek family culture, Frudakis began drawing and reading at a young age, initiating a lifelong discipline of studying and creating art each day. Artistic inspirations come from ancient Greeks, and sculptors Michelangelo , Bernini , Carpeaux and Rodin.

Throughout his life, Frudakis has been an avid reader with a wide range of interests that inform his work. Frudakis' initial years in college were close to home in the Gary, Indiana area due to illness of his father. During this time, he spent summers working in steel mills, and in to , attended Indiana University Northwest Extension.