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Eladio de Mora-Granados (born 1960), known artistically as dEmo, is a Spanish artist. He is known for his large and colourful sculptures that resemble toys.

Biography

dEmo was born in

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in the

Province of Toledo Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Madrid, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Badajoz, Cáceres, and Ávila. Its capital is the city of Toledo. ...

. A property developer by profession, he is active in creating and collecting art. In nine years from starting his collection in 1995, he had acquired 400 works of art. The most expensive was a sculpture by

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for 36 million Spanish pesetas (over €200,000). Often using plastic, polyester or resin, dEmo's works are brightly coloured and show repetition, such as his sculptures of

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s which have been installed at various locations. In 2007, 40 of these two-metre sculptures were placed on a new main boulevard in

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, with two 75-centimetre copies to be placed on the city hall. In 2016, he was chosen to design the trophies for the

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film awards. The trophies take the design of a

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native. He has also designed trophies for COCEF, the Official Chamber of Commerce of Spain in France, taking the form of a rooster. dEmo lives in

Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a flat ar ...

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, and has exhibited his sculptures from the city hall. One of his trademark bears, in blue and with wings, became the mascot of football team

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in 2012.

Selected works

*''Nensi'', a

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and her baby in a fountain at the roundabout on the entrance to

Leganés Leganés () is a city in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Considered part of the Madrid metropolitan area, it is located about 11 km southwest of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 188,425, making it the region's fifth most popul ...

in the Community of Madrid (2009). *''Rana de la fortuna'' ("

Lucky Frog ''Lucky Frog'' ( es, Rana de la fortuna) is a bronze sculpture by the Spanish artist dEmo, installed in Madrid, Spain, in 2014, outside the Casino Gran Madrid on the Paseo de Recoletos. The sculpture is tall and weighs . The work was commissione ...

"), bronze sculpture outside the

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(2014). File:Getafe - ositos 5.jpg, Bears in Getafe File:Leganés - Barrio de Leganés Norte 1, escultura-rotonda 'Nensi, el Monstruo de Leganés', de dEmo, 2009 (3).jpg, Nensi, Leganés File:Madrid - Paseo de Recoletos, Rana de la fortuna.jpg,

, Madrid

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:DEmo 1960 births Living people People from the Province of Toledo People from Getafe Artists from Castilla–La Mancha Artists from the Community of Madrid Spanish art collectors Spanish sculptors