Electros Vekris

Electros Vekris (born 1950), also known as Babis Vekris, is a Greek-born American artist renowned for incorporating LEDs (light-emitting diode) that move in rhythmic motion and in sequence into his sculptures, installation art, and other artwork. He adopted the name Electros professionally in 1990.

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Arcadia, Greece, Electros moved to New York City in 1979 and studied at the New York Studio School. In 1990, he began creating kinetic artwork with LEDs electronic components, black sintra board (PVC foam board), aluminum sheet, fresnel lens, and stainless steel, assembling them into concepts of art generating light, sound and motion.

(1)The Digital Series exhibition at the Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico in 1991, followed by (2)The Binary Era in 1993 at the Museum Junge Kunst in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, established his emergence as an artist involved with art and technology.

Interactive Installation Art (selected)

“The Binary Era,” 1995

(3) “Electronic Rain,” 1995

(4) “Scientific Remedy,” 2007

(5) “Fractal Landscape II,” 2007

Exhibitions (Selected - partial listing)

2009 Techno Riturals, Thessaloniki Biennale 2, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessalonika, Greece

2008 Transmitted Frequencies, The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT, U.S.A.

2007 Technology and Art Rituals, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

2001 (6) Millennial Synergy, SCI+Art+Tech, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, N.J., U.S.

1997 Forces, Contemporary Art Museum of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.A.

1995 Art for the end of the 20th Century, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA, U.S.A.

1995 ARTEC ’95, International Biennale, “The Binary Era,” Installation, Nagoya City Science Museum, Nagoya, Japan

1993 (7)The Binary Era, Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt (O), Germany

1991 The Digital Series, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico

1988 WIthout Gravity, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY, US

References

(1) “Babis Vekris Exposiciones en el Museo del Chopo,” Gazeta Unam, June 17, 1991

(2) Karin Otto, “Das Innenleben eines Computer,” Frankfurter Stadtbote,

January 16–17, 1993

(3) Marilyn J. Fox, “Playing with Art,” Reading Eagle, July 30, 1995

(4) Technology and Art Rituals, 2007, Butler Institute of American Art], Youngstown, Ohio

(5) Technology and Art Rituals, 2007, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

(6) Michelle Mercadal, “Electros Millennial Synergy,” Sculpture Magazine, March 2001

(7) Julia Cassim, “ARTEC Continues,” Japan Sunday Times, May 14, 1995

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