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Born in Arcadia, Greece, Electros moved to New York City in 1979 and studied at the New York Studio School.
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Electros Vekris
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He adopted the name Electros professionally in 1990. Electros aka Babis Vekris
In 1990, he began creating kinetic artwork with LEDs electronic components, black sintra board (Polyvinyl chloride 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.
Speaks English and Greek
“The Binary Era,” 1995
(3) “Electronic Rain,” 1995
(4) “Scientific Remedy,” 2007
(5) “Fractal Landscape II,” 2007
2011-2013 "The Dome House", Norwalk Connecticut, United States of America
2009 "Techno Rituals ", Thessaloniki Biennale 2, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessalonika, Greece
2008 "Transmitted Frequencies", The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.A.
2007 "Technology and Art Rituals", The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2004 "Art Works from 1983-1987", Sani Festival, Cassandra Halkidiki, Greece
2001 (6) Millennial Synergy, Service Civil International+Art+Technical, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey,United States.
2000 "Time Timeless", Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Krumlov, Czechoslovakian Republic
1999 "The Kinetic Spectrum", Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, Germany
1998 Osaka Triennial, 9th International Art Competition, MYDOME, Osaka, Japan
1997 "Forces", Contemporary Art Museum of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States.A.
1997 "Electros at the Project Room", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, United States.A.
1997 "Electros", Gazi Art Center, Athens, Greece
1995 "Art for the end of the 20th Century", Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania, United States.A.
1995 ARTEC ’95, International Biennale, “The Binary Era,” Installation, Nagoya City Science Museum, Nagoya, Japan
1995 "Less Green More Machine", American College of Physicians Galerie, Salzburg, Austria
1993 (7)"The Binary Era", Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt (O), Germany
1992 "The Digital Series", Jansen-Perez Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, United States.A.
1991 "The Digital Series", Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
1990 " The Silicone Season", William Paterson Museum, Wayne, New Jersey, United States.A.
1988 " WIthout Gravity", East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, New York, United States
1986 "Cosmotopia", Rosenberg & Kaufman Fine Arts, New York City
1984 "Luminal Objects", Kara Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
1982 "The Nuclear Age", New York University, 80 Washington Square, East Gallery, New York City.
