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2009 |
State Museum
of Contemporary Arts,
Thessaloniki, Greece
TECHNO RITUALS
By ELECTR0S
GUEST ARTIST FOR BIENNALE 2 JUNE 18, 2009 - AUGUST 30, 2009
Catalog printed by Donald Kuspit
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Excerpts
from Techno Rituals
Museum
Catalog |
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2008 |

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2007 |
The
Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, Ohio
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2004 |
State Museum of Contemporary Art,
Thessalonika, Greece
'European Contemporary Art
-The Art of Balkan Countries'
Curated
by Irina Subotic
and Miltiadis Papanikolaou
Catalog printed with text written by Irina Subotic and
Miltiadis Papanikolaou
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2000 |
Egon Schiele Art Centrum,
Krumlov, Czech Republic
'Time Timeless-Conceptual Thoughts'
Curated by Gerwald Sonnberger, catalog printed with text
written by Gerwald Sonnbeeger.
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2000 |
MAVA Renault, s.a., Public Sculpture commissioned by MAVA and the
Municipality of Nea Filadelphia and YPEHODE at the
National Road (8th
kilometer), Athens,Greece
'The Twisted
Obelisk'
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2000 |
Hunterdon
Museum of Art,
Clinton, New Jersey
'Millennial Synergy, Sci+Art+Tech'
Curated
by Kristen Accola,
Catalog printed with text written by Kristen Accola.
Sponsored by The Merck Company Foundation and Lucent
Technologies,
New Jersey State Council of the Arts and
Partner Agency of Endowment for the Arts,
The Geraldine R Dodge Foundation
REVIEWS :
“Broadening Horizons” Robert Makin,
Courier News, February 29,
“When Artists Meet Scientists” Dan
Bischoff,
The StarLedger, March 3, 2000
"Electros Millennial Synergy” Michele Mercadal, Sculpture
Magazina, March 2001
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1999 |
Museum Moderner Kunst
Passau, Germany
'The
Kinetic Spectrum'
Curated by Gerwald Sonnberger
REVIEWS:
“Piep-Tone und blinkende Lichterketten” Helmut
Wagner, Landshuter
Zeitung/Straubinger
Tagblatt, August 6, 1999
“Mixed-media Skulpturen” Ariane Freier, Passauer Neue
Presse, July 31, 1999
“Wir sind Teil der industriellen Ruvolution” Angelika Mayer
und Stefan Rammer,
Passauer August 4,1999
“Die spannende Kunst der Hightech-Gesellschaft”
Edith Rabenstein,
Passaue Neue Presse,
September 13, 1999. Das innenleben eines computers als
Kunst. By Karin Otto,
January 16-1993, Frankfurter stadtbote.
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1999 |
Carrefour Plaza, Maroussi,
Athens, Greece,
Public Sculpture commission
'Luminous'
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1998 |
Osaka Triennial,
9th Int’l Contemporary Art Competition
'Midome'
Representing USA Osaka, Japan
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1998 |
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington State
Installation
'Technofiction'
Curated by Brian Wallace and Richard Humphrey
Technofiction by Leon F. Becca, essay for the
exhibition
REVIEWS:
“The Art of the Future” by Catherine Dorsey,
Portfolio Weekly,
October 7, 1997
“Exhibit is Frightening and Fun,” by Teresa Annas,
The Virginian-Pilot,
"Touch,” by Jonathan Berry, Soundings,
October 15, 1997
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1997 |
ACP Galerie,
Salzburg, Austria
'Electros,
Hyperfiction'
Organized by Peter Schuengel
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1997 |
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
'Electros at
the Project Room'
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1997 |
GAZI Art Center, Athens, Greece
'Electros'
Catalog
printed with text written by Donald Kuspit and Maria Kakavoulia
Organized by the Organization of the Municipality of Athens
Curated by Katerina Koskina
1996
Sponsored by Alpha Credit Bank of Greece
REVIEWS:
“Critical Notes and Reviews” Sania Papa, ARTI, November
1997
“Art and Technology, Ta Nea” by Hari Kabouridis, May 28, 1997
“Technology and Beaty” by Nikos Xydakis, Kathimerini,
June 15,
"Art and Entertainment” by Mary Sinanidis, Athens News, May
1997
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1996 |
Hofmann-La Roche, Ltd.
Public Sculpture
commission
awarded for the Centennial Anniversary
'The
Proportions of the Human Body'
(new version), Kaiseraugst, Basel, Switzerland
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Varick Corporation, New York City
Sculpture commissioned,
'The Binary Inc.'
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1995 |
Nagoya city science museum
ARTEC ’95,
International Biennale ,
Nagoya,
Japan Installation
'The
Binary Era'
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1994 |
U.S. Post Office, Canal Street Branch, NYC
Sculpture commissioned,
'Anti-Oedipus'
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1993 |
Junge Kunst Museum,
Frankfurt (O), Germany
'The Binary Era'
Curated by Dr. B. Rieger-Jaehner ; organized by Angelika
Jansen
Innenleben eines Computers als Kunst?” by Karin Otto,
Frankfurter Stadtbote,
Jan. 16/17/1993
“The Discovery of Debugging” by Brian Hayes, The
Sciences, July/August 1993 |
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1992 |
Jansen-Perez Gallery, San Antonio, TX and Los Angeles,
CA
'The Digital Series'
Organized by Angelika Jansen
Catalog printed with text written by Donald Kuspit
REVIEWS:
“High-tech Spiritual Art Themes” by Marcia Goren
Weser, San Antonio 1992
“The Digital Series” by Dan R. Goddard, San Antonio
Express News,1992
"Images" by Olga Victoria Karra, The New York
Magazine, 1992
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1991 |
Museo del Chopo, Mexico City,
Mexico
'The Digital Series'
Curated by Paloma Porraz and Montserrat Gali Boadella,
Catalog printed with text written by Montserrat Gali Boadella
REVIEWS:
“The Digital Man en el Museo del Chopo” by Victor
Manuel Gasca, Critique,
March 1,1991
“Electros Exposiciones en el Museo del Chopo” Gazeta Uman,
June 17,1991
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1990 |
William
Paterson Museum, Wayne, NJ
'The Silicon Season'
Curated by Nancy Einreinhofer, catalog printed with text
written by Nancy Einreinhofer
REVIEWS:
“Electros featured in Exhibit” by Carole
Rafferty, The Beacon, February 5,1990
“Silicon Paintings show positive and negative effects of
technology” by Eileen Watkins,
The Sunday Star Ledger, February 18,1990
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1988-89 |
Completed research on how new architecture is integrated as
sculpture and functions with technology. |
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1988 |
Osaka Triennial, 9th
Int’l Contemporary Art Competition
'Midome'
Representing USA Osaka, JapanCatalog printed with text written
by
Kimura Shigenobu Kwok, Kian Chow,
Nakahara Yusuke, Nakatsuka Hiroyok, Rottenberg Anda, Yaguchi
Kunio.
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1988 |
“Downtown Tonite” Manhattan Cable, a 20-minute
program
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1987 |
Research
studies in the United States and Europe
How New Technologies function with electronic application in
art. |
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1986 |
Rosenberg and Kaufman Fine Arts, New York
'Cosmotopia'
Catalog
printed with text written by Judd Tully
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1984 |
Kara Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
'Pro Utopia'
REVIEW:
“More Primitive Power” by Will Grant, Artspeak,
February 16,
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1982
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New York Univercity, 80 Washington Square East Gallery New
York
'The Nuclear Age'
REVIEW:
“New York from Downtown” by Theodore F Wolff,The Christian
Science Monitor
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1979 |
Arrived in
New York City from Athens, Greece |
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