Yorgo Alexopoulos is a New York-based artist best known for his innovative use of digital media and technology. He makes works of art by fusing his own paintings, drawings, photographs, and films with digital animation. He often creates experiential video installations by combining and synchronizing multiple monitors or projections. Alexopoulos' artworks often touch upon transcendental themes. Some of his permanent installations include a recently completed 27 channel video installation for Norman Foster's Bow Building in Calgary, Alberta. In 2011 he was commissioned by the Art Production Fund to produce a sprawling 432 LCD screen installation for the lobby of Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. His work was also exhibited at the Torrance Art Museum in the fall of 2011 as well as other galleries and institutions throughout the United States. In 2001 Alexopoulos was asked to contribute as the visual effects supervisor and lead animator on the critically acclaimed documentary film The Kid Stays In the Picture which chronicles the life of Hollywood legend Robert Evans of Paramount Pictures. On this project he was instrumental in the development of the 2.5d effect that is now ubiquitous in video art, film, advertising and other forms of media. Alexopoulos is a member of the legendary Los Angeles graffiti crew WCA (West Coast Artists) when during his youth he tagged "Ash" and helped pioneer the graffiti movement in southern california during the mid to late 1980s. He is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
CAREER NARRATIVE - He recently completed a 27 screen permanent video installation commissioned for The Bow Building by architect Norman Foster in Calgary, Alberta. In 2012 his solo exhibition called Transmigrations at Crstin Tierney Gallery in New York City comprised of 24 screens surrounding the viewer. In early 2011 he exhibited with Kinz+Tillou Fine Art in New York City where he screened No Feeling is Final, a two channel synchronized high definition video installation. This project was first exhibited at the Torrance Art Museum in Torrance, CA during the fall of 2010. Earlier in 2011 he installed a large scale video installation for the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. This project was coordinated by the Art Production Fund, a New York City based curatorial team. Seamlessly fusing art and architecture, this project is a sprawling video installation comprised of 432 synced flat screen monitors wrapping the nine columns of the hotel's lobby. Previous to these exhibits, He mounted solo exhibitions at Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York; Raid Projects in Los Angeles, CA; New Langton Arts in San Francisco, CA. He has been included in many group exhibitions throughout his career. Some venues include; 1-20, Caren Golden Fine Arts, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, and White Columns.
Early in his career Alexopoulos worked as a visual effects supervisor and produced entire motion graphics packages in the film industry. These projects have taken him to the Sundance Film Festival and the Tribecca Film Festival several times. In 2001 he was visual effects supervisor on the film The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002) which chronicles the life of Robert Evans (Rosmary's Baby, Chinatown, The Godfather). During production of this film, Alexopoulos developed "the Kid Stays in the Picture technique" now called 2.5D and ubiquitous in film, advertising, and art. The process transforms a regular photograph into a three dimensional image simulating depth from flattness. His early motion graphics design and animation was featured in other films such as; Every Three Seconds,Women War and Peace,The Devil Came on Horseback , Vidal Sassoon The Movie, Joan Rivers; A Piece of Work, NOVA; The Elegant Universe, HBO; Wartorn, ABC; Earth 2100 , ESPN 30 for 30 series, The Trials of Darryl Hunt , and Planet B-Boy .