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Sotiris Fokeas is an artist from Athens / Greece, currently studying at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
He has been into the graffiti scene under the tag "YES" since 2004 and has participated in various graffiti and street art events since then.
In 2011 he formed the team BA17 along with Ersi VarveriConstantine Lianos and Andreas Chronopoulos where they VJ, paint and exhibit as a team.


CONTACT

email: sotirisfokeas@hotmail.com
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sotirisfokeas
twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/YES435




WORKS / PROJECTS / EXHIBITIONS

2012: "ACCIDENT", exhibition with team BA17 at Bauer&Ewald, Berlin / Germany.

2012: "Who is Brodmann?", exhibition with team BA17 at Stigma Lab, Athens / Greece.

2012: "Drawing toys" project and video art, exhibited at "Ekfrasi" festival / exhibition, organised by Technopolis - Athens municipal.

2011: "Art in windows" exhibition, organised by Technopolis - Athens municipal, where we were invited to exhibit in closed and bankrupt shops.

2011: "One step forward", Video for TEDx conference, exhibited at the Benaki Museum, with Natassa Efstasiadi and Giannis Mouravas.

2011: Participation at "Painting Avlona youth prison" project.

2011: "Cyborg" exhibition at the Athens School of Fine Arts.

2011: C' Studio's exhibition at the Athens School of Fine Arts. 

2011: Team building artistic event at the VORRES MUSEUM for french company LYRECO. Collaboration with Olga Evangelidou and PANGOSMION ADVENTURES.

2011: Live painting for ERT national television documentary, related to street art in Greece, "IM YOUR IMAGE"

2011: Intro animation, created for "METADRASI" non profit organisation's advertisment.

2010: Intro animation, created for ERT national television for the documentary "Not here for vacation". (MITOS productions)

2010: Visual performance at "The crypt".

2010: Visual performance for 2-day live concert "10 years funxion" for the electronic music band "FUNXION"

2010: "A3" exhibition at the Athens School of Fine Arts.

2004-until present: Participation in various street-art and graffiti festivals all around Greece. 




PUBLICATIONS


2011: Interview and live painting for ERT national television documentary, related to street art in Greece, "IM YOUR IMAGE"


2009-2010: Intervies in various magazines, daily press, blogs and websites. (LIFO, Athens Voice, FREE, Spor FM, illicit exhibitions blog (USA), OUTSIDER MAG blog (SPAIN), PIXEL kitsch blog (GERMANY) and more..


2009: Featured in the graffiti related book, "GRAFF", published by METAIXMIO. ( picture ) ( link for the book )