Stelios Manousakis (1980 – GR/NL) is an artist exploring relationships between time, space, body, system and sound. His work is particularly concerned with the invisible and the ephemeral, and with dynamically shaping sensation, perception and experience. His practice lies in the convergence of music, art, philosophy, science and engineering; it extends from performances, to environments and interactive installations, compositions, fixed media, and music for dance and film, often merging algorithmic finesse with the immediacy of audience participation or the expressiveness of improvisation.

Stelios’s work has been shown in five continents in festivals, performance venues, centers, museums, galleries, underground spaces, film houses and public spaces such as ZKM, Museum Reina Sofia, London National Gallery, The Place, IDFA, Rewire, Audio Art, November Music, ICMC and NIME. Besides his solo work, he has co-founded several multi-/inter-media groups and music ensembles, and often collaborates with other artists as a maker or in a supportive or advisory role. Together with duo partner Stephanie Pan, he is the founding co-director and co-curator of Modern Body Festival and Modulus Foundation.

Stelios studied music and linguistics in Greece (BA), Sonology in the Netherlands (MMus), and holds a PhD in Digital Arts and Experimental Media from the University of Washington (Seattle, US).