Paul Tzanetopoulos

Paul Tzanetopoulos (born in Athens, Greece), is a Greek-American inter-media artist known for his work with digital, video, and electronic mediums. Moving to Los Angeles over 25 years ago, Tzanetopoulos has become a prominent figure in the city's art scene. He first gained attention in 1974 when he presented a video installation and computer-driven inter-media piece at the Ruth Schaffner Gallery in Los Angeles. Since then, his work has continued to focus on social and ecological issues, often incorporating interactive elements.

Tzanetopoulos's art is part of various public and private collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). He has also exhibited internationally and collaborated with other artists. In late October 2004, he showcased a collaborative sound and light exhibition with Daniel Rothman at Weserburg, a museum of contemporary art in Bremen in northwestern Germany.

Works LAX kinetic lighting installation One of the artist's most well-known public commissions is the Kinetic Lighting Installation for the LAX Gateway Pylon Project in Los Angeles. This large-scale light display uses shifting colors to represent the city's cultural diversity. a kinetic light painting created as part of West Hollywood’s Urban Art Program. e/motion 3 features dynamic video projections on a large facade at a key intersection. Using vibrant colors, these projections form a constantly shifting light mural. An adjacent LED display updates hourly with real-time site images to enhance the overall visual. The artwork consists of three such projections that blend into an evolving montage, combining color, motion, and patterns to create a kinetic painting reflective of the surrounding area. Installed at the West Hollywood Gateway shopping center on the corner of La Brea Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard, this piece integrates six live camera feeds, projected onto a translucent building façade. The work combines real-time video, light, and movement to reflect the constant flow of life in the urban environment. The installation, a video projection triptych, transforms the façade into a living mural of changing light, color, and motion.

Other works Tzanetopoulos's other works include: Different Strokes a tile mural for the back wall surrounding the pool at Mary Bethune Park in South Los Angeles: with graphic images of swimmers, celebrating diversity, showing people in harmony, intended to highlight the pool as a gathering place where people come together ro play and work unite to play and work together. The artwork is made of porcelain and molded glass tiles. Floraform, Kings Road Municipal Parking Structure, West Hollywood: series of mosaic floors placed in front of the lifts on four levels of a parking building, each of which has a design that looks like a pixelated leaf pattern, made from 1-inch square commercial tiles that are fit for outdoor use. Each floor uses a different color set: The first floor has three colors—white, black, and gray; the second floor has blue and black; the third floor has black and yellow; and the top floor has black and green, designed to assist users in remembering which level they parked their car on. Sidewalks in Time, wall of Ralph's grocery store, 1233 N. La Brea Avenue, West Hollywood: Four brightly colored, geometrically arranged porcelain-on-metal panels that incorporate images of the community over time.