Miltos Manetas is a Greek-born conceptual artist and theorist whose work explores the representation and the aesthetics of the information society. 
Manetas is the Founder of the Art Movement NEEN, a pioneer of MACHINIMA and an instigator of Internet Art. 
In 2009 Manetas initiated the Internet Pavilion for the Venice Biennial and from 2011 he directs the MACROeo (electronicOrphanage at the MACRO Museum in Rome)
According to Lev Manovich, Manetas's work can be placed within a well-established tradition in modern painting (representing modern people in their particular modern settings). 

BORN: October 6, 1964
LIVES AND WORKS: Between Rome, New York and Bogota
EDUCATION: 1985-1989 Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera