About

Kostas Papakostas is a Greek multidisciplinary artist based in London, predominantly working with painting and video.

His video work is observational, looking outwards to the world. It aims to transform the mundane into contemplative and examine nature and the human condition.

His paintings on the other hand look inwards and have a constant flow and movement. They are a result of a visceral and physical process, which comes from a place where thought, judgment and expectations do not matter.

Kostas' work has been exhibited internationally and can be found in private and corporate collections.

In addition to his artistic practice, Kostas is an award-winning Art Director. He has developed and art directed global campaigns for Sony PlayStation, Apple, MTV and Christian Dior amongst others.

Artist Statement

I am interested in movement, flow and impermanence and I find beauty and meaning in the constant state of flex.

I don’t plan my paintings in advance. I arrive at my studio and allow time and space for my awareness and my emotions to gently emerge. Then I get to work.

I position the surface on the floor, so that I can move around it freely and paint from all sides. This allows me an intimacy with each piece.

I like painting in monochrome. In the shades of monochrome, I experience movement, texture and depth in their rawest, most honest form.

My process is visceral. I move continuously around the painting creating layers with intuitive gestures until the painting breaks free from my control and starts to develop its own destiny.

I never go back to make changes. Each piece is a memory of an intuitive choreography that extends beyond me.

I let the pieces breathe and find their place without an immediate judgment. They endlessly flow, trace, move and stir, setting in motion feelings and imagination.

My work doesn't intend to offer resolutions or proclaim conclusions.

Being in flux, sometimes in a place of an uncomfortable uncertainty, is where I find true value.