Kostas Papakostas

EDUCATION

2000 - BA (Hons) in Art & Design, First Class Honours

Hull School of Art & Design, University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, UK

EXHIBITIONS & FAIRS

2025

Hang Up Gallery, London, UK - Solo exhibition.

2024

Art Miami, HOFA Gallery, Miami, USA.

‘Clair-Obscur’, Galerie GT, Biarritz, France.

ART021 Shanghai, HOFA Gallery, Shanghai, China.

‘Après la pluie le beau temps’, Galerie Zberro, Paris, France.

‘Secrets of the Sea’, Gallery Unplugged, Seoul, South Korea. - Solo exhibition.

‘Designing Tomorrow’, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, USA.

‘Sunride’, Galerie GT, Biarritz, France.

Art Busan, Gallery Unplugged, Busan, South Korea. - Solo exhibition.

Art Central, HOFA Gallery, Hong Kong.

Art Tokyo, HOFA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

2023

Art Miami, HOFA Gallery, Miami, USA.

Contemporary Istanbul, HOFA Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.

‘Are You Fall Real?’, Galerie GT, Biarritz, France.

‘Simple Passion’, Gallery Unplugged, Seoul, South Korea. - Solo exhibition.

‘Deep Layer’, Art Space Hohwa, Seoul, South Korea.

2022

‘One Stroke’ 一劃, Gallery Unplugged, Seoul, South Korea. - Solo exhibition.

‘Gestures’, Art Space Hohwa, Seoul, South Korea.

2019

‘Departures’, DContemporary Gallery, London, UK.

‘Yugen’ (幽玄), KURA Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan.

‘Transitions’, n0va Art Space, Sofia, Bulgaria.

‘Catharsis’ photography installation, Bazar Cafe First Floor, Les Rencontres, Arles, France.

‘Imago’, SeeMeOn 29, Sofia, Bulgaria. - Solo exhibition.

2018

‘Non Sequitur’ Audiovisual Installation, 6th International Video Poetry Festival, Athens, Greece.

2001-2002

‘Bodysight’ (Audio-visual installation in collaboration with Sophia Lycouris)

Funded by the Arts Council of England and premiered at Dance Umbrella (The Place, London,UK, October 2001). Also

shown: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK; MAXIS, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK: The Junction, Cambridge, UK;

Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham, UK; The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK; SK Foundation, Cologne, Germany and

Minimalen, Trondheim, Norway amongst others.

CORPORATE COMMISSIONS

2024 Aston Martin Headquarters, Gaydon, UK

2024 The St. Regis Longboat Key, Florida, USA

2023 Four Seasons Hotel London Park Lane, UK

2023 Author King's Cross, Rituals Triptych - Curated by Sugarlift

2023 The Palazzo, Las Vegas, USA

2023 Four Seasons Pavyllon London, UK

RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

2024 AIR, Bali, Indonesia

2019 Studio Kura Artist in Residence, Fukuoka, Japan

2019 Painting Prize 2019 Show, DContemporary Gallery, London, UK - Finalist

2019 IMAGO International Artist Residency, Tsarimir, Bulgaria (May & September)