KONSTANTINOS PAPAIOANNOU
Artist
Konstantinos Papaioannou (born in Athens, Greece) is a visual artist and poet who creates large scale immersive drawings which explore the nature of the psyche through ideas of immortality, duality, and timelessness.
Konstantinos has a Bachelor Degree in German Studies with First-Class Honours from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Philosophy. He holds a Post-graduate diploma in Cultural Management (Deutsche Akademie fuer Management, Berlin) as well as certificates in Art Writing and Criticism, Exhibition Design, Social Networking for Gallerists, Curatorial Procedures (Node Centre for Curatorial Studies, Berlin), Cultural Management and Museology (Hellenic-American Union, Cultural Department, Athens), and Art and Finance in a global market (Sotheby’s Institute of Art).
He speaks Greek, German, Spanish, English, Turkish, and Serbo-Croatian.
From 2014 to 2018, Konstantinos worked as a gallery assistant at Haute Collage Fine Art Gallery, Whiteley’s, Queensway, London, UK.
There, he started exhibiting and selling his own works of art, and developed his signature style, an intricate pattern covering all his works.
In Athens, he has participated in group exhibitions (Art Number 23 – October 2021, Hellenic-French Association – October 2022).
His first solo exhibition took place in July 2023 at Vassiliki Galerie d’Art, Nafplion, July 2023).
His second solo exhibition took place in St Nicholas Business Club & AHEPA Maritime Chapter HJ-45 in January 2024, Piraeus, Greece,
In October 2024, Konstantinos participates in a group exhibition with artworks inspired by the opera diva Maria Callas and memorabilia of hers at Kakogiannis Foundation, Athens, Greece.