Kostas Kapsianis was born in Athens.
He lives and works in Athens.
He studied photography at the “Photographic Circle” in 2001.
Kostas Kapsianis is co-founder of the photographic collective “KOLEKTIV8″/” Depression Era”.His work has been presented in numerous exhibitions and festivals, including Mois De La Photo in Paris, Athens Photo Festival, European Month of Photography in Budapest, Medphoto Festival, Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art and Fotoistanbul. Furthemore, he has exhibited his photographs in Benaki Museum (Athens), Lieu BOZAR-Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels) and several galleries in Europe.

Awards

Winner, LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2016.

Exhibitions
2017
The sense of en ending /CAN Gallery/ Athens, Greece
The Decline of Heroes – Depression Era, Culturescapes Festival -Antikenmuseum Basel, Switzerland
Lensculture Emerging Talents 2016,The International Center of Photography Museum,New York, USA
‘WHITELIGHT Showcase’ at SHED London.

2016
FotoFilmic/PULP Gallery /Print Showcase & Collection / bowen Island, Vancouver, Canada
”Critical archives I:Ruins”/ Med Photo Fesival /Museum of Contemporary Art / Rethymno, Greece
”Re-encounter”/Extreme Antithesis / Athens Photo Festival / Benaki Museum / Athens, Greece
Depression Era Project / Athens Biennale 2015-2017 / Bageion Hotel / Athens, Greece

2015
Depression Era Project / 5th Biennale of Contemporary Art / Thessaloniki, Greece
Depression Era Project / Naked City Project / Cartiera latina di Roma / Rome, Italy

2014
”Bliss”/ Depression Era Project/ No Country for Young Men/ Lieu BOZAR-Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
”Bliss”/Depression Era Project / Benaki Museum / Athens, Greece
”Bliss”/Depression Era Project / Le Mois de la Photo / Central DUPON Images / Paris, France
Depression Era Project / European Month of Photography / Fotóhónap 2014 / Budapest, Hungary
Depression Era Project / Fotoistanbul 2014 / Istanbul, Turkey
”landscapes”/White Shadows Exhibition / Galeria Qahili / Pristina, Kosovo