KONSTANTINA KAPANIDOU

KONSTANTINA KAPANIDOU
Born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1978. She studied Fine Art at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki from 1998 to 2003 of which she graduated with full marks. She then went to follow a Masters programme in Fine Art at the University of East London, after receiving a scholarship from the Lilian Voudouri Foundation. She currently lives in London where she also works as an art workshop facilitator for the Royal Academy of Arts, London International Gallery of Children’s Art, Camden Summer University and other.

Konstantina Kapanidou explores ways of depicting female identity and gathers fragmented elements that constitute the female self. Deconstructing partly or fully images of contemporary female idols, her art revisits afresh the over sexualised depiction of femininity and questions our preconceptions of either appreciation or condemnation. For the last couple of years she has been using elements of her Greek heritage in a dislocated manner, creating intriguing parallels with the dislocated representation of the female. In her recent work she incorporates elements and symbols from religious imagery whilst mocking the idea of divine beauty.

☁ KONSTANTINA KAPANIDOU