Costis

Costis Triantaphyllou (Costis) was born in Athens in 1950. He studied Economics and Political Science at the University of Athens. He went on to study at the University Paris VIII, receiving a Licence in Philosophy as well as a Licence and Maitrise in Cinema and Audiovisual Media (Department of Cinema and Fine Arts). Since 1972, he has been living and working in Paris. In his work, he turns to the great questions, reinventing the concepts of individuality-collectivity, private and public space, visible-not visible. Since 1989, the thunderbolt has been the pivotal element in his work.