Kostas Koufogiorgos

Kostantinos "Kostas" Koufogiorgos (born 14 February 1972 in Arta, Greece) is a Greek-German political cartoonist and painter.

Biography

While working as a cartoonist for several newspapers and magazines; Koufogiorgos began studying economics at the University of Athens in 1990. His first work of art was published in 1989 in the political magazine ODIGITIS.[1] Kostas Koufogiorgos has worked for numerous political and business papers, as well as for more than 20 magazines in Greece. Until 2014 he worked for the Greek Newspaper Eleftherotypia. In 2008, he started to work for German media.

Today he is publishing his work in the newspapers Handelsblatt, Passauer Neue Presse, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Lübecker Nachrichten, Magdeburger Volksstimme, Schweriner Volkszeitung, Ostsee-Zeitung, Nordkurier, Weser Kurier, Fuldaer Zeitung, Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, Ruhrnachrichten, Mainpost, Freie Presse, Tageblatt (Luxemburg), as well as for Online-Platforms, e.g. web.de, gmx.de, MSN and magazines as Nebelspalter

Kostas Koufogiorgos is living in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt.

Books
  • Frau Schächtele will oben bleiben. Children's book in cooperation with mit Monika Spang, Silberburg Verlag, Tübingen and Lahr/Schwarzwald 2011, ISBN 978-3-8425-1128-6
  • Minima Politika. Political Cartoons with lyrics by Wolfgang Bittner. Horlemann Verlag, Unkel (Germany) 2008, ISBN 978-3-89502-271-5
  • Pano Kato. Elefsis, Tripolis (Greece) 2004, ISBN 960-87755-4-X
  • ΜΕΡΕΣ ΚΡΙΣHΣ. Cartoons by Kostas Koufogiorgos and Vaggelis Papavasiliou published in Eleftherotypia 2013. Athens 2014
  • S 21 Karikaturen Cartoons about the railway project Stuttgart 21. Stuttgart 2016
  • 2017 in bunten Bildern Cartoons of the Year 2017. Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-058384-1 More Information koufogiorgos.de

Exhibitions

Cartoons
  • Group Exhibition, Bamberg (Germany), 2006-2010: "For heaven's sake: church in the caricature"
  • Exhibition/Lecture, Stuttgart (Germany): "Minima Politika"; Political lyrics and caricatures. In cooperation with Wolfgang Bittner
  • Group Exhibition, Berlin (Germany): January 22, 2009 - November 13, 2009: "Rückblende" – Political Caricatures of the year 2008
  • Group Exhibition, Berlin (Germany): January 28, 2010 - November 12, 2010: "Rückblende" – Political Caricatures of the year 2009
  • Group Exhibition, Berlin (Germany): January 21, 2011 - October 21, 2011: "Rückblende" – Political Caricatures of the year 2010
  • Group Exhibition, Berlin (Germany): January 27, 2012 - October 26, 2012: "Rückblende" – Political Caricatures of the year 2011
  • Group Exhibition, Stuttgart u. a.: 31.März 2012 - 15. Mai 2012: "Mit spitzer Feder" - German Award for political cartoons
  • Group Exhibition, Berlin (Germany): January 30, 2014 - November 14, 2014: "Rückblende" – Political Caricatures of the year 2013
  • Group Exhibition, Potsdam: Karikaturenausstellung der Gemeinsamen Landesplanung Berlin-Brandenburg und Cartoonlobby e. V. "Grenzfälle-Nachbarn wie Du und ich" July 3rd, 2014 - September 12th, 2014
  • Group Exhibition, Luckau: "Lob des Kapitalismus...ein Versuch in Bildern". Cartoon Museum Brandenburg August 2nd, 2014 - October 26th, 2014
  • Group Exhibition, Berlin (Germany): January 28, 2015 - November 22nd, 2015: "Rückblende" – Political Caricatures of the year 2014
  • Group Exhibition, Berlin (Germany): January 27, 2016 - November 4th, 2016: "Rückblende" – Political Caricatures of the year 2015
  • Group Exhibition, Berlin (Germany): January 24, 2017 - November 3rd, 2017: "Rückblende" – Political Caricatures of the year 2016
  • Exhibition, Sachsenheim: "Skizzophrenien" Cartoons by Kostas Koufogiorgos. Exhibition Museum of the City of Sachsenheim, June 17th - October 21st 2018.

Paintings
  • Exhibition, Korntal (Germany): May 25, 2007 - August 27, 2007: "Kostas Koufogiorgos-Paintings"
  • Group Exhibition, Athens (Greece): February 18, 2009 - March 20, 2009: "The cartoonists are painting"

Awards
  • 2012: Mit spitzer Feder" - German Award for political cartoons [2]
  • 2016: Mit spitzer Feder" - German Award for political cartoons "Mit spitzer Feder 2015"[3]
  • 2016: 3rd Place International Day of Freedom of Press Contest 2016 [4]
  • 2020: 3rd Place "Rückblende 2019": Der deutsche Preis für die politische Fotografie und Karikatur [5]

References
  1. Odigitis Website (in Greek)
  2. Mit spitzer Feder: Deutscher Preis für die politische Karikatur - Preisträger 2012 Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, abgerufen am 31. März 2012
  3. http://www.mitspitzerfeder.de/preistraeger-2015/
  4. http://www.bjv.de/news/br-redakteur-ruediger-baumann-gewinnt-bjv-preis-zum-tag-pressefreiheit
  5. https://rueckblende.rlp.de/preistraeger/
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