Kostas Maros

Kostas Maros is a Swiss photographer who currently lives in Basel and works in Switzerland and worldwide for international editorial-, corporate- and advertising clients.

He grew up bilingual, speaking german and french. After school he studied law at a Swiss university and worked for several years as a lawyer. Realizing that law was not what he wanted to pursue he went travelling and started to work as an intern for a newspaper. Meanwhile his interest for photography grew and it became his main occupation.

Kostas Maros is represented by the photographers agency 13PHOTO for his commercial work and by the Gallery WERTHEIMER for his art work.

• Website
• www.kostasmaros.com

• Exhibitions
• 2020
• Gallery Tosei-Sha - Tokyo - JP
• 2019
• HIDDEN: Verborgene Orte in der Schweiz - Venice Biennale - Venice - IT
• HIDDEN: Verborgene Orte in der Schweiz -  Forum Würth - Arlesheim - CH
• Janguru, ジャングル - Gallery Monika - Wertheimer - Basel - CH
• Janguru, ジャングル - The Fair Photo - Basel - CH
• 2018
• HIDDEN: Verborgene Orte in der Schweiz - SideEffects - ART Basel - Basel - CH
• HIDDEN: Verborgene Orte in der Schweiz - I NEVER READ - Basel - CH
• HIDDEN: Verborgene Orte in der Schweiz - IWB filter4 - Basel - CH
• HIDDEN: Verborgene Orte in der Schweiz - Swiss Photo Award 18 - Photobastei - Zürich - CH
• Inklusion, wenn anderssein normal ist - Swiss Photo Award 18 - Photobastei - Zürich - CH
• 2017
• Teslverlekh - Vfg Young Swiss Sponsorship - Photo Basel - Basel - CH
• Neue Stadtsichten, Basel bewegt - Stadthaus Basel - Basel - CH
• Teslverlekh - Vfg Young Swiss Sponsorship - Neue Galerie - Höhmannhaus - Augsburg - DE
• Vfg sicht - Photobastei Zürich - Zürich  - CH
• Teslverlekh - Vfg Young Swiss Sponsorship - Uno Art Space - Stuttgart - DE
• Tesverlekh - MAZ - Swiss Journalist School - Lucerne - CH
• 2016
• 50 Contemporary Artists by Enter Art Foundation - Orenstein & Koppel Lofts - Berlin - DE
• Enter Art Foundation Pop Up for Art Basel - Messeturm - Basel - CH
• Cabaret Bizarre - KH5 Gallery - Zürich - CH
• Teslverlekh - Vfg Young Swiss Sponsorship - Photobastei Zürich - Zürich - CH
• Teslverlekh - Vfg Young Swiss Sponsorship - Oslo@büro - Basel - CH
• Teslverlekh - Vfg Young Swiss Sponsorship - école cantonale d'art - Lausanne - CH
• Cabaret Bizarre - Na Kashirke Gallery - Moscow - RU
• 2015
• Verzasca Photo Festival (by invitation) - Sonogno - CH
• Cabaret Bizarre - Swiss Press Award 15 - Landesmuseum - Zürich - CH
• Cabaret Bizarre - Swiss Press Award 15 - GenerationenHaus - Bern - CH
• Cabaret Bizarre - Swiss Press Award 15 - Musée National Suisse - Château de Prangins - Prangins - CH
• Transformations - Songtsen House - Cultural Center for Asia and Tibet - Zürich - CH
• Cabaret Bizarre - Art Offspace Hinterhof - Basel - CH
• Tesverlekh - Photo 15 - Photo Fair - Zurich - CH
• 2014
• Tesverlekh - Kolga Tbilisi Award 14 - Tbilisi - GE
• Tesverlekh - Swiss Photo Awards 14 - Photobastei - Zurich - CH
• Cabaret Bizarre - Photobastei - Zürich - CH
• Cabaret Bizarre - Photo 14 - Photo Fair - Zurich - CH
• Cabaret Bizarre - Isaak - Basel - CH
• Transformations - Photobastei - Zurich - CH
• 2013
• The Journey - Photo Muensingen - Photo Fair Bern - Bern - CH
• Tesverlekh - Urban Picnic Gallery - London - UK
• 2012
• Licher Photoprize 12 - Freilicht Museum - Hessenpark - DE
• 2011
• Lines & Structures - Art Offspace Hinterhof - Basel - CH
• Publications
• HIDDEN - Verborgene Orte in der Schweiz (2018), Christoph Merian Verlag
• Collections
• Christoph Merian Stiftung - CH

• 2018
• Winner: Architecture Category - Swiss Photo Award 2018 - CH
• Shortlisted - Deutscher Fotobuchpreis - DE
• 3rd place - Swiss Photo Award 2018 - CH
• Shortlisted - Prix Photoforum Pasquart - CH
• Shortlisted - Athens Photofestival - Athens - GR
• 2016
• Vfg Young Swiss Sponsorship 2016 - CH
• 3rd Place - Moscow International Foto Award - Moscow - RU
• Shortlisted - Athens Photo Festival 2016 - Athens - GR
• 2015
• 3rd Place - Swiss Press Photo Award - CH
• 2014
• Documentary: Shortlisted - Swiss Photo Award 2014 - CH
• Kolga Tbilisi Award - GE
• 2013
• Fine Art: 3rd Place - Prix de la Photographie - Paris - FR
• People's Choice: 3rd Place - Prix de la Photographie - Paris - FR
• 2 Honorable mentions - International Photography Award - Los Angeles - USA
• Honorable mention - International Photography Award - Los Angeles - USA
• 2012
• Winner - Fujifilm Online Contest
• Nominee - Licher Photoprize