Constantin Macris was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1917.

He had his first sculpture lessons in Cairo between 1935 and 1939. In 1948 he moved to Paris where he continued his studies with Fernand Leger (1949-1950).

Between 1957 and 1959 he lived in Holland and travelled to the USA before finally settling down in France, just outside Paris.

The first stage of his work is influenced by Orphism and the teachings of his teacher Fernand Leger and the Neoplasticism of Piet Mondrian, whereas in his later work he painted the human figure influenced from Dutch masters such as Hals and Rembrandt.

He held many solo exhibitions in Paris and New York and participated in prestigious group exhibitions such as 1955, 1956 and 1958 International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh, the 1956,1957 and 1959 Salon des Realites Nouvelles, Paris and 1979 at the Musee d’Ixelles, Brussels.

His work can be found in many public and private collections in Greece and abroad, notably at the Museum of Modern Art in Pittsburgh and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.