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Thomai Kontou
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Biography
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Thomai Kontou
CURRICULUM VITAE
Thomai Kontou learned sketching from 1971 to 1978 in Athens, in the Vrassida Vlahopoulos and Theodoros Drossos ateliers. She was taught painting by Yannis Tsarouhis, while she learned the Fresco Technique by Dimitris Kostopoulos.
She is continuously present in the Artistic area since 1973 with 22 individual exhibitions and has taken part in 263 group shows in Greece and abroad. She participated in 15 BIENNALES: 1996 in Belgrade, 1998 in Mexico, 1999 and 2001 in Pisa - Italy and in 2002 and 2004 in Poland, 2005 in Nikcic - Serbia and Ankara - Turkey. 2006 in Victoria - Canada, and in the International Spanish Flu Mail Art Biennial in Hungary. 2007 in "2 Medial Art Biennial"in London, England. 2008 in "small format biennale" in Venezuela and "2 Spanish flu" in Hungary. 2007 it is one from the two Greek attendances that took part in the program "Scenes and Sounds of My City" that was co-organised by the central UNESCO in Paris and the Sharjah Biennial 8, the United Arab Emirates. She was selected by the Internal Committee it takes part in Florence Biennale 2007. 2007 in Larissa - Greece in the 1st International mail art Biennale in Greece
Her works are influenced by the Aegean Sea, its stones and shells, by the Universal flows and the Angels' Plasmas.
Works of her can be found in private collections in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, USA, Italy, Japan, Spain, Brazil. They can also be found in the Navy's collection in the "Averoff" warship and in the following Museums: "Transparent Museum of Art" in Belgrade and the Post "Denmark Museum of Art" in Copenhagen. Also in Sgourda's Collection "Contemporary artistic èventail" in Athens, and Beijing Natural Culture Center, in China.
The Greek Navy has dedicated to her the 53d special edition of "Navy Intellectual Culture", while she has been included in the artistic sector of the "Navy Encyclopedia", in the "Painters meeting" folio, and the Greek Artists' Lexicon edited by "Melissa".
Under the Auspices of the Organization "Cultural Capitol of Europe - Thessaloniki `97", her folio "Aegean Shells" was edited in June 1997. It contained 10 cards from her paintings.
In 1998 she sketched the scenery and costumes for the play "Our own yard" by Vangelis Colonas, which was performed in Larissa in cooperation with the "Theater of Thessaly". She is organized and she is the curator of the << 1st international mail art exhibition in Greece>> in Elassona and Athens.
Now she organises having the figurative assiduity, the «1st mail art Biennale in Greece», the "mail art for refugees in Greece", in collaboration with the Greek Council for refugees. As "The Argonautic Expedition mail art".
In 2010 he had the visual arts, organization and production at the international art exhibition "People, Colors and Music" in Athens and Thessaloniki in collaboration with the Hellenic Hematology Society and on the occasion of the European Week against Leukemia and Lymphoma.
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Exhibitions
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001
ART SUMMER-2002
Makrynitsa `s Art Center
VOLOS
GREECE
2001 10 YEARS IN ART
Zisis Papadimitriou space-Gonoi
LARISA
GREECE
1998 ART SPACE Gallery LARISA GREECE
1997 COUNTY OF THESSALONIKI THESSALONIKI GREECE
1995 ATRIO Gallery THESSALONIKI GREECE
1994 CROMA Gallery THESSALONIKI GREECE
1994 ZYGOS Gallery ATHENS GREECE
1994 MARKELOS TAWER -
ZYGOS GALLERY
AIGINA
GREECE
1994 MYTHOLOGY ART CENTER -
TRISILIO
ATHENS
GREECE
1994 INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE VOLOS VOLOS GREECE
1993 GALLERY GUIDE -
INTERCONTINENTAL Art space
ATHENS
GREECE
1993 INTEPENDENT CENTER OF ART HYDRA GREECE
1993 GREEKE DAYS OF CULTURE FREILASSING GERMANY
1992 INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE CORFEU CORFEU
GREECE
1992 GREEKE DAYS OF CULTURE FREILASSING GERMANY
1991 PORTO KARRAS GALLERY CHALKIDIKI GREECE
1991 ZYGOS GALLERY ATHENS GREECE
1986 ORA GALLERY NIKOCIA CYPRUS
1986 PRESS ROOM OF ATHENS ATHENS GREECE
1974 COUNTY OF ELASSONA ELASSONA GREECE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 WISHING MASHINE
Cambridge art project
CAMBRIDGE - MA
U.S.A.
2005 AVEC NOIR
San Marino Cultural Center
SAN MARINO
SAN MARINO
2005 FELT SQUERE
Vandavilela space
PACO DE ARCOS
PORTUGAL
2005 MAIL ART MONDAYS
Midnight Thinkings Gallery
MONTROSE - CO
U.S.A.
2005 BORDERS - FRONTERAS
Caseres Culturar space
CASERES
SPAIN
2005 HATS
Carlo Herpoel art project
HEULE
BELGIUM
2005 IS THIS A DREAM?
Poets Surreal space
BERLIN
GERMANY
2005 A PINCH OF OBSCURE MATTER
Phosgenia art project
VIAREGGIO
ITALY
2005 NOW THAT'S FUNNY
Empty Space Gallery
BAKERSFIELD - CA
U.S.A.
2004 WITH RED RIBBON
Epsilon Gallery
THESSALONIKI
GREECE
2004 IN PEACE 2004
Art Rom Gallery -web exhibition
ROMA
ITALY
2004 THE YARN OF ARIADNE
Academy of Chatelet
CHATELET
BELGIUM
2004 WHAT IS A MAIL ART?
Commision Culturelle
LORENTZWEILER
LUXEMBOURG
2004 SHE IS A MERMAID
Irene Roncetti project - web exhibition
BUENOS AIRES
ARGENDINA
2004 SELF A PORTRAIT
Mick Boyle project -web exhibition
CONNEUT LAKE
U.S.A.
2004 SOLAR MATRIX - 2
Mariko Arai projact - web exhibition -
Hiraiso Solar Laboratory
CHIBA
JAPAN
2004 SOLAR MATRIX - 1
Mariko Arai project - web exhibition -
Hiraiso Solar Laboratory
CHIBA
JAPAN
2004 3'rd INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL OF MINIATURE ART ? CZESTOCHOWA 2004 ? Centre of Culture Promotion
GAUDE MATER
WARSAWIE
POLAND
2004 THE MYSTICISMO (spiritiual ) IN THE ART
Cultural Center Rosacruz A.M.O.R.C.
SANTIAGO
CHILE
2004 CARNIVAL AND ITS GIANTS
Cultural Capital of Europe in 2004
LILLE
FRANCE
2004 SUMMER SOLTICE
Rainbow Moot Center
PRESTON
ENGLAND
2004 SOLAR FLAIR
Web Exhibition
INGRAM - TX
U.S.A.
2004 AIR WATERS PLACES
Kiyotey's places - web exhibition
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
U.S.A.
2004 THE LANDSCAPE
Florean Museum - web exhibition
MARAMURES
ROMANIA
2004 EXTRAVAGANZA BRISTOL ENGLAND
2004 FIGURATIVE MEETING
Art Center X
LARISA
GREECE
2003 CHRISTMAS GROUP SHOW
VAVEL Gallery
ATHENS
GREECE
2003 CULTURAL SYMBOLS (Culyural Olympic Games ) Ancient Olympia
ANCIENT OLYMPIA
GREECE
2003 CULTURAL SYMBOLS
Art Center MYLOS
THESSALONIKI
GREECE
2002 1'rd INTER-BALKANIC EXHIBITION OF MINIATURE ART (Cultural Olympic Games ) LIMANI Art Center
THESSALONIKI
GREECE
2002 INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF MINIATURE ART 2002
CZESTOCHOWA
POLAND
2002 ITART 2002 - MINI GRAPHIC & PAINTING WORLD WIDE SHOW
Academia d' Arte
PIZA
ITALY
2001 PRESENCES OF WOMEN
Epsilon Gallery
THESSALONIKI
GREECE
2001 VIA SEA
Municipal Art Gallery of Mylos island
MYLOS ISLAND
GREECE
2001 VIA SEA ( Intellectual May 2001 )
Epsilon Gallery
THESSALONIKI
GREECE
2001 ITART 2001 - MINI GRAPHIC & PAINTING INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE - PIZA 2001
Academia d' Arte
PIZA
ITALY
2001 POEMS WORK
Kapnomagazo -Municipal Art Center
KAVALA
GREECE
2000 "2000"
Fine Art Scool
SEOUL
KOREA
2000 POEMS WORK
Municipal Conservatoire
LARISA
GREECE
2000 POEMS WORK
Omirio Art Center of Chios
CHIOS ISLAND
GREECE
2000 MUSIC WITH COLOURS
Munisipal Art Center of Chios
CHIOS ISLAND
GREECE
2000 A DROP OF SEA
Comuna Baires Agora Club
MILANO
ITALY
2000 POEMS WORK - (Small Discussions ) -Intellectual May 2000 - MYLOS
THESSALONIKI
GREECE
2000 2'rd MINI GRAPHIC & PAINTING WORLD WIDE SHOW - PIZA 2000 -Academia d' Arte
PIZA
ITALY
1999 LARISA'S PAINTERS
Municipal Art Gallery
LARISA
GREECE
1999 ANO 2000 - International Mail Art Show-
Art City in Maracay
MARACAY
VENEZUELA
1999 MUSIC WITH COLOURS
Municipal Art Gallery
LARISA
GREECE
1999 GAIA
Art Gallery MYLOS
THESSALONIKI
GREECE
1999 ABSTRACTION
Academia d' Arte
PIZA
ITALY
1999 MUSIC WITH COLOURS
Art Gallery MYLOS
THESSALONIKI
GREECE
1999 FIGURATIVE DIALOGUES
Art Gallery LAVA
THESSALONIKI
GREECE
1999 1'rd MINI GRAPHIC & PAINTING INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE "PIZA 1999" Academia d' Arte
PIZA
ITALY
1998 VI BIENNAL INTERNATIONAL "FRACTARTE '98"
Museo Universitario del Chopo
Sala ALTAMIRA
MEXICO CITY
MEXICO
1998 ? HUMAN RIGHITS ?
Museum of international contemporary art
FLORIANAPOLIS
BRAZIL
1998 IL VOLTO - LA MASCHERA - ATTORE TEATRO
Comuna Bairs Agora Club
MILANO
ITALY
1998 METAMFIESEIS -DISGUISES
Art & Cofee KUIDI
THESSALONIKI
GREECE
1998 LETTERS ON THE ROAD
Piazza Brin
LA SPEZIA
ITALY
1998 A+R+T FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
SALETA KINZICA Gallery
PIZA
ITALY
1998 AS BLUE AS WANNA BE
Gallery 1114
MINDLAND - TX
U.S.A.
1998 INTERNATIONAL ART SHOW
STREET MUSEUM Gallery
TOKYO
JAPAN
1998 AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Cultural Center
MADRID
SPAIN
1998 INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION
HIGHLAND Cultural Center
NEW YORK
U.S.A.
1998 MUSIC OF HEMISPHERES
CEZAR ESPINOZA Center
MEXICO CITY
MEXICO
1998 RUBER STAMP ART SHOW
STREET MUSEUM Gallery
TOKYO
JAPAN
1998 LA FOLLIA
C.S.A. SINTESI SOSIALE
SERENO
ITALY
1998 FANTASY THE LAST REFUGE
Academia d' Arte
PIZA
ITALY
1996 4'rd BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE D' ILLUSTRETION
Fine Art Academy
BELGRADE
SERBIA
1996 FUTUR COMMUNICATION
Cultural Capital of Europe
KOPENHAGEN
DANMARK
1996 AVEROFF'S warship Collection Institut Francais
THESSALONIKI
GREECE
1996 FESTIVAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ART MEDIA AND POETRY
Cultural Center
BELGRADE
SERBIA
1996 AVEROFF'S warship Group Exhibition ATHENS GREECE
1995 SUMMER '95
ZYGOS Gallery
ATHENS
GREECE
1995 COMMON SPIRITUALITY
TRISILION Art Center
ATHENS
GREECE
1994 1'rd CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION OF ARTISTIC EVENTAIL
SGOURDAS Art Center
ATHENS
GREECE
1994 ARTISTIC UNANIMITY
TRISILIO Art Center
ATHENS
GREECE
1994 A POEM IN TEN PAINTINGS OPINIONS
ZYGOS Gallery
ATHENS
GREECE
1994 VAVEL FESTIVAL
House of Cyprus
ATHENS
GREECE
1991 SUMMER' 91
ZYGOS Gallery
ATHENS
GREECE
1985 GROUP SHOW
Institut QUETE
THESSALONIKI
GREECE
1982 GROUP SHOW - N.E.L.E.
XENIA Center
LARISA
GREECE
1980 WOMEN PAINTERS
Municipality Art Center
LARISA
GREECE
1978 ART FESTIVAL `78 ELASSONA GREECE
1974 PANTHESSALIKI' 74 - Tawn Hall LARISA GREECE
1973 GROUP SHOW '73 - Tawn Hall ELASSONA GREECE
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